Build Shed: Cottage Exterior And The First Before And After

Cottage Exterior And The First Before And After

Happy Fall everyone!

If you stopped by on Friday, you heard that we closed on our Mountain Cottage last week.

We werent there for the closing, but we were able to finally went to pick up the keys on Saturday.

I am exhausted!

I think I more exhausted from thinking of all the projects we could do with the house and which ones to do first. I just could not turn my mind off Saturday night and got very little sleep.

It rained most of the day on Saturday, but Sunday was absolutely gorgeous and started out as a crisp Fall morning with low humidity. We spent every minute we could (between measuring and scheming) right here on the porch in our new Ikea wicker chairs.

Heres the view of the porch(sans chairs) from down below.

The house may be small, but it has 3 sheds. One is just a little woodshed and this one shown below is the garden shed and has shelves all around the exterior and space for a lawn tractor. You can enter through the big barn door or the entry door. It is just too cute.

The second "shed" is what were excited about. Its pretty large at 15 ft x 11. I love that it has lots of windows and a high ceiling. Mr. Fanatic would love to use it as his shop, for now, but we would love to turn it into a bunk house.

Heres the inside: Above those beams is a large loft that spans the entire width of the building. It also has a poured cement foundation.

If you go to the back of the shed you can finally see the loft. It is really bright inside with the sunlight streaming through the windows.

You can get to the loft in a cutout at the top of the ladder.

Another exciting thing about the shed is that its wired for electricity. Definitely enough power a big baseboard heater and an ac unit.

Now to the small project we did. One thing we noticed when we first looked at the house is that a lot of the great view is block by a few trees and this large holly shrub.

Heres how it looked sitting on the porch.

It took Mr. Fanatic no time at all to take the overgrown holly down with his chain saw.

Ah, much better. A few trees still need be felled, but were going to wait until the leaves drop to do those.

So much better!

My favorite part of the day so far is in the afternoon when the colors are really vibrant and some shadows can be seen on the mountains off in the distant.

I dont think Ill ever get tired of this view.

Hope you stop by tomorrow... Ill be showing you the pics of the interior...The inside of the house is definitely not as pretty as the outside and needs a total reno. I do

believe the cottage should hold the title as the kitchen in most need of a total makeover.
I am sure Ive never seen a kitchen like this.
It is downright scary.

You probably think Im kidding.

Stop by tomorrow to see if you agree.

Pam

Cottage Exterior And The First Before And After