In the Spring 2022 Issue
Solar power
After a year of anxiety, a sunny splash of colour will make you happy. Yellow also represents the light at the end of the tunnel. We can hope!
Bring the outdoors in
The screened porch is an utter must have. If, that is, you hope to enjoy summer days devoid of entomological invasion.
Egg-cellent chickens
The hunt is on to find golden eggs. That is, golden-yolked, farm-fresh eggs from your own hens. What better place to make it happen than Ontario’s Cottage Country?
Just add water
A pond can cool down your yard on a hot day, it never requires mowing and it will seldom require weeding.
Cabin Style 2021
Sanctuary, escape and reward: buzzwords associated with lifestyle in 2021. Cue the Key Trends tip list, guaranteed to bring out the best in your cabin on a daily basis.
Let’s go outside
It’s the time of year when the great outdoors is looking even greater: days are longer, temperatures are on the rise and we’re spending more time alfresco, minus the woollies. With that in mind, here are some of our favourite fresh-air things.
Good reads
There is nothing better than lazing away a summer afternoon with a good book and a cold drink. From travel and food, to suspense and mystery – with a side of romance – here are my picks for the summer of 2021.
By Colin and Justin
Spring forward
With the tantalizing promise of spring in the air (and, we hope, summer just around the corner), we’ve corralled a host of ideas to welcome the new season as the mercury’s vertiginous ascent continues (hopefully) apace.
Guest services
With many people opting to holiday at home this summer, there’s no better time to trick out your cottage and make it the best it can be.
Hype your holiday
Styled correctly, the cottage should be a wonderful place to gather, safe from the climatic vagaries of winter, write Colin and Justin.
Home bar none
When it’s time to welcome guests back to your rustic retreat, up the ante with a home bar that screams ‘Lounge Lizard.’
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Escape to the Country
A Sunday drive
A quick stop during a weekend outing became a life altering event for the Lalonde family, who became the proud new owners of Crossroads Restaurant in Rosseau.
Escape to the country
Moving to a historic home in Gravenhurst was part of the healing process for Andy and Kelly Warne and their children following a life-changing car crash.
Escape to the country
Rick and Susan Brooks built their home on land once owned by Rick’s great grandfather.
Escape to the country
A passive home in a beautiful setting on Eagle Lake lured Dana and Rose from Arizona for the good vibes of a four-season wonderland
Architecture and Design
On the rise: A Drag Lake beauty
Designers Suzanne Dimma and Arriz Hassam throw open the doors to their elevated Haliburton cottage.
Solar power
After a year of anxiety, a sunny splash of colour will make you happy. Yellow also represents the light at the end of the tunnel. We can hope!
Solar Power
After a year of anxiety, a sunny yellow splash of colour will make you happy! Pantone, the global colour authority, chose Illuminating yellow as one of their colours of the year for 2021 as a way for people to fortify themselves with energy to help us overcome the continuing uncertainty we live in. Perhaps yellow also represents the light at the end of the tunnel? We can hope!
Hype your holiday
Styled correctly, the cottage should be a wonderful place to gather, safe from the climatic vagaries of winter, write Colin and Justin.
Outdoors and Entertainment
Out and about
Keeping up with a fitness routine in the time of COVID has led trainers, their clients and the rest of us to be more creative in the ways we get moving.
Surviving isolation
Winter may encourage you to hibernate, which means that you need to be proactive about your physical and mental well-being.
Hype your holiday
Styled correctly, the cottage should be a wonderful place to gather, safe from the climatic vagaries of winter, write Colin and Justin.
Snow much fun!
While summers in Cottage Country are certainly iconic, it’s winter that truly brings adventure for kids of all ages.
Environment
Citizen science
The value of community involvement in research can be measured in part through results that reach far beyond the original project scope.
Worm farming knowhow
Creating the perfect habitat for your red wigglers will mean lots of compost in your future. Your garden will thank you, and so will Mother Earth.
Filling the gaps of knowledge
From protecting lake health to battling homelessness, research projects involving community members and student scientists provide critical support for researchers.
Aliens in your backyard
UFOs – unidentified flora (and fauna) objects – can be overpowered if you nurture native plants and animals. In the process, your environment will become substantially more welcoming.
A Note from Colin and Justin
Hello, and welcome to Here with Colin and Justin. The very essence of life in the rural space, Here is an exciting, quarterly magazine based in Ontario’s magical Cottage Country. With the emphasis on informative, inspirational content, our new mag will be a style bible, a lifestyle compass and a guide to all that's good in cottage country.
Here: Exploring the New Rural Lifestyle
The New Rural Lifestyle is what happens when you add thousands of new, capable people to established, small country communities. It’s entrepreneurial. It’s real. It involves shifting the focus from oneself to what’s around you, fully engaging with the people and landscape of one of the most beautiful places in the world.
Here With Colin and Justin is the standard bearer of the New Rural Lifestyle. Here shows newcomers how to settle, connect, grow and make a difference. Here gives them the tools and information they need to make the most of rural life, and the most of life itself.
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Here is about:
- Building homes that reflect values of quality, durability, sustainability and responsibility;
- How towns are revitalizing and reinventing themselves;
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- Engaging in volunteer opportunities;
- Solving problems and building communities;
- Enjoying the outdoors and nature;
Living an authentic life.
Here connects you with one of the highest value markets in Canada. Our readership has sold their city homes – often with huge profits. They need new homes, renovations and everything those involve. Here readers are high consumers of recreational equipment, travel, dining, watercraft, sustainable building products, alternative energy systems and energy-efficient appliances. They have the income and wealth of city dwellers, without huge mortgages and other expenses that limit their disposable income. Here readers are all-in, full-time, and you have the opportunity to help them settle and grow.
On any given day, Here readers are buying and leasing commercial properties to start businesses; looking at better ways to heat their homes; considering the right vehicle for tougher winters and country roads; thinking about local adventure activities and distant adventure vacations; hosting friends and family; taking up new sports; managing their income and investments; starting new hobbies and pursuing old ones; optimizing their lives with technology, from internet services to smart homes.
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