§ 01 — THE SITE
Walker's Point, Between Bala and Gravenhurst
Walker’s Point sits on the southern end of Lake Muskoka, in the stretch between Bala and Gravenhurst. It’s a part of the lake with a long history of family cottages, and this client has been coming here for years. We’re building them something that fits how they actually use the place.
Conklin Construction is our general contractor on this one. They just started on the floor framing when we filmed this — early days, but the site is fully staked and the floor plan is readable at grade. It’s a good moment to walk through the organization of the building before the walls go up and things get harder to explain.
§ 02 — THE PLAN
A Building for Multiple Generations
The main living area sits front and centre — you walk in through the entry and the living space opens ahead of you. Closet and powder room immediately to the left. Kitchen, dining room, and Muskoka room string along the other side of the main floor, all facing the lake.
What makes this floor plan specific to these clients is what happens at the garage end. They have kids at the age where family visits mean everyone wants their own space. So we designed the second floor above the garage as something close to a secondary suite — separate access via a deck stair, enough room for a small family to be here without being underfoot. The clients get their main cottage; a grown child with a family gets a proper retreat above the garage.
The bedroom wing on the main floor has the master suite at the lake end, a guest suite with ensuite beside it, and the laundry room positioned on the side wall closest to the boathouse.
§ 03 · THE TOUR
Watch the Walkthrough
We filmed this with Conklin Construction — floor framing just started, full layout visible at grade.
§ 04 — THE DETAIL
From Water to Laundry to Living
The laundry room placement is worth explaining. It’s on the side of the cottage closest to the boathouse, with a door directly to the outside. When you come up from the dock — wet suits, towels, sandy feet — you walk straight to a door, step into a room designed for exactly that transition, and proceed into the house clean.
That connection between the water and the interior sounds like a small thing. It changes how you move through the property all summer. You’re not hauling wet towels through the living room. The building accommodates how the clients actually live here.
Out front of the kitchen and dining area, we’re adding a covered porch — swing, BBQ station, a bit of shade. An extension of the dining room that’s also a proper outdoor room.
§ 05 — THE THROUGH-LINE
A Cottage That Earns Its Use
What we’re building here isn’t complicated in concept. It’s a cottage that accommodates a family across multiple generations, keeps the wet and sandy parts of cottage life away from the living spaces, and faces the lake from every room that matters.
The garage suite is unusual for this type of project — but it came directly from how this family operates. The floor plan is a solution, not a statement. More videos to come as the framing goes up.
