MY COTTAGE ON COOK---A Previous Rehab-House #6

Most of you that have followed my blog

for a while know that we have moved

many times.

Since MyHero and I got married we

have rehabbed 15 houses (I think)

I may have forgotten one or two~!;>)

Anyway, 

I thought it might be fun to post 

a few pictures of some of our rehabs because 

I started this blog for my family.

 I imagine each one of them thinks of 

a different house as

HOME!

In the beginning I didn't take many pictures.

I only had a Polaroid.

Remember those?

So, the first few houses have sporadic pictures

but I will try to dig some more 

out of my old books as I go.

So-

Here you have Move to House#SIX 

(Dec1989-July1994)

Cottage On Cook

This house had been on the market for 5 years.

It was an obsolete floor plan which we 

figured out how to fix by moving one wall-
which gave us a huge family room.
It had 4 bedrooms and 2-1/2 baths.

It reeked inside because they kenneled

dogs in the basement.

Yes! Real kennels!

In the basement!

It was a mess!

It was also a BARGAIN!

The most dramatic transformation

was on the outside.

I don't have any befores that I can find.

But we painted it from red stained 

(dark red) board and batten

to what you see here.

We replaced windows and put up a picket fence.

After we were done the front looked like this.

in December.

Summer snippets-Dining room window

Living room window (again)

Front entry and little window in the attic

There was a little light behind that window that went on automatically at dusk.

All the kids believed a family of elves 

lived up there.

I'm pretty sure they did!

MyHero went up to replace a lightbulb and

 was going to paint the window grid 

cream color but he 

got disoriented and could 

not find his way back to the ladder- 

I had to tap on the opening

to guide him back----shhhhhhh

I think the paint is probably still sitting there.

This was a cute house-good-sized- 

with about 2500 sq.ft

plus a full basement that we fixed up.

It had a nice yard that backed up 

to an undeveloped field

and I copied ideas I had seen 

in someone else's yard.

If nothing else I am a good copy cat!

So---what do you think?

Do you like these posts of old houses even if

some of the materials and colors, etc.
 might be "dated"?

Let me know -because I have a 

BUNCH OF THEM!

Otherwise, I am going to resort to showing you

pictures of MyHero doing things like

THIS!

Yes- He was jumping over a chair.

Yes- He was over 60.

Yes-He has issues!

And YOU ALL think I am

THE CRAZY ONE!