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.