We purchased our cottage property from my mother in 2005. We knew that this original cozy cabin would not fit into our future plans but we did not want to rush into any quick decisions. Besides that, life got in the way as it always does. We had just finished building a home in Florida, and soon after that, did a major renovation to our home in London, so ya, a new cottage was not top of our priority list.
But finally we sat down to the drawing board and Terry came up with our design. Second step was to find a contractor, and after a first failed attempt we met with Harry Singer of Singer Construction in Coldwater ON. Now on to the project, but really, this is where a picture tells the story so much better! Note, click on images for further details!
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- The Original Cottage
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- Coming down!!
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- Barge loaded up taking the trees away
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- The Team, great job!
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- Sunroom coming down!
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- Max
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- Neiman and Max getting some attention after a job well done!
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- Joe and Terry, after a hard day’s work!
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- The view has changed forever
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- Discovery of John G. Bolt
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- Ready for the next stage!
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- Discussions of the floor plan between Mom and Terry
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- Discovery of the original wooden Brynmorwydd Sign!
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- Harry Singer of Singer Construction, overlooking the project
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- Big John, crew leader
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- The first wall is up!
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- Beginnings of our Dining Room
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- Upstairs bedrooms
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- Looking down from the Loft
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- It’s November and we still have beautiful sunny clear sky days to work!
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- Two sided fireplace, one side for the Great Room, one side in Master Bedroom
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- Centennial Windows Installation Team!
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- The Barge was invaluable!
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- View with windows in the Kitchen/Dining Room
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- Master Bedroom
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- The roofing begins!
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- All closed up for winter!
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- Great Room with Fireplace
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- View of the kitchen from the dining area
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- View of the future screened in sunroom/dining room
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- Bathroom and closet from Master Bedroom
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- Upstairs Bedroom, duplicate on other side of walkway
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- Terry’s future “office”
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- Laying out the kitchen plan
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- And then there was snow!
Brynmorwydd 
I have just recently found your website. It is quite interesting for me ,as I spent the first 17 years of my life during the summers,each year or part as it was my parents.My mother offered it to me,in the early 80’s, but since I live on PEI it was not practical.You have a beautiful cottage, and I like what you did to our original cottage. There is a lot of history there.
Hello William! Thank you so much for your message. So if I have this correct, Dorothy is your mother? Therefore my parents bought the cottage from your parents in 1984. You are more then welcome to come visit any time you find yourself in Ontario! Do you have any family history to share? We have a lot on John G Bolt, and our one daughter is actually doing further