Ontario Cottage Country is an endless expanse of natural beauty and pleasure activities, but do you ever stop to think about the history behind it all? Rewind Design is a podcast shining the spotlight on Ontario’s Cottage Country, design history and all that comes along with owning a cottage on the water. Join your host, local Interior Designer, Katy McNabb, as she navigates the waters and chats to guests about their unique cottage stories and researches the locales we call our second home. ...
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S2 | Rewind Design | E13 Off Grid Cottage, Whistling Wind with AKB Architects
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This immersive episode of the Rewind Design Show is a rich dialogue with dynamic duo Kelly and Robert from the acclaimed architectural firm, AKB Architects. We delve into their architectural interests, personal paths, and outstanding work in cottage property design. Born and raised in different parts of Toronto, they shed some light on their early …
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S2 | Rewind Design | E12 Georgian Bay Biosphere - Mnidoo Gamii with Katrina + Tianna
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In today's episode of the Rewind Design podcast, host Katy McNabb welcomes experts Katrina Krievins and Tianna Burke from the Georgian Bay Biosphere for an intriguing conversation on ecology, conservation, and sustainable living. This compelling episode examines various topics like the impact of certain construction on the environment and the impor…
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S2 | Rewind Design | E11 Georgian Bay Biosphere - Mnidoo Gamii with Executive Director Becky Pollock
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Welcome to a unique episode of the Rewind Design Podcast, where we dive into the fascinating world of the Georgian Bay Biosphere. Today’s episode of the Rewind Design podcast is being brought to you by the ThinkBoyd Real Estate Team. The Team of Nicole and Geoff believe that buying or selling real estate is more than just a transaction – it’s a con…
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S2 | Rewind Design | E10 Coastal Protection with Amanda Kellett from Tatham Engineering
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Embark on a fascinating journey with us in this special episode of "Rewind Design" as we discuss shoreline management practices with an industry expert, Amanda Kellett, from Tatham Engineering. Get a detailed tour of the firm's extensive history and understand its contributions to various engineering fields such as land development, municipal engin…
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S2 | Rewind Design | E9 Project 22 with John O'Connor from Basis Design Build
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Welcome to a captivating episode of Rewind Design featuring John O'Connor from Basis Design Build, the genius behind some of the most sustainable and unique cottages in Cottage Country. In this episode, we delve into John's architectural journey, from his initial foray into the industry to developing his own Architecture Firm. Unpack the mysteries …
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S2 | Rewind Design | E8 Julien LeBourdais on Isabel Island - Bonus!
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Welcome to Episode 8 of Rewind Design Season 2! If you are brand new to this podcast, welcome! My name is Katy McNabb and I am a registered Interior Designer working in Ontario’s Cottage Country. I am on a mission to share sustainable ways of building, promote green energy and document the history of the cottage country. In this week’s bonus episod…
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S2 | Rewind Design | E7 Off Grid Solar Power with Scott Mifflin
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Welcome to Episode 7 of Rewind Design Season 2! If you are brand new to this podcast, welcome! My name is Katy McNabb and I am a registered Interior Designer working in Ontario’s Cottage Country. I am on a mission to share sustainable ways of building, promote green energy and document the history of the cottage country. In this week’s episode, I h…
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S2 | Rewind Design | E6 Green Roofing Systems in Cottage Country with Zinco
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Welcome to Episode 6 of Rewind Design Season 2! If you are brand new to this podcast, welcome! My name is Katy McNabb and I am a registered Interior Designer working in Ontario’s Cottage Country. I am on a mission to share sustainable ways of building, promote green energy and document the history of the cottage country. In this week’s episode, I h…
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S2 | Rewind Design | E5 Passive Cottage Design with Christine Lolley - Solares Architecture
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Welcome to Episode 5 of Rewind Design Season 2! If you are new to this podcast, my name is Katy McNabb and I am a registered Interior Designer working in Ontario’s Cottage Country. I am on a mission to share sustainable ways of building, promote green energy and document the history of the cottage country. In this week’s episode, I had the pleasure…
