Ellison Wonderland Gallery
SILVER POPLAR STUDIOS LLC 1519 E. Door Bluff RoadEllison Bay, WI 54210Phone: 920.854.2106e-mail: look@silverpoplar.com Ellison Wonderland LLC This fanciful barn, cobbled together from vintage, salvaged beams, siding and architectural flotsam, has seen numerous events and inspired many visitors to offer the considered critique, “Wow!” A rare, wooden silo with a glass top, leaves them speechless.
Winter
SILVER POPLAR STUDIOS LLC 1519 E. Door Bluff RoadEllison Bay, WI 54210Phone: 920.854.2106e-mail: look@silverpoplar.com Why flock to the South for the winter when you can have yourself buried in ice and snow in sub-zero temperatures for four months? One reason is the absolute quiet and frosted beauty and long evenings at the fireplace. The other […]
Into The Woods
SILVER POPLAR STUDIOS LLC 1519 E. Door Bluff RoadEllison Bay, WI 54210Phone: 920.854.2106e-mail: look@silverpoplar.com Nature has her way with our woods. Some of it is a natural mess, some of it is of breathtaking beauty. With maybe nine acres altogether, it is interesting to experience the mini-ecological pockets of different variations on the forest theme. Trails […]
The Gate
SILVER POPLAR STUDIOS LLC 1519 E. Door Bluff RoadEllison Bay, WI 54210Phone: 920.854.2106e-mail: look@silverpoplar.com Visitors to Silver Poplar Studios enjoy the short trek to THE GATE, a “folly” erected as an entrance to our woods. Inspired by the iconostasis of a Russian Orthodox church, but composed of leftover junk waiting for a reason to exist, The […]
Weddings
SILVER POPLAR STUDIOS LLC 1519 E. Door Bluff RoadEllison Bay, WI 54210Phone: 920.854.2106e-mail: look@silverpoplar.com We offer our property to wedding couples and their immediate family and friends for intimate, rustic weddings. Nooks and crannies abound as the perfect and memorable setting for a ceremony. We love to discuss and explore the spectrum of desires which […]
Landscapes
SILVER POPLAR STUDIOS LLC 1519 E. Door Bluff RoadEllison Bay, WI 54210Phone: 920.854.2106e-mail: look@silverpoplar.com The Silver Poplar Studios’ property has evolved from being a forest, to a logging office, to a farm and cherry orchard, to an artists’ retreat, to an extensive residence, and now to a little bit of all of the above. Through it […]
Gardens Album
SILVER POPLAR STUDIOS LLC 1519 E. Door Bluff RoadEllison Bay, WI 54210Phone: 920.854.2106e-mail: look@silverpoplar.com Photo: Alica Landman Photo: Alica Landman Photo: Alica Landman
Stage Design
SILVER POPLAR STUDIOS LLC 1519 E. Door Bluff RoadEllison Bay, WI 54210Phone: 920.854.2106e-mail: look@silverpoplar.com Cinderella Show Curtain, Goodman Children’s Theatre Jim Maronek’s professional career as a stage designer has embraced and graced stages across the country and his theatrical work has been exhibited around the world. With designs from Las Vegas industrial shows to a Broadway […]
Granary Cottage
SILVER POPLAR STUDIOS LLC 1519 E. Door Bluff RoadEllison Bay, WI 54210Phone: 920.854.2106e-mail: look@silverpoplar.com This building was the “Plain Jane” of the property’s collection. This made it the perfect canvas for Jim Maronek’s “trompe l’oeil,” playful rendition of a traditional Russian cottage. Inside and out, it insists that its occupants relax and enjoy Door County in […]
Firebird Cottage
Silver Poplar Studios, LLC 1519 E. Door Bluff RoadEllison Bay, WI 54210Phone: 920.854.2106e-mail: look@silverpoplar.com Once there was a horse barn of logs, converted into a cottage in the 1930’s, which burnt down. Its ruins now form a distinctive patio for its replacement, The Firebird Cottage, built from massive, salvaged beams, fitted with slab wood cabinetry […]