Home made to capture stunning view.

The home of artist Lou Heiser and his wife, Lynn, was tailored to fit on its lot high above Glen Lake on Miller Hill.

No one would know the home of Lou and Lynn Heiser existed when passing by it on Trumbull Road. But you might want to stop if you knew about the captivating view.

Lou Heiser and his wife, Lynn, have had 11 houses in the last 29 years. They’ve nicknamed the Trumbull home — the third they’ve owned in Leelanau County — as "Camp 11.”

Heiser is an artist who parlayed his professional knowledge into the design of Camp 11, which is set on a hillside with seemingly all of Glen Lake before it.

The Heisers designed their house to fit the property they bought on Miller Hill. Their home is extremely narrow, with a wall of windows placing the beauty of Glen Lake and Lake Michigan in virtually every room.

"The side that faces the view is mostly glass," Heiser said. A combination of windows and small stature of the building itself serve to blend the home into one of the most beautiful landscapes anywhere. The home is small enough that the property doesn't feel defeated, and it blends nicely with the colors that surround the home.

"The visible part of the house is only 16 feet wide," said Heiser, who has taken a liking to narrow home designs. He's built and designed several “skinny” homes in the past.

"We designed the house to feel like a series of single rooms across the house," said heiser — and that is the feeling you get when walking through the home. It was built with the intention of only being occupied in summers.

"It's truly a summer cottage, it's not very big, which is OK for us," he said. "The lot also dictated a small house."

Ceilings of the house are done in bead board which gives the home an 'up-north', cottage feel. The home also has a porch which Heiser calls "crucial" to its design.

"It's almost like another room," he said.

That’s because of the expansive view offered from the porch, from which nearly all of Big Glen Lake is visible as well as a small sliver of Lake Michigan. The couple has a great view of Alligator Hill.

Their home offers a walk-out basement which is where Heiser has his studio, plus a spare bedroom. Views of the lakes, hills and trees provide artistic inspiration.

During the fall the house is geared to have a perfect view of colorful sunsets reflecting on the western edge of Alligator Hill.

"The house is exactly due west," said Heiser, who designed it just that way. Setting suns highlight fall colors.

"All the trees out here (in front of the house) are beautiful." The Miller hill is covered in trees, and there's not another house visible all the way down the hill.

Construction began last fall. The house is now technically finished, though they still have a coat or two of paint and a fence to complete. Heiser himself is building the fence which borders the driveway.