The Vetted Collection · Concept 2 of 4“The Gallery” — aubergine · DM Serif · exhibition
TheVetted Collection
by Your Wandering Roots
Concept 2 · The Gallery
01Palette — The GalleryAubergine, jewel-toned and fashion-editorial. A dusty-rose accent. Distinctive and design-forward — the most “art-directed” of the four.
Aubergine
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Ink
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Bone
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Mauve tint
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Dusty rose
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Stone
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02TypographyBodoni Moda — high-contrast, gallery-masthead drama. EB Garamond for elegant reading; Archivo for crisp labels.
Display — DM Serif DisplayHeadlines
Selected, not searched.
Text — EB GaramondVenue features
A nine-bedroom farmhouse with a barn that seats thirty for dinner and a creek you can hear from the porch. We’ve walked it; the team is already arranged.
Labels — ArchivoUI · metadata
Sleeps 189 BedsGathering Hall
Endorsement lockupDetachable
The Vetted Collection · byYour Wandering Roots
03The Card — one venue, on viewThe venue-detail unit: each venue hangs like a piece in a show — a large plate beside a museum wall-label.
No. 014
On view · The Collection
Lakemore Farmhouse
Northern Michigan · vetted 2026
Sleeps 18 guests
Bedrooms 9
Gathering 30 seated
Team chef · photographer · guide
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The wall-labelPresenting a venue like a piece in a show signals taste — the brand has already done the choosing.
The grade is the brandOne consistent jewel-toned grade across every plate is what makes the set read as curated.
The markA fine framed “VC” — a gallery monogram. (A pressed specimen is the alternate.)
04The List — the collection, on the wallThe whole collection hung as a show: a clean gallery grid of plates with wall-label captions beneath.
You bring the people. We’ve handled the hard part.
A curated collection of retreat places we’ve walked — each paired with a screened local team and a plan that pencils out. Not a listings site. A short list you can trust.
View the collection →
06Voice — a gallerist, not a friendWR is Anna talking; this is an editor with taste.
Not this — WR register
“Stunning luxury venues that’ll blow your guests away — without you killing yourself!!”
This — The Vetted Collection
“A nine-bedroom farmhouse with a barn that seats thirty. We’ve walked it. The team is arranged.”
“Selected, not searched.”
“We don’t list venues. We vouch for them.”
“A budget, a plan, a venue, and a team — handed to you.”
Independent of Wandering Roots
WR stays Anna’s casual, personal, adventure brand. The Vetted Collection is the editorial line WR vouches for — different voice, different look, a small endorsement signature.
Distinct from Laurel & Lamp
L&L is evergreen + gold. The Gallery is aubergine + bone — no green, no gold. Two specialists who partner, never one company in two hats.