At Home in the Hills

An Unexpected Country Life
Mar 23, 2015 |A Sunday drive in the hills took a surprise turn, leading a Toronto couple on a delightful journey into the past.

A Timely Salvation
Nov 17, 2014 |An abandoned stone church in Caledon is blessed with a second life.

From Mystery to Modern
Sep 11, 2014 |Solving a mystery was just the first step in transforming a tired Pan-Abode into a contemporary, eco-friendly dwelling.

A European Manor in the Erin Countryside
Jun 17, 2014 |The established trees shield the entrance to the house and provide natural shade where trillium, May apple and wild anemone flourish in the woodland garden.

A Touch of French Countryside
Mar 23, 2014 |The kitchen design was influenced by the eclectic kitchens of rural southern France.

Nestled on a Hockley Hillside
Nov 19, 2013 |Built like a little village, this house encompasses two visions of home.

Living with History
Sep 11, 2013 |George Booth has gone back to school – at the Silver Creek schoolhouse.

A Home Designed for Generations
Jun 17, 2013 |The property had to have a swimming pond, privacy and a great view.

A Home for Eclectic Art and Artifacts
Mar 31, 2013 |This is a home for people with curious minds and catholic tastes. What appears from the outside to be a romantic’s ideal of a country house in a bucolic setting cleverly conceals a curiosity shop’s worth of art and artifacts. Visitors go from Jane Austen to Charles Dickens just by stepping through the door. The…

The Perch
Sep 13, 2012 |It is fair to say their discovery of a woman in the neighbourhood who traps raccoons, fixes floods, cleans the house and ploughs the driveway was also a revelation in its own way.

Presiding Spirit
Jun 19, 2012 |Julia Gilmore and her son Adam, now 14, have become community celebrities: she with her studio exhibitions each November and Adam with a budding film career.