The House

Before we wrap up the Ontario trip I must add a special page just to talk about  a remarkable home. This is the house that our niece Danielle and her fiancée Tyler have just completed and moved into near the town of Gravenhurst Ontario. It is about an hour north of Barrie so we asked if we could spend the night in their new place on our way home.

This is a stunning new place in the woods with soaring ceilings and views out the back of the forest and animal life.

Upstairs are 3 bedrooms 2 baths and the mud room laundry and the garage. Down are the theater, craft room, wine cellar, dog room, dog wash, and much more.

The place is loaded with so many design innovations and tech items that are too many to mention individually. One really neat item was the pantry. You know how you hate to have all those small appliances cluttering up the main kitchen area? Well here is the brilliant solution.

This is about an 8 by 12 foot "pantry" concealed behind what looks like a normal kitchen cabinet. Inside are all the appliances that would normally clutter up the kitchen plus all of the normal food items found in a normal pantry. Oh and don't forget the top-loading microwave oven.

Examples of a few of the modernistic things include the electronic toilets with remotes throughout the house and also the convenient dog bowl in the mud room. There is also a dog wash station in the basement.

Theater anyone?

Anyhow we had a super time including getting to drive the awesome Tesla and really thank Tyler and Danielle for a super evening with perfect hosts and a tour of what the 21st century home should look like and the technology it should contain if you have unlimited ingenuity and design talent. Thanks guys!