Cottage Revisited

After reviewing all the lovely places in Thornbury the other day, although I’d love a beach house designed by Victoria Hagen (as mentioned last week), I think I may have found an equally beautiful cottage/potential retirement home that would also work as a beach house in the summer AND a ski chalet in the winter, and be more suitable for Thornbury living.

I love the crisp white walls, making the place beachy and clean, juxtaposed with the rustic exposed beams and architecture, reminiscent of a ski lodge.

Look at all those windows!

Beautiful greyed oak floors with plank table and slipcovered
chairs...easy to change to dark colours for the winter!

Two islands!  The white cabinetry with the industrial
range and hints of black, and rustic wood floors and beams...beautiful!

A place for all those dishes! An entertainer's dream!

The horizontal beadboard panelled walls soften this
sophisticated and upscale bedroom.

A room with a view.

More beds for guests.

Luxurious baths...also with a view.

The marble penny tile is great retro touch...
very cottage inspired yet sophisticated.

Nice place to bath the kids?

{source: Designed by Tracery Interiors, &

  Featured in Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles}

Now that I have my getaway home designed in my mind, all I need is the perfect waterfront spot...patience...I need patience!

A Place to Stay

One of the places I want to retire to is, in my humble opinion, one of the most picturesque places to visit in Ontario “cottage” country…Thornbury & Clarksburg. 

Clarksburg is a quaint town with beautiful art studios filled with lovely paintings by local artists, and the neighboring Thornbury is a posh yacht, beach, golf and ski town with the quaintness of upscale country (there is a yacht club, 3 to 4 private and public ski clubs in the area, as well as some very good PGA golf courses too), With some beautiful waterfront hiking and biking trails, there is plenty to satisfy those with an active lifestyle or those who enjoy fine art.

Can you imagine skipping rocks on the water..

Going for a relaxing boat ride...

Having a quick golf game...

{ source:  Lora Bay }

Then strolling to the sophisticated quaintness of the main street in town for fresh mussels, seafood, local beef or apple pie (there are an abundance of apple orchards to pick apples with the kids). 

Here is a sampling of a typical beach country house…so quaint...

In the winter, the skiing in the area is fairly good too...

What a great place to stay...