Categories
Kitchen Outdoor

BUSCHBECK RONDO MASONRY FIREPLACE

Keep the party going past the sunset at home and at the cottage with this masonry fireplace from Bucshbeck. The Double-wall construction lets you burn multiple types of fuel, including charcoal, logs, and firewood. Its clean, rounded form stands just over 6 ft tall and can add the warm glow of an open flame to anywhere from the patio, the deck to the woods. There’s integrated log storage underneath the burning area, and thanks to slots for slide-in accessories like a grill grate, pizza oven, or rotisserie kit, it can serve as an outdoor kitchen, as well.

Photos: Bucshback Canada
Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link Link
Categories
Shelter / Real Estate

TOM CRUISE’S RANCH

Sprawling 10,000 square feet main dwelling sits among an aspen grow at the end of a mile-long driveway, featuring a guarded gatehouse. The bleached cedar and native stone exterior houses four bedrooms, beamed ceilings, and timber-clad walls, while an additional three bedrooms are located in a guest lodge. The 309 acre estate has a full action star starter package including a dirt-bike and snowmobile track, sports court, and helipad, along with a network of hiking and snowshoeing trails. Formally owned by the Mission Impossible star the ranch is ready for a new owner.

Photos: Sotheby's International Realty
Categories
Shelter / Real Estate

LAKE JOSEPH COTTAGE

This low-slung structure designed by VFA Architects blends in perfectly into Muskokan landscape. Organic and fairly small compared to its neighbours, the cottage adopts the less is more approach. Its form deeply embedded into the landscape, provides all the needs and comforts of all-season, 21st century living, while delivering spectacular views of the surrounding nature. Brilliant use of the materials – a blend of metal, glass and wood (look at the beautiful Shou Sugi Ban siding) lend a soft touch to a fairly modern structure.

Categories
Shelter / Real Estate

BIVVI CABINS

Portable and prefab, Bivvi Cabins are made for today’s nomads. The tiny prefab cabin seeks to connect people to the outdoors with little impact on their environment. The compact shelter can be easily packed and deployed in the wilderness, and features an 80-square-foot interior, and is insulated for colder weather and covered with metal siding for rain, snow, and wind protection. The cosy interior is lined in either pine or plywood, has enough room for a full size bed with some spare standing room, and features a triangular picture window to bring in the outdoors. Add-ons include custom furniture, a micro wood stove, decking, and the ability to hook up to electricity or solar. But undoubtedly the coolest feature is the fact that it can be fitted to a custom trailer for true freedom of movement.

Categories
Book

ESCAPOLOGY: MODERN CABINS, COTTAGES AND RETREATS

Escape from 2020 and give your mind a getaway with Escapology: Modern Cabins, Cottages and Retreats. Curated by Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan, the 265-page book takes you to 24 dreamy homes around the world where you can mentally cozy up around a wood-burning fire and immerse yourself in mother nature. One minute you’ll be in a rugged mountain lodge and the next you’re held up in a minimal Scandinavian cabin surrounded by foilage. The duo even highlights their own retreat on Ontario’s Drag Lake. Filled with impressive photographs, this book might even inspire you to turn your own abode into your dream retreat.