Final Photos of Our Home in the North

View from the loft

Great room

Concrete countertops

Excuse my lived in kitchen

Upstairs shower

Upstairs bath

Door to upstairs bath

Our humble master bedroom with walk out balcony

Door to master bedroom

Master bedroom

Master bedroom doors to balcony

Loft sleeping area

This is the last post of cottage photos.  I took the photos over the Memorial Day holiday to show that "lived in" look.  We can't always have everything picked up. We are on vacation, after all.  I can not wait to get back up there for the July 4th holiday. Enjoy the photos and enjoy your holiday.  If you make it up to the north, stop by and say howdy.

Our Completed Home In the North

Every time we are up at our home in the north, I marvel at all of Brad's handy work. So much of us is woven into every detail in every room. I never tire of the space. It is so different than our home down state.  More photos to come next week.

Chapel suite

First floor bath

Main floor guest

Game corner, that's Larry on the wall

Built in furniture that Brad made in the master bedroom

Dresser built by Brad

Fireplace in greatroom

Chapel Suite

Metal door faux painted to look like wood

Sitting room in Chapel Suite

Chapel Suite sleeping

Its always relaxing up north.  It's also always beautiful no matter what time of year.  There are still some dreams we have like building a large garage for our boat with a workroom for Brad and upstairs overflow space. 

Cottage Renovation-Inside View

View from loft

Loft french doors, lead to deck

Greatroom ceiling

Upstairs shower

Upstairs loft

Upstairs bath

Its getting there

Stone and wood header frame the hallway entrance

Scary furnace

Kitchen to the right

Looking into the kitchen

Everything was a mess from working on the cottage and then the snow

Love my log post

Snow came through this ceiling

We spent a couple years on our renovation project due to the fact we had "life" going on, down. We went up or should I say, Brad went up every time he had a few days free. One spring day, Brad went up to find there had been a huge snow storm and the tarps had given way to snow.  Snow had invaded mainly the corner where the Smith Cottage sign was on the wall. Our couches and carpet were wet with snow and a small stereo got ruined.  It could have been so much worse. Thankfully, we didn't have our new carpet.  I know I've said this before, but please excuse the old scanned photos.

Cottage Exterior Transformation

Porch off of the master bedroom--this is before we added the reverse gable

Tony Harris is pretending to help

Burying the electric lines

These pictures continue to take me back. Back to the time when things seemed to go so slow because I wanted them done now.  Our cottage was definitely worth waiting for.  We bought the cottage in 1991 from Brad's sister, Cheryl; since then, so many incredible memories have been made at our home in the woods.  Soon after we started using the cottage, Brad started thinking of ways he could make the cottage better. The work seemed daunting to me but Brad just chipped away at it, a little at a time until he was pleased with his results.  There are a few things that still need to be done.  We need to build a garage and we have some great landscaping ideas.  Please disregard the poor quality of the pictures, as they were scanned in.  There are a bunch of great photos trapped in Brad's old Mac, including one of us all sitting on the roof...good times.