Setting the stage, part one

Hello all. In this and the next post we wanted to give a sense of the challenge ahead of us.

The cottage was in no means in bad shape. It's only about 20 years old and had only one owner. It was, however, designed to their tastes and not ours. Here's a survey of the first floor.

The kitchen reveals several things. Heavy use of window treatments and wallpaper molding. We like that it's nice and big with tons of windows facing the lake. The island is a great idea but not the right size.

The living room, well, needed no carpet and again lower key window treatments

There are two full bathrooms that are in reasonable shape. They'll mostly need cosmetic work, that includes a new floor.

Two nice bedrooms will need new flooring (replacing the carpet) and a host of other design changes.

Finally, the laundry/mud room will be getting some updating and refreshing, including new appliances to replace what likely migrated from the owner's primary residence.

Stay tuned for more!