Artisan Wood Floors
In the Blue Mountains of Southern Georgian Bay Ontario, the best rooms borrow from the outdoors: calm light, long views, and materials that feel good to live with.
Designed by SMPL and built and styled by Mistaya Homes, Project 106 is a 5,300+ sq ft spec home that reads like a retreat—set at the forest edge, shaped by two gabled volumes, and planned so the landscape stays present from arrival to great room.
Two gabled forms organize the home with clear, readable geometry—big volume for gathering, smaller volume for the more private rhythms of daily life.
Mistaya Homes: “Designing custom homes is our passion and specialty. For 15 years we’ve built our business on no copying and pasting. This project is unique—custom, eccentric, and beautiful—wrapped under two gable forms with a rooftop balcony.”
True to that philosophy, the gables stagger in height for a grounded, sculptural presence. The taller volume holds the main gathering zone—living, kitchen, and dining beneath a vaulted ceiling—while the lower volume tightens the scale and creates a natural sense of procession through the plan.
Up on the escarpment, the landscape is never static—green summers, copper falls, deep winter light.
A fall view from the escarpment—one of the area’s best reminders that the land is always in motion, at right.
With this much daylight and openness, the interior brief becomes less about adding and more about editing—keeping the space grounded, warm, and visually calm.
CRAFT’s Provence from the Contempa Collection was selected for exactly that: naturally fumed White Oak with a wire-brushed texture and an Ultra Matte finish that holds its character in strong light. It supports the home’s modern palette today—and leaves room for future owners to layer in art, furniture, and personality.
Provence handles one of the hardest assignments in the house: grounding a bright, open kitchen and vaulted great room without adding visual noise. Its naturally fumed tone and low-sheen finish keep the space warm, calm, and consistent in full daylight.
Quiet is built from details: clean lines, warm light, and a palette that lets the architecture shine.
Small moments do a lot of work: the soft texture underfoot, the quiet warmth of the White Oak tone, and lighting placed low enough to feel inviting.
Quiet is built from details: soft light and materials that stays honest.
Complexity & Order: the best open plans are easy to understand at a glance. Long sightlines, daylight, and views to the trees let your mind map the home quickly—so the circulation feels quiet, connected, and natural.
Provence becomes more than a floor in this home—it becomes a unifying material. Overhead, the vaulted ceiling planes are finished in LongCRAFT 10’ lengths, keeping the lines clean and the architecture uninterrupted.
Invoking the senses: When wood stays legible—grain, contour, natural variation—it reads as warm and restorative, not “manufactured.” Provence’s ultra-matte finish lets the texture stay honest, even in big daylight.
Key feature in the great room: Provence continues overhead, where each vaulted ceiling plane is built entirely from LongCRAFT 10’ boards. Full-length boards reduce visual breaks so the grain reads clean across the slope—turning the ceiling into real woodwork, not a surface treatment. Integrated LED reveals trace the transition lines with a soft, architectural glow, while the ridge beam gives the peak a crisp spine. Warm, precise, and comfortable at full height.
A bright home still needs places that slow the day down—warm wood, soft light, and a few objects chosen for texture and tone.
A glimpse down into the four-season room below—tucked under the main volume, where wood and stone shift the mood from “open” to “protected.”
Mistaya calls their four-season room “the snug”—it has become a Georgian Bay favourite. The wall opens wide, and the room feels bright and protected at the same time.
The snug: framed by wood overhead and around, turning a sitting room into a true retreat.
When a room holds a clear view to living systems—trees moving, light shifting—it tends to feel more “whole.” That’s the quiet power of designing around daylight and landscape, not just finishes.
Out back, the architecture settles into the land like a modern cottage—strong silhouette, durable materials, and a yard that fades naturally into the tree line.
For SMPL and Mistaya, the best “upgrade” is a home that feels good to live in—bright, calm, and built for longevity. Provence supports that materials-first approach with an Ultra Matte finish that keeps the grain readable, plus third-party credentials teams can stand behind: Declare (Red List Free) and GREENGUARD Gold for indoor air quality. Project 106 proves broad appeal can still feel intentional—when materials are chosen for real life.
Designed for rest and reset: soft light and quiet surfaces slow your nervous system down.
For CRAFT, Project 106 shows what happens when strong form is matched with disciplined material choices—and the workmanship to execute them well. Mistaya specified Provence from the Contempa Collection for its calm tone in real daylight: naturally fumed White Oak with wire-brushed texture and an Ultra Matte finish that keeps the interior grounded. LongCRAFT 10’ boards were used across key planes to protect the home’s clean geometry, and the great room ceiling stands out as a true woodworking feature—vaulted planes built from full-length boards, finished with crisp transitions and integrated light. The result is a modern home built from honest materials.
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Designed by: SMPL
Built and styled by: Mistaya Homes