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S2 | Rewind Design | E4 Sustainable Cottages with Vanessa Fong, VFA - Architecture + Design
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Welcome to Episode 4 of Rewind Design Season 2! If you are new to this podcast, my name is Katy McNabb and I am a registered Interior Designer working in Ontario’s Cottage Country. I am on a mission to share sustainable ways of building, promote green energy and document the history of the cottage country. Today we have Vanessa Fong, from VFA Archi…
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S2 | Rewind Design | E3 Heritage Conservation with Scott Weir, ERA Architects
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Welcome to Episode 3 of Rewind Design Season 2! If you are new to this podcast, my name is Katy McNabb and I am a registered Interior Designer working in Ontario’s Cottage Country. I am on a mission to share sustainable ways of building, promote green energy and document the history of the area. I have been waiting to share this episode for many mo…
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S2 | Rewind Design | E2 Restoration on Georgian Bay with David Ballentine
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Welcome to Episode 2 of Rewind Design Season 2! I am beyond excited to share this episode with all the cottage lovers out there. I had the opportunity to sit down and speak with David Ballentine, owner of Ballentine Construction, all about cottage design, restoration + his unique approach to building on the Bay. David is a lifelong cottager in Poin…
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S2 | Rewind Design | E1 - Georgian Bay Association with Rupert Kindersley
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On this weeks debut episode of Rewind Design - Season 2 - we have a very highly regarded guest from the Georgian Bay Association (GBA) Rupert Kindersley. He has been the executive director of the GBA for the last 5 years and I had the honor of speaking to him last summer. Born in London England, Rupert was educated at Eton College and the Universit…
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S1 | Rewind Design | E15 - Season 2 Announcement!
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Rewind Design is the recipient of the Georgian Bay Land Trust King Family Bursary for 2023! 🍾✨🎉 . 🌊While season 1 focuses on intimate stories of cottage history, season 2 will focus on sustainable design along the shores of Georgian Bay, with an emphasis on protecting the shoreline via green energy, green building methods and the maintenance and pr…
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S1 | Rewind Design | E14 - Rebecca on Royal Muskoka Island
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Welcome to Rewind Design, a Cottage History Podcast - dedicated to discovering the stories of Cottage Country in Ontario! I am your host, and local Interior Designer, Katy McNabb. On this week’s episode, we have Rebecca Hay from Rebecca Hay Designs (www.rebeccahaydesigns.com). Not only is Rebecca an Interior Designer like me, she is also an entrepr…
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S1 | Rewind Design | E13 Geoff on Sand Bay
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Hello and welcome to this weeks episode of Rewind Design - A Cottage History Podcast. On this weeks episode, we have Geoffrey Hayes, a Sales Representative for All Points North in Parry Sound (See link here - https://allpointsnorth.ca/geoffrey-hayes/) From his biography on All Points North he describes his journey to Cottage Living. As a young boy …
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S1 | Rewind Design | E12 Rags on Axford Island
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On this weeks episode, we have Rags (Don Ragland) who owns a cottage property on Axford Island on the South Channel of Georgian Bay. How he acquired the island was slightly problematic, extremely lucky and he has a very curious story to how he purchased his property! They have a charming property sitting in a sandy channel he calls “Sand Channel” o…
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S1 | Rewind Design | E11 Gerry on Sunny Cove
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“The property, the entire cove, was purchased by my grandfather, Luke Spearn in 1932. He had 6 children, willed the property to his family, each of his children got a lot. Lots were decided by picking a number from a hat, in order of birth. The original cottage was a farmhouse with a wrap around veranda which was the cottage for 27 yrs, then upon d…
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S1 | Rewind Design | E10 Annie’s Island on Georgian Bay
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On today’s episode of Rewind Design, we have 94-year-old Anne Grotrian – a creative, an artist, a teacher, and above all, a lover of Georgian Bay. She loves bones, stones, shells and driftwood, all of which you can find sprinkled around her eclectic Japanese pagoda style cottage! She was born in 1928 in Toronto, grew up in Rosedale the youngest of …
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S1 | Rewind Design | E9 Bonnie on Bannockburn Road
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Welcome to the first ever Rewind Design episode featuring a Muskoka cottager! I had the utmost pleasure of sitting down and speaking with a wonderful woman, Bonnie Bean and her daughter, in their generational family cottage on Lake Muskoka. Bonnie was so open to speaking about her family’s past, their journey to Muskoka and the initial challenges o…
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S1 | Rewind Design | E8 Patty on Rose Point - P2
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The story begins in a similar fashion to my own history, with Patty’s ancestors hailing from Scotland and Germany, the same mix of cultures I am also from. Curiosity compelled me to read further and further into the pattern of emigration to Cottage Country, how did Patty’s family find their way here? How did they end up in a Farmhouse on the undist…
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S1 | Rewind Design | E7 Patty on the Point P1
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The story begins in a similar fashion to my own history, with Patty’s ancestors hailing from Scotland and Germany, the same mix of cultures I am also from. Curiosity compelled me to read further and further into the pattern of emigration to Cottage Country, how did Patty’s family find their way here? How did they end up in a Farmhouse on the undist…
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S1 | Rewind Design | E6 Dianne in Dorset
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Welcome to Rewind Design A Cottage History Podcast with your host + Local Interior Designer, (me!) Katy McNabb. Today we will be putting the spotlight on a historical Dorset cottage. Join me, as I navigate the waters and chat to my guests about their unique Dorset cottage and their family history over the last 100 years. To start off this captivati…
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S1 | Rewind Design | E5 Janet on Five Mile Bay
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Today on Rewind Design we have a special episode coming from very close to home, Five Mile Bay - in the South Channel of Georgian Bay! My home territory! Janet and her husband Dave have been kind enough share their story of how their family landed in a renovated 1962 cottage on McLaren Island. There have been many additions and changes over the yea…
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S1 | Rewind Design | E4 Jordan on Greenbough Lake
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Today on Rewind Design we have a special episode coming from much further north in Ontario than I’m used too. Today I speak to Jordan Fang, a designer, nature lover, reader + art lover who was a colleague of mine when we worked together at a commercial design firm in downtown Toronto (before I made the permanent move up north). Jordan’s family cott…
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S1 | Rewind Design | E3 Sadie on Action Island
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On this week's episode of Rewind Design, we have an incredibly captivating story, which just might be the most fascinating, intriguing and sexy one yet. Today I speak with lifelong cottager Sadie who has flipped my world upside down with her breathtaking cottage history. Sadie shares the history of her Georgian Bay Island, how her grandparents acqu…
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S1 | Rewind Design | E2 Rick on Horseshoe Lake
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To jump right into the water, today’s guest will be another member of the McNabb family clan, my dad, Rick McNabb. He shares his story of how the McNabb family ended up in Parry Sound. Everyone thinks we’ve been here forever, but we’ve really only been here for the last generation. My dad and his family are originally from Mississauga and eventuall…
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S1 | Rewind Design | E1 Beverly by the Bay
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Welcome to Rewind Design - A Podcast dedicated to discovering the stories of Cottage Country in Ontario. Thank you so much for joining me on this journey and for the first official episode with a real live guest! Today on the show we’ll be diving into a piece of cottage country I am very familiar with, the South Channel of Georgian Bay, home to my …
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Hello! My name is Katy McNabb, and I am the creator of Rewind Design - A Cottage History Podcast. In honour of Canada Day weekend, I am releasing the first episode dedicated to my own personal cottage history story! I decided to create this podcast and associated blog because I am extremely passionate about cottage country and how everyone and ever…
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