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You are here: Home / Houses / Fishing Camp House Style

Fishing Camp House Style

June 20, 2010 by Jane F 4 Comments

fishing camp - front view of the house with Adirondack twig porch railings and bench - Country Living via AtticmagMy dream home would be a fishing camp like this one, rustic but wonderfully accessorized

Here in the northeast United States, the end of May ushers in beach house season and the beginning of July heralds the opening of fishing camp houses. This rustic, back-to-nature style emerged during the late 1800s in New York’s Adirondack mountains and along the rivers and lakes of New England where families built cabins or cottages furnished with rough-hewn, locally or home-made “twig style” furniture, today often called old hickory.

fishing camp - front porch of the house with American rocking chairs - Country Living via AtticmagCamp activities revolve around fishing, hiking, hunting and relaxing outdoors. This is bear country! Sometimes these houses were primitive, remote and lacking heat or electricity or expansive and grand with multiple buildings on the property. Porches such as this New Hampshire beauty often are built from slim birch logs fashioned into posts and lattice.

fishing camp - sitting room with rockers, leather sofa and faux-painted walls - Country Living via AtticmagThe main living area is furnished typically with Old Hickory cane chairs and leather sofas.  Oriental rugs are a posh addition. A collection of miniature furniture is displayed on one of the wood beams.

fishing camp - sitting room with traditional Adirondack stone fireplace - Country Living via AtticmagFireplaces, flannel blankets and wicker rockers are popular camp features and a stone fireplace is typical of historic New York state architecture.

fishing camp - screen porch dining table and bentwood chairs - Country Living via AtticmagDining on the screen porch offers river views and protection on buggy summer days as well as breezy, candlelit dinners after sundown. Bentwood chairs and a pine picnic table set the tone for simplicity. I can practically smell the bbq trout.

fishing camp - kitchen and breakfast table - Country Living via AtticmagThe kitchen and breakfast table has a definite mid-20th century feeling with its old-fashioned metal sink on legs and rough-hewn cabinets and shelves.

fishing camp - yellow painted Victorian chest in a niche framed by split logs in a hallway - Country Living via AtticmagIn the entry, a yellow-paint decorated Victorian chest sits in a birch-frame niche. Accessories include collectible bentwood chairs, an old Persian rug and a canoe paddle on the wall.

fishing camp - historic style carved wood clock with hunting motifs - Country Living via AtticmagAn amazing cuckoo clock has a wood case composed like a decorating trophy comprised of hunting motifs — note the deer head on top, rifles, oak leaves, game birds and an Indian pouch.

fishing camp - bedroom with diagonal batten wainscot, Adirondack and Victorian furniture - Country Living via AtticmagThe guest-house bed has fanciful painted “trout” valances over windows dressed with wood blinds.  A painted headboard and Victorian oak dresser are examples of New Hampshire cottage furniture from the late 19th century. Red-and-white is the favored color scheme throughout. In keeping with the casual camp atmosphere, natural wooden blinds are used as window coverings.

fishing camp - small porch with split-log railing - Country Living via AtticmagA back porch offers a place to sit, space to store additional fireplace logs, and a lantern is kept handy for grabbing up after dark.

Here are some old hickory and Victorian furniture pieces I’ve photographed over the past few years when I spotted them at antique shows.

fishing camp - antique old hickory, Adirondack style furniture at the Brimfield Antiques show - AtticmagOld hickory tables and boxes at Brimfield, Mass.

fishing camp - Victorian bamboo side tables and magazine rack at New York Piers Antique show - AtticmagA pair of Victorian bamboo bedside tables and a magazine rack at a NYC antiques show.

fishing camp - Hickory style painted wood desk and traditional rush-seat chair - AtticmagA wonderful paint-decorated old hickory desk, with new hardware, and rustic cane-seat chair at an antiques show.

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Comments

  1. soofriver says

    March 15, 2012 at 3:56 pm

    Oh boy…..I missed this one! We bought a camp in Maine last year and I’m in the process of fixing it up. Love these ideas!
    “soofriver”
    Marsha

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  2. Jane F says

    March 15, 2012 at 5:43 pm

    Hi Marsha, great to see you here! Thanks so much for stopping by. Would love to see pix of your camp when you finish fixing. We love having your beautiful house tour. Best, Jane

    Reply
  3. Susan says

    December 27, 2014 at 6:17 pm

    Just a note on the furniture. Old Hickory is a brand name, not just a term. The company had been in existence for well over a century and continues to produce rustic inspired pieces today.

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  1. Designer Log Cabin Home says:
    January 28, 2015 at 9:35 am

    […] Banquette seating in the breakfast area leans on the quilt and twig themes while dining room chairs again borrow from the Adirondacks. This is the type of furniture used in the Fishing Camp House. […]

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