Wooden Cottage with Roof Windows

This stylish and elaborate two-story house in the Canadian province of Ontario, surrounded by young trees on all sides, was designed for rental. But sometimes the host herself – an American decorator and blogger Lynn Nolton – also takes a break here. As you've probably already guessed, she was responsible for decorating the house.

Its area is about forty square meters, and when Lynn and her husband were considering purchasing property, this size was roughly what they had in mind. And how much do you really need for a weekend cottage? However, thanks to the abundance of windows and high ceiling, it visually appears larger.

By the way, stylish triangular windows might not have been included at all: Lynn initially strongly refused such a design solution. But then she took a closer look and realized that it was precisely thanks to the roof windows that the house had such clear, enveloping natural light. In the end, the old windows installed originally were replaced with larger and more modern ones that repeated the sharp shape of the roof.

In the interior decoration, white was chosen as the background color, locally adding vivid blue and green accents and supporting them with lighter shades. A lot of time was spent by the decorator on careful textile work – filling the interior with pillows, tactile rugs, throws, and towels.

However, expressive textures and rustic motifs received more attention in this interior than anything else. Lynn didn’t limit herself to coarsely finished ceiling beams and aged wood used for kitchen countertops, but gave a second life to an old green buffet (found in the barn) and vintage chairs. By the way, some of these chairs were left as they were, without restoration or repainting.

And, of course, she added little touches: dried branches instead of cornices, wooden spoons in the buffet, fun garlands made from flags, and a curtain under the kitchen sink. It turned out perhaps a bit naively but very heartily!