Gravenhurst Cottage, Ontario Buildings Project, Canadian Architecture Development, Images
Gravenhurst Cottage in the Muskoka Region
20 Mar 2020
Gravenhurst Cottage
Architects: Swisterski Design Inc.
Location: The Muskoka Region, Ontario, Canada

?We want to feel like we?re surrounded by the outdoors, even when we?re indoors. This space is about everyone being together and feeling relaxed.?
Those were the guiding principles for the design of the Gravenhurst Cottage. The square footage of the cottage is modest, so a substantial amount of storage is cleverly placed into built-ins that surround every window and continue into the kitchen, around the stairs and right through to the bedrooms.

An enormous emphasis is placed on the window seating. In fact, most windows in the house have a bench integrated into the sill to maximize the amount of connection to the outdoors. Because of the incredibly open concept layout, if you are standing anywhere in the house, you will have access to a spectacular view of the nature that surrounds it.

The bedrock foundation of this area eliminated the possibility of a basement in the cottage, and the space under the stairs was open for bidding. And so was born a home office. Utilizing the stairs themselves as file, office supply and printer storage, the desk itself is an extension of the 4th stair tread, creating a very seamless and integrated appearance.
Bathroom:

?We hate grout and we hate mold,? said the clients. If these are the parameters y...