Karyn Gordon balances many professional roles: CEO, leadership and relationship expert, author, public speaker, TV personality. But at the Muskoka, Ont., home she shares with husband Brent Penner and their 16-year-old twins, Baron and Chase, her favourite roles are hot chocolate maker and board game player. “Our place is so magical in the winter,” says Karyn, who designed the 2,400-square-foot abode, while Brent, Baron and Chase pitched in by building its custom furniture.
When it came to layering in holiday cheer, Karyn called her designer friend Sarah Walker. “The Muskoka setting had everything to do with the styling direction,” Sarah says. “I wanted to bring the outdoors in and honour the beauty of nature that surrounds the property.” Her use of beeswax candles, organic textures and evergreens gets the look…
