Cottage - THEN and NOW (Jan 2011 to Oct 2011)

Ah what a sweet little cottage this turned out to be. It was so sad when we first got here. I reckon if the roof gets a lick of pine needle green paint, she'll be almost perfect!

A bit of trivia here.....the previous owner popped in for a visit. Said the rights things you know, like, ah, so much work done, looking good, etc etc. Told him I battled a bit through winter with all the plants dying, but we were trying our best to get all the shrubs and trees going again. He said "Ja, best you do, my dead ma's ashes are buried under that Cape May" and points to a bush that I thought was long dead. Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! What a thing to say!

So with copious watering and pleading and classical music, I coaxed the bladdy thing back to life. Thank the Lord. It's the brilliant bush in the front of the pic with tons of pretty white blooms.

Shew! My nerves, I swear. Hope you're happy Mrs Harper. Just stay where you are.....

Whahahahahahaha!

Some BEFORE and almost-AFTER pics...Cottage Kitchen

Poor little cottage when we bought....

Luffly - stripped kitchen

Almost fitted - this is much better these days !

I think it's time to show a bit of the work that we've done here. I'll do it bit by bit, and start with the cold cottage. Still not done, no internal electricity cables ( we have to re-chase them with an angle grinder through the stupid walls) or switches (all ripped out and sold for scrap by moronic previous owners). Man also had to rebuild the staircase which was stolen, and there was once a fire place (I think a Jet Master) - gone too. Remember also there were no window panes, and 2 of the big windows were pulled out completely, just big gaping holes where once there were windows and frame. Same with kitchen door. Just a hole in the bricks.

Ok - we will start with the kitchen......