OUR HOMES Magazine Online Edition: Fall/Holiday 2008

Relax & Enjoy

There is absolutely no shortage of talented, creative designers and decorators who live and work here in Southern Georgian Bay. In this issue, OUR HOMES introduces you to more than a dozen charming people who take their trade and your desires seriously. Some have interior design firms, while others own or work in home décor stores. They are truly at your service.

This issue also presents three stunning, but very different homes, each with a history all its own. We showcase a restored Victorian home in Thornbury, decorated for the holidays. We take you to the Meaford home of author Tom Harpur and his lovely wife, Susan. Their home has one of the best views in the region. Our home and builder is a showcase of form, function, beautiful landscaping and great taste in antiques.

We hope this issue inspires you to make your home warm, comfortable and cosy for the cold season ahead.

Building Dreams...

Zoom in. Invisible winds gather on the vast expanse of Georgian Bay and rush inland, sending waves crashing over a grey shale beach, buffeting the ornamental grasses that sway on a sculpted beachfront east of Thornbury.

The waterfront is a jewel on this stretch of the bay – shaped by the...

Victorian Revival in Thornbury

Karra Greenwood longed for a classic, turn-of-thecentury home in a quaint Ontario village. Then, she and her husband John rented a stately, red brick, three-storey Victorian manor and fell in love with Thornbury's unique charm. The Greenwoods decided to purchase and renovate the home… but...

A Spiritual View

The history of this farmhouse on Irish Mountain in Meaford begins long before the stones were put in place. For centuries, artists and photographers have spent hours on this property, appreciating the view and rendering its magnificence. One of these artists, renowned painter Anne Marsh Evans,...

Meet The Designers

Let us introduce you to the very talented designers/decorators who live and work here in stylish Southern Georgian Bay.

Helen Thomson
Company: HT Designs
Lives: Transplant from Toronto to...

Interior Motives: Unique in Thornbury

Cutting-edge Canadian design and quality home accents

THE PLACE: Found in a historic building on the main street of Thornbury that originally housed a bakery, Interior Motives serves up a menu of furnishings, accents and giftware that...