Home of the Week: Less stress on Bigwin Island
Home of the Week, Fairhaven on Bigwin Island, Lake of Bays, Muskoka. Asking price: $3,395,000. The newly-built home is on the grounds of the historic Bigwin Island Resort, a 1920’s hotspot.Andreas Trauttmansdorff
Owners Stephen and Michelle Bebis were early buyers in the newly-developed resort. The Bebis’s turned to Toronto-based Richard Wengle Architect Inc., to design a cottage that provides six bedrooms, five bathrooms and a little more than 5,500 square feet of above-ground living space.Andreas Trauttmansdorff
Visitors congregate in the great room with a stone fireplace, separate dining area and views over Lake of Bays. When all of the doors are open, screens controlled by an electrical switch come down from the ceiling to effectively turn the area into a screened porch.Andreas Trauttmansdorff
The kitchen, with views of the woods, has 12-foot-high ceilings and white-painted cabinets with soapstone countertops.Andreas Trauttmansdorff
A Muskoka room has windows on three sides, cathedral ceilings and a large stone fireplace.Andreas Trauttmansdorff
The master suite has a large ensuite bathroom with a walk-in shower, soaker tub and mahogany woodwork.Andreas Trauttmansdorff
The main-floor deck opens to a large gazebo with room for a cocktail party facing the sun setting over the water.Andreas Trauttmansdorff