This stunning 1979 time capsule ski chalet in Ontario has a fabulous open layout with walls of windows to magnificent mountain views. Cool mid century details can be found around every corner — including a freestanding orange fireplace, a smoky bittersweet orange built-in sofa sectional, gorgeous tile and vinyl floors, and even a suit of armor to guard over it all. Thanks to reader Matt who alerted us to this groove pad — currently listed for sale by Diana Monteith with Remax.
From the listing:
Price: $449,900
Year Built: 1979
Square feet: 2,099
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 2Home/chalet with fantastic views of Horseshoe’s Ski Hill & sunsets. Architecturally unique custom designed. UV coated windows with a view from all main upper rooms & deck. Get lost in this retreat, set up on a hill with a very private setting. Custom hight end touches throughout. Master with ensuite. oversized main floor bathroom with separate shower, tub, double sinks & sauna. Family room with built in leather couches.
The kitchen and dining room are just as amazing as the living area — walls of windows give way to treehouse views of the forest below. The angular walls and ceilings give a very modern feel to this house, yet the original vintage details make it feel comfortable and homey.
The kitchen cabinetry matches what can be found in the main floor bathroom, and sports a large range hood that mimics the shape of the freestanding fireplace. We’re thinking that the wallpaper in this space is NOT vintage.
But the wallpaper in this space — yes! And it coordinates with the vinyl flooring! Quite possibly the coolest room in the house is the main floor bath — which looks like it may be just off the entryway — and even has a sauna. Both the floor and walls are adorned with squares filled with organic orange, brown and reddish orange shapes. We’re guessing the walls are wallpapered and the floor is a sheet vinyl. I love the pattern — too bad they don’t still make them like this. One thing is for sure — whoever built this house loved orange.
Not every 70s ski chalet has a suit of armor guarding the entry — but doesn’t he look perfect while doing it?
Another favorite detail is the front door — which looks like it is wood with brutalist three-dimensional metal tiles affixed to the front.
A huge thanks goes out to Diana Monteith — the listing agent and photographer of this amazing mid century home — for allowing us to feature this property here on Retro Renovation. If you are interested in seeing this property, contact Diana at (705) 725-2217 or email her ad dm@remax.net.
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nickarmadillo says
I’m not sure that I can deal with the 70’s design revival that’s going on, but I love the living, dining, and exterior regardless. That front door is hawt.
Suzanne says
I am seriously in love with all of this. That orange, that cantilevered window, that amazing front door – I want it all. I don’t ski. Don’t even care.
Melissa says
Love this house! The angled windows everywhere just speak to me 🙂
Plus I love orange. I think I’d name the suit of armor Juan. (He’s a standing knight- get it?)
Robin, NV says
Oh wow, I just love that dining area with the cantilevered windows. How great would it be to have that treehouse setting with every meal? When I lived in Arkansas, I rented the top floor of a house in the woods with huge windows. I just loved waking up in the morning with views of the hills and trees – like I was floating in a forest wonderland. As a native desert dweller, it was a fantasy world to me.
Even if the wallpaper in the kitchen isn’t original, I totally dig it. As others have said – this is how 70s decor is done right. Gorgeous.
Robin, NV says
Oh and my favorite things about this place are the awesome tiles in the entry way and first floor bathroom and those amazing pendent lights in the living room. Sigh. I could curl up in front of the fireplace and just watch the snow fall all day.
Jay says
Not being a huge fan of 70s decor (having seen enough of it the first go round) this is different. Tends to be more modern and takes a complimentary back seat to the architecture. I bet those kitchen cabinets are solid wood. I want the wall shelving unit that’s on the upper level of the living room.
Beth C says
Seriously, the interior design is hands-down perfect for the 70s Swiss chalet architecture found here. It would be a travesty, absolutely sacrilegious, to separate the interior from this dwelling. Hoping that some HGTV-update-wannabe-renovator doesn’t get his or her hands on it. I loathe when something so period perfect is destroyed in the name of “updating.”
Doug Camin @ House on Rynkus Hill says
Great space. Really like the exposed beams and the glass walls providing the views.
This place reminds me a bit of the John Hart Studios – he was known for drawing the comics B.C. and Wizard of Id and built this awesome studio on a small private lake in 1978. My fiance and I are friends with the grandsons who currently draw it and were just up there for an event last week. I may have to poke them about doing some photography of the space.
midmichigan says
That’s a refreshing home after that moment of insanity we called “disco”.
Nancy B says
Really cool!!
Chris says
You know, I grew up in the 70s and have never been a fan of 70s style. But there is something about this house…. What is it? It’s just so nicely done. Maybe that’s it! It seems to ooze good cozy house vibes right through the photos! I hope someone “worthy” buys it and treasures its authenticity!
pam kueber says
When any era is done well… it’s done well!