Focus On Environment

LocalArtist and Photographer Corin Ford Forrester captures our relationships with mother earth with very true and real imagery. We are damaging our communities now more than ever with industry and pollution. Corin brings a needed perspective to the table and a picture is worth a thousand words!

Green Artisans on the move!

Local Artisan Sue Mangan born in Ontario creates all of her pieces from collections from landfill sites. Sue finds unusal and very usable materials to work with and her creations are quite magnificent and very colorful. The ture beauty is in the green transformation that happens as something once considered someones trash has a new life to be cherished for many many years. These materials are in huge abundance all over our lands. It takes the right person with a global awareness to see the uses of our wasteful world. Every piece of Sues work is a one of a kind and no two will ever be the same. Never a shortage of waste never short on creativity. Maybe you too will look at your trash differently and think, Trash to Treasure?

Going Green Going Local

It's Spring time in the Kawartha's...the perfect time to start thinking GREEN!

Really look for Local Hand-Made Furniture , Repurposed & Upcycled Furniture & Decor all made from sustainable & recycled materials...our customer's love it and so does Mother Earth!

Our Solid Wood Furniture Showroom is all Handmade by Mennonite's and Local Artisan's.Try to find Cascades Tissue & Nature Clean Products...Biodegradable, Well & Septic Safe!To Lower our Carbon Imprint make sure to try to buy 85% Local Foods & Fair Trade with our

Local Farmer's. Look for products that have travelled less than 100 km. to get to you. Buy local

evryone wins. Come on in and say Hi...Let us help you get a little more Green this Spring!

Handmade soaps by Jillian

Handmade soaps by Jillian are made with all natural ingredients most of which can be found locally. From lavender to organic beeswax these soaps are a real nice gift for you or someone you care about. Try the "Summer at the lake" for easing those nasty sun burns or if the bugs are bad the "Wisdom soap" with sage and cucumber will help the annoying itch. Always crafting up new soaps for your health and beauty, Jillian also takes time to package her soap with recycled materials. Check back later when Jillian will have a feature on her Rustic Country Signs and will custom make them for you or your family.

Handwoven Baskets by Julia Hoftzyer

Always a basket lover Julia learned to weave her first basket from a future mother in-law in Hilton New York and was hooked! She has now been weaving for over six years and enjoys sharing her love of weaving.

Julia's first baskets were woven from the kitchen table and now has the space of a converted bedroom. The baskets are from the basic muffin style to the ever popular stair step basket. Most baskets are dyed with coloured reed which she does by hand.

Many of Julia's baskets have received winning ribbons at the Norwood Fair and was chosen to go to the Ontario Associations of Agriculture Societies convention in Toronto. Her baskets have sold to Europe, United States, North Ontario and of course locally as well. Custom Orders are aways a pleasure for Julia and she has also has tried some twill weaving and would like to diversify into canning. See these wonderful baskets The the Country Corner today.

Welcome Country Friends!

Artist and wood carver Fred Primeau has been at his works for over a decade now and has his Tree Spirits in home and cottages all across Canada. He uses fallen trees which all have charater all on there own and Fred brings out the spirit in each piece of wood. Find out more about where you can find this wizard of wood at the store and see his works up close. Each is a one of a kind original.

Welcome To Our new Website & Blog

Be sure to bookmark both our new website and our new blog; to stay informed of new products and inventory in the upcoming months. We will be publishing articles to this blog on a regular basis, to ensure you don't miss any of our unique gifts.