Redstone Lake Home
“We hired Allison a few years ago to help us manage the challenge of moving from our city house to our fully furnished "cottage". Allison met with us a few months before the move and we went through all the furniture in both houses to decide what to keep, what to dispose of before the move, and what needed to be recovered to make it more country chic. On the day of the move, Allison came with us to our cottage and had the movers put the furniture where it would be best suited. The end result was beautiful. All of our city furniture fit seamlessly into our country house, making it a warm, inviting and extremely functional home.
We were so pleased with the end result that we have hired Allison for several subsequent projects. A few years after the move she redesigned our kitchen, keeping to the original footprint since the hardwood floor had changed colour over time. The large room has a cathedral ceiling, which made the old kitchen look rather lost in the space. Allison put in stacked cupboards, an oversized fridge (who doesn't love an oversized fridge at a cottage!) and a larger island, which made the kitchen proportionate to the space, and gave me a lot of additional storage. The added storage plus efficient corner pull-outs meant no more crawling on my hands and knees to find things. It is a real treat to work in my new kitchen.
Having moved to the cottage, we then wanted to take full advantage of our large deck. Allison created a beautiful outdoor living space with maximized seating for those big reunion weekends.
Our latest project was the screened in porch where we spend the majority of our time out in the fresh air but away from the bugs. The room had stayed the same since we built the house in 1999, and on her last visit up to finalize the deck furniture, Allison had idly commented that if we switched the seating area with the dining area, we would have a lot more seating space. It sounds like a very simple idea, but no one had thought of it until Allison mentioned it, and the result was amazing. Not only do we now have comfortable seating for 8 rather than 4, but the dining table is much more accessible and the seating area is more private and inviting. Such a simple suggestion with such dramatic results, which is why I love dealing with Allison.”
- M. H.
Haliburton, Ontario
Country chic was the design inspiration for this large country home, but we infused lots of modern city comforts. We took inspiration from the natural surroundings, and chose not to use any window treatments to really show off the beautiful view that surrounds the house. Repurposing many of the homeowners’ existing furniture pieces by having them reupholstered or re-stained, and supplementing with some additional pieces we were able to make this country home feel comfortable for this family. and with a showstopper kitchen that we designed with all the modern city comforts, the end result was the perfect space for the whole family to comfortably spend time together.