Our Cottage Makeover

When we bought our house in Talmo,

this is what the outbuilding looked like.

(That is Ben crawling up the steps.  
He is Derrell's and Iris' grandson
 -Matt's and Liz's son- 
so this picture was made 
before we actually bought the house).

It has been our desire to remake this

outbuilding into a cottage-looking 

workshop. 

Last week the work began.
 

First we had the roof replaced 
and 
an old door 
that I purchased 
several years ago
 installed in place of the barn-like door 
on the original outbuilding.

We are now ready for "our" part of the work.  

 

This is how it looks today.

  

Our Plans Include:

•  painting the outside, 
• installing porch rails and trim, 
• putting up a picket fence, 
• making a walkway up to the cottage,
•  installing some old shutters that I have saved for this purpose, 
• and completely renovating the inside with
• a half wall of painted tin sheeting from the old roof, 
•  pallet board half-walls on 2 interior walls,
• creating a great place to repurpose furniture for the booth and do our painting & woodworking projects,
• make a place to take a break when the work gets too hard. HA!

I will post pictures as we go along so you can see the progress we are making.