{"id":4131,"date":"2025-10-29T18:09:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T22:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madisontaylordesign.com\/residential\/?p=4131"},"modified":"2025-11-04T11:06:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T16:06:35","slug":"behind-the-design-brackenrig-bay-lodge-transitional-muskoka-cottage-boathouse-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madisontaylordesign.com\/residential\/2025\/10\/29\/behind-the-design-brackenrig-bay-lodge-transitional-muskoka-cottage-boathouse-reveal\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Design: Brackenrig Bay Lodge – Transitional Muskoka Cottage & Boathouse Reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brackenrig Bay Lodge began as a vision for a four-season family retreat; a place to gather, unwind, and experience the lake through every season. What emerged is a custom cottage and boathouse designed to balance two distinct design styles, thoughtfully blended into one cohesive story.<\/p>\n

This project presented a unique design challenge: each client brought their own aesthetic preferences; one drawn to timeless, classic details, the other to refined modern simplicity. Our task was to bring these perspectives together seamlessly. The result is a transitional design that marries warmth and tradition with clean lines and contemporary form.<\/p>\n

Our team worked collaboratively across exterior form, interior detailing, and curated furnishings, ensuring the entire retreat feels harmonious from the moment you step inside to where you meet the shoreline. With the interiors previously unveiled, we\u2019re back to highlight the completed exterior and boathouse, where the exterior form and lakeside experience come together.<\/p>\n

In this exclusive video, Lead Designer, Greg, shares a closer look at the design process, the considerations that informed key decisions, and how contrast, character, and craftsmanship converge to define this custom lakeside retreat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brackenrig Bay Lodge began as a vision for a four-season family retreat; a place to gather, unwind, and experience the lake through every season. What emerged is a custom cottage and boathouse designed to balance two distinct design styles, thoughtfully blended into one cohesive story. 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