Custom Cottage Builder in Muskoka, Ontario

Kitchen, Breakfast Bar or Family

Room? Families naturally gather in the heart of the cottage. This cozy version features many of the

owners’ personal design choices. Notice the tractor seats and ‘draft ready’ side bar. At this lake it’s

either ‘beer thirty’ or ‘wine o’clock’!

I want to wander from my main floor bedroom each morning, scooping up my coffee in the kitchen, moving on to meet friends in the dining room or family in the screen porch… guided all along by my treasured views of the lake. Please, CedarCoast, make it so!

How do you blend ‘cozy and comfy’ with ‘impressive on a grand scale’? CedarCoast can show you how to do just that. This extraordinary Great Room is proof. ‘

‘Look Ma, No Steps!’ This terrific, spacious bungalow features easy, smooth access for everyone at whatever age, from the front entrance to the backyard barbeque. We call this concept ‘multi-generational design’. Call Bert Bongers for details!

Welcome to this charming, all-season home whose entry is a warm, easy mix of woods, carefully chosen shingles and stone. Notice the chains bolted to the large rocks at either side of the portico… for smooth drainage of rain and melting snow.

Wake up to warm woods… or not. Perfect for lazy days when your natural lakeside setting beckons, but you’d rather relax, sleep or just lay back and watch the morning shows… no hurry here!

Grand living, Muskoka style. Here’s the main floorplan and an exterior shot, with details of interior design and finishes. A showstopper of a cottage!

Here’s a shining example of great taste and wonderful comfort coupled with an expansive lakeside view. These homeowners grew up on the lakes, and with that knowledge, they chose this classic palette to accentuate their spectacular sunset scenes.

Room with a View! A thoroughly contemporary approach, set beautifully on the lakeshore, help make this dramatic home unique.

‘Where’s your family when it rains at the cottage?’ This is a familiar question from the CedarCoast Design Team. To accommodate and encourage their children’s reading, this family designed a reading room slightly apart from the hustle and bustle of family life.

Serving guests in the forest this morning? Whether inviting nature in or expanding your private version of comfort out, this Muskoka Room is designed for family, friends and quiet relaxation. Shhh… hear the sounds of the woods?

This contemporary kitchen is butter smooth, easy on the eyes and yet completely workable. That’s the polished island in the front of this photo, complete with extra sink and faucet. Very handy! The high cabinet lighting contributes to the bright, airy feeling.

High, wide and completely spectacular, this impressive cottage is designed to compliment the rough terrain. It features an amazing great room with a one-of-a-kind, soaring fireplace. Call Bert to explore more CedarCoast homes and cottages!

An ensuite should be bright, private and attractive. With the most modern amenities, including a walk-in glass shower, this bathroom mirrors the appealing elegance of the lady who designed it. With the help of CedarCoast of course!

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Tall and stately, this beauty shows both modern and traditional motifs. A variety of contrasting materials have been chosen to reflect the eclectic, contemporary style of the owners.

Love to cook? Entertain? Pack your walk-in pantry with everything you wish, but frankly never had the room for. Add this right beside your perfectly sized kitchen, just the thing when you invite the whole gang over... and their ‘stuff’.

Simple. Elegant. Altogether glorious! If you are of the opinion that less is more, this is the kitchen for you. High ceilings made intimate and downright cozy with the use of CedarCoast’s hallmark timber beams.

A splendid variety of unique designed surfaces make this kitchen sing! Quite modern and eminently functionable, the compact island and comfortable seating fit perfectly within this mid-sized waterfront cottage.

Many times our homes proudly feature soaring vertical fireplaces. Yes, they are impressive! Here, unexpectedly, a horizontal design, behind tempered glass, lends this modern cottage its distinctive feel.

Perfect fit. The finest finishes. Details! Details! Designing a world-class home can be fun. CedarCoast helps families feel that excitement!

This ceramic fireplace, unique and charismatic, soars to the ceiling. It’s designed to suit the modern style of the family who lives here. The wide, wide, thermo windows were sourced by the owners, in collaboration with CedarCoast.

Timeless as the Canadian shield it’s seated on, this ultra modern home reveals its family bones. Main floor master. Upstairs divides into wings to accommodate visiting second (and third) generations. Each side includes family bedrooms with separate baths. Rec room with outdoor access on the lower level. Simplicity itself!

Modern, simple and timeless, this walk-in shower provides a welcome escape. CedarCoast ensuites double as personal resorts! Tile pattern, shown here on the back wall, repeats on the floor, just out of view. It’s extra touches like this that make CedarCoast homes - resorts? - so desirable. Ask Bert for details!

Your personal resort might contain a wide-open shower experience! So cool. So modern. Yet so functional too.

We’ll help you plan that perfect little dinner party. Here everything seems informal, yet it’s perfection! Every detail is accomplished, every element is well considered yet the atmosphere is friendly and relaxed.

It’s surprising how many long for log home living, even now. These beautiful new variations on a familiar theme underscore the rugged spirit of the families who live in them. No one can design and build these new, improved classics like CedarCoast!

Nothing shows the true mix of ‘pioneer’ resolve and steadfast character as well as this striking home, with its flared timber and perfectly matched woods. This remarkable love of wood craftsmanship and home design is what started CedarCoast on this path almost 30 years ago.

This Great Room, designed in full blown timber style, with an eclectic mix of woods and stone, shows classic log styling enhanced with contemporary flair. Even taller than the soaring, stone fireplace is the dramatic centre timber column, spanning floor to ceiling, serving as this room’s signature focal point.

A beautiful antique lantern casts light and shadow onto this second floor landing, revealing the log balustrade and complimenting the natural floor and ceiling design choices. Isn’t the saddle an inspired touch?

Looking forward to your spa day in the woods? The most modern appointments and sustainable building practices bring natural log homes into the present day as a viable choice for those who love these homes, but somehow think of them as ‘rustic’.

The appeal of natural log homes is undeniable. With CedarCoast at the helm, a rough hewn log design can be achieved using the most environmentally sound construction technologies.

Expert and CedarCoast Partner Patrick Bongers speaks with prospective home owners, detailing some of the complexities that come into play while building with natural logs.