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Pat Barry knew he was creating something unusual. He just didn’t realize it would take nearly a decade to build.
Barry and his wife, Sue, fell in love with Lake Charlevoix, about four hours northwest of Detroit. They bought a piece of waterfront property and set out to build a whimsical home, not dissimilar in style to others nearby.
The couple enlisted the help of an outside company to harvest more than 1,200 …