MOUNTAIN LIFE - Blue Mountains | Summer 2019

46 Any owner of a Y chromosome will love the garage. The clean concrete floor and brightly lit workbench are ready for any kind of mechanical challenge or DIY project. Incredibly, all that work was done in a little over five months. Saunders moved in on the last weekend in January. And it’s an amazing place. This is a house for hosting. Located at the base of a ski club, it’s obviously full every weekend in the winter. With a massive dinner table, a spacious functional kitchen, and a wine fridge, it’s all set for some seriously good times. The heart of the chalet is the second floor. That’s where the master bedroom, kitchen, living room and dining room are. The open-concept dining room and living room mesh seamlessly, with a ten-person table allowing for intimate après get togethers. The second-floor deck and massive sliding doors allow outside and inside to become one while the fireplace in the living room will keep it all cozy. The living room features ample, comfortable seating options to simply snooze away in front of the fire. The master bedroom is tastefully humble. It can be closed off from the rest of the second floor, or opened up to share the large master bathroom with the rest of the house. On the ground floor, the mudroom coming off the garage features locker-style cupboards that can easily accommodate the wear and tear of a busy ski family. And his two boys can host friends in the two bunk beds in the kids’ room. Made by A.J. Carter of Kasten Company in Clarksburg, the bunks are beautiful examples of A.J.’s incredible craftsmanship. And any owner of a Y chromosome will love Saunder’s garage. The clean concrete floor and brightly lit workbench are ready for any kind of mechanical challenge or DIY project. The hardware comes from Garage Living out of Toronto and allows for shelves and storage systems to be easily and quickly reconfigured. An investment executive from Toronto, Sauders is stoked on his new place. “I got what I wanted,” he says. “I’m thrilled with it. This project was all going on and and I’m not up there so Stephanie and Adam basically ran with it. We’d have a call maybe once or twice a week, some emails, but it was the most painless, well-executed program. The way they were able to do this in five months was incredible.”