Hi, I’m Jane

I’m a designer, a maker, a creative wanderer and a budding adventurer. With wine glasses in hand, my husband Laurence and I took a leap of faith and purchased a tiny old hunting cabin on a seaside property in Nova Scotia “on a lark”, sight unseen, going from blurry photos from an online real estate listing. We began our east coast adventure without any set plans other than perhaps a place in the Maritimes for our family to camp on. Little did we know that the ramshackle little shack and craggy piece of ocean side forest would seduce us to stay and build a home by the sea. And thus began our new adventure.

We are in the midst of building our family home on the property. I have been traveling back and forth from our house in Toronto to coordinate the build staying in the little cabin that we converted into a tiny jewel of a seaside cottage. Though I have had to pack away my home studio/workshop until the main house in NS is completed, I have gotten back to my love of sketching, painting and photography. When I’m out in Nova Scotia not overseeing the build of our dream house, I’m exploring our beautiful property, the town of Lunenburg and the South Shore. When in Toronto, I’m spending as much time as I can with my almost grown kids and my fabulous husband. And of course sharing all the news and updates about our house construction with close friends and family.