Muskoka Living Interiors designs dreamy waterfront “cottages” in Ontario. This lake house is called Windover, and it comes with a beautiful boat house where guests can stay in style.
Windover Lake House:
Muskoka Living describes the project: “Stunning views of the northwesterly shores of Lake Muskoka inspired this iconic design build project, where the natural beauty of the external surroundings led to the graceful serenity of the internal aesthetic.”
Blue Kitchen:
Inside the Boat House on the Water:
Muskoka Living says, “A seasonless nostalgia is exemplified in this space, a structure reminiscent of double-slip boathouses from bygone eras complete with perfectly appointed nautical embellishments. Layers of texture, greyed woods and weathered furnishings warm the crisp palette of a welcoming guest retreat.”
The minute you see the painted floors, you know this isn’t an ordinary boat house!
Visit Muskoka Living to see more of the houses they’ve designed and learn more about their work (photography credit: Michael Graydon).
I love all the shiplap and other kinds of woodwork they put into their houses. The problem with a vacation home like this is that I’d never want to go back to my real life! 🙂
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Oh, my word, this is beautiful. The interiors are clean and airy and not overly done – relaxed like a lakeside abode should be. The boathouse stole my heart – those arched, stable style doors flanked by the oval porthole windows? Perfection!
Over the years when you have featured properties that include guest houses, 99% of the time I have always preferred the guest house over the main house. This is the first time that I would have a seriously difficult time deciding between the two. They are both equally amazing homes.
I like the fact that they went with a creamy off white for the walls, instead of the stark bright white that seems popular right now. The colors they chose give the rooms a calm feel, while still looking fresh and clean.
BTW, for some reason, while on your site, when typing in the comment box, every time I hit the ‘left’ arrow on my keyboard, it makes the page switch to a previous blog post/house feature, and I completely lose the comment I was typing. Last week when it kept doing it, I thought it might be just a glitch on my end, but since then I have tried it on a number of blogs I follow but this is the only one it does it on. I have tried it on a number of your posts, and it does it every time. Today I kept forgetting to not touch the left arrow key, and I had to retype my comment three times because of it, lol.
Hi Aaron! Sorry about that. I just informed my tech person about the issue and he thinks he knows what could be causing it. Hope to have it fixed soon!
I agree! Love the creamy walls rather than the stark white!
Wow! Very, very nice. I love the architecture. The interiors need someone’s personal stamp, and some COLOR!! But other than that, this is pretty spectacular. Those boats have a nicer house than I do! How relaxing it would be to sit in one of those wicker chairs, looking at the lake, with a glass of wine….. Oh well, better go back to work!
I have no idea now days….all white all the time. Come on designers get some boho colors going on or any color. But after all that, I love the laundry room best! Got color there. If someone twisted my arm, I guess I could live there….wink wink.
Even thought I’m partial to rustic, vintage coastal style, these are gorgeous! And I have to disagree with some, these houses don’t need any more color. Neutrals are soothing and easy to live with. Color stresses me……
Wow, I love this place. I could easily be happy in that boat house. Easily.
Hi Julia,
Last night I was debating with myself would a blue based traditional rug in my entry be too old fashioned and dark. Then BAM here is your post and the entry at Windover looks perfect, just the way I’d like mine to be.
Your posts are always perfect but today’s was magic.
Donna from Australia.
Oh, good! I love when that happens. Thanks, Donna. 🙂
Julia…. Thank you so much for featuring this cottage in beautiful Muskoka Ontario.
Being Canadian it’s frustrating to explain that we do not live in snow 12 months of the year but have 4 gorgeous seasons to enjoy.
Our summer’s are hot, hot, hot. I think the confusion might lie in the fact that we record our temperatures in Celsius degrees (British) & not in Fahrenheit so when someone outside Canada sees 31 degrees as the temperature they don’t realize that actually means it is 92 degrees Fahrenheit……..
Come to Canada….. You’ll love it…….
Canada really is beautiful. I haven’t been for a few years but I’d love to get back up there sometime! 🙂
Yes! Come up for a visit, Julia. You can stay in my cottage for free! It’s not quite like the one featured here, but still! 😉
Sounds good, Alie! I’m on my way! 🙂
I like to use the word “inspirational” when I see a very cool house online. This time, I mean ‘inspiration’ literally, because I am going to order buffalo check wallpaper for our bathroom — TODAY! Excited!
Ooh, I love that! 🙂
After reading the “colour” comments, I took a second look. There is so much colour – the kitchen and laundry rooms, the floors, the beautiful floors, the bed linens. Living on the water is meant to be calm and relaxing, and this fits the bill totally
Really love all the architectural features..the differing wood paneling, beadboards, beams are lovely, adds so much texture & character..I’ll even give it a pass on the lack of warm colors because it has such depth & the beautiful nature setting..and that very cool boathouse.
Love everything! Charming architecture. I adore those light blue gray kitchen cabinets.
they nailed the look and feel of a long time, family lake house. good, honest, simple details and elements. it looks as though it could have been built last year or 100 years ago and renovated. i love it!!
Fabulous house—–it has the kind of luxe feel that doesn’t need a lot of stuff or color, simply because the architecture and build quality is so outstanding. I love the house and furnishings……love the boathouse but for me they missed the mark with too much white, an easy but very impractical choice. That table and chairs in the boathouse definitely looks like it was leftover from another job and the kitchen cabinets should have shaker doors, not routed ones. I would have loved to see reclaimed wood cabinets in that boathouse!
Tommy Smythe’s mother has a home in Muskoka and Tommy was just there, posting house photos on his drool-worthy Instagram feed. If you don’t already follow him, DO. He has amazing photos of architecture, and he’s famous for his long and very clever hashtags.
I’m putting Muskoka on my IMMEDIATE bucket list.