Comments on: Molly’s Cabin by AGATHOM

By: Lewis UK

Lewis UK — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:37:03 +0000

This is one of the nicest buildings ive ever seen. I like the use of wood, the angles, but most of all I love the way it integrates with the surrounding. Nice!
I know im pretty young but id say this is my favourite building.
How long did it take to build?

By: Nancy Hardy-Banting

Nancy Hardy-Banting — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:23:36 +0000

Dear Adam:
I was so pleased to have seen your mum’s cabin in Canadian Home and Garden. I have lost contact with you and Duncan, Deb and I have offened wondered what happened to you. So nice to see the wonderful work that you are doing. I would love to talk to you and I would love to have one of your designs – I always wanted one of your dad’s. Take care, Nancy

By: Reebok

Reebok — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:06:30 +0000

Work showing beautiful mountain we decided to disfigure with the faces of “our founding forefathers” what a bunch of garbage. the house is beautiful and if i ever come across a perfect setting for my dream home i’ll build until my heart is content

By: Shai

Shai — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:16:33 +0000

Beautiful interior.. goes to show dont judge a book by its cover.. I’ve been caught out by this too many times… nice use of pine interior angles…

By: Pam

Pam — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:35:17 +0000

Definitely a summer home only, I would say..aside from apparently no insulation and all that glass, the toilet is on the other side of the island! You can see already the wind blowing the deck chair seats..can you imagine being there when it was -20, 2 feet of snow and windy, hiking in the middle of the night to the outhouse? I wonder why they didn’t put a composting toilet in the house. They are pretty sophisticated beasts now, and anyone who could afford to build this house could afford a good one. Still, it is a very attractive house. I love the fireplace, even if it does seem to be without doors and therefore rather inefficient (where do they get the wood for it?) The location is fantastic.

By: Peter Christopher in Costa Rica

Peter Christopher in Costa Rica — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:14:54 +0000

This is absolutely gorgeous.

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:57:54 +0000

This cottage is located on Georgian Bay which is a large body of water attached to Lake Huron. The water levels on Georgian Bay are extremely stable, and some of the most beautiful in the world. I grew up in this area and in my opinion there is no better place to build a beautiful cabin like this.
Most people who build in this area only use their cottages in the summer although there are some that are fully winterized. This property would be boat access only and so during the winter they would need to snowmobile there.

I am beyond jealous of the owners of this property.

By: dorela

dorela — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:57:24 +0000

great house, I want to live there…!

By: Scott Alexander

Scott Alexander — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:19:20 +0000

Wow, this looks like an arsonist’s dream. I hope they’ve got a big pump connected to that lake!

By: John

John — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:19:27 +0000

It has all the ingredients for life on a lake with minimum alterations to the landscape.
I like it a little more than my own summer camp/cabin also on two lakes in the wilderness of Maine. Mine however was built in 1880 and will remain as it was originally built.
With the composting toilet and upgrade, and lake water for drinking.
A very beautiful location.

By: John Osburn

John Osburn — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:51:24 +0000

Elegant sensitive design, lives lightly on the rock, clean clear detailing, exciting roof shapes. This will be a treasure for the people that live in it and own it.

Refreshing to see hand drawn elevations.

Well done.

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:34:20 +0000

What a way to live. Simplicity is the way to go. Beautiful!

By: kmwd

kmwd — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:46:05 +0000

Being familiar with the area I have to say the design is humble compared to the monstrosities found on beautiful Canadian lakes. The respect the owners and builders have for the natural surroundings are admirable. Just the sustainability alone wins points.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:45:37 +0000

I have to agree that this design is nice inside, but outside it has nothing to do with it’s surroundings. It’s an odd wooden wart on that rock island for all to see. Too bad.

By: Joachim

Joachim — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:28:48 +0000

No, I agree that it’s not of this century anymore.

It’s not because people have done it in the past – exploring and colonizing the outback, living of hunting and fishing – that it gives us the right to build houses (mostly second homes) anywhere we think our heart tells us to do.

But a nice design – though could be better. Have the feeling the surroundings add a little bit too much to the appreciation of the house.

By: rawan

rawan — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:26:12 +0000

Its so beutifull , i wonder if theres som houses the same as this one in sweden.

Love it
rawan

By: McGahon

McGahon — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:52:08 +0000

Stunning. A very beautiful house and location. Very sympathetic to the environment.

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:37:40 +0000

why do you care about the location or it’s surroundings. what do you think the land around the new york area looked before we came along. or how about the majestic and beautiful mountain we decided to disfigure with the faces of “our founding forefathers” what a bunch of garbage. the house is beautiful and if i ever come across a perfect setting for my dream home i’ll build until my heart is content. you probably pollute more in a week than this house would ever so mind’ya damn business. they probably built there to make sure people like us wouldn’t bother them anymore. beautiful house, beautiful setting…good on yas! peace

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:45:09 +0000

How do people get the planning permission to build on a pristine evironment?

By: butters

butters — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:27:24 +0000

oh nice, oh so nice. i want to visit and stay forever…