Our Nahma Lodge project is situated on Balsam Lake. Few will know this interesting factoid, but Balsam Lake is famous for being the highest ocean-navigable body of water on earth! As the highest point on the Trent-Severn Waterway, water flows out of Balsam at one end near Kirkfield and at the other end at Rosedale which are both connection points with the Waterway.

Sturgeon Point is one of the oldest settlements you will find in Ontario. Known as a summer destination, Sturgeon Point dates back to 1833 when John Langton landed at the well-known Cedar Spring just around the apex of Sturgeon Point.

Imagine dark, charred cedar boards then burnished and sealed with natural oils, contrasted against lush lilac bushes on one side and a gentle lapping shoreline on the other.

Nancy and Vince built their dream house and were feeling absolutely grateful to be where they are at starting retirement. When they walked into our offices…

When we were first introduced to this cottage on Gull Lake we were taken aback at the setting. Perched overtop of Gull Lake with a great view…

This cozy cottage on Cameron Lake has been in the family for generations. The current generations owners, both gentlemen about town in Fenelon, decided that it was high time for a total refresh…

Coming up to our second anniversary in the Kawarthas, we’re excited to share our design space!

I will start this with a caveat, white is not the only colour of cabinet that people can choose from, but in this case it was certainly the right choice!

When we moved to the cottage, we didn’t really have that perfect space for us. As so many of our clients have come to us to help solve…

We want to give a warm welcome and small business shoutout to our friend, and in-house upholsterer, Lisa Vehrs of Recovered Treasures Upholestery.

Welcome to Home by Tim + Chris! We have been designing and building houses for the past 15 years in Toronto and last summer after moving to our cottage on Sturgeon Lake we decided we weren’t going back to the city…

Our challenge was that Kate had a limited budget to spend on things — mainly paint, cabinets, furniture and fabrics... not structural changes to the home. Our goal was to give her the spaces she wanted with the rooms she had.

It wasn’t enough for Chris Van Lierop and Tim Wisener to move their home design business from Toronto to cottage country. They wanted to contribute to the vitality of Fenelon Falls

They made the move last September after constantly prolonging the time they spent at the cottage. “Eventually we just decided that we think we can make a go of our business up here

We all like to be connected to the outdoors, but given our long winters, and sometimes unpredictable weather, it’s nice to be connected to outside from the comfort of inside…

We’ve spent many years designing whole houses, cottages, gardens, and offices and without fail…

Written by Sara Miller Llana for The Christian Science Monitor

It was almost a year ago to the day that Tim and I said goodbye to living in Toronto.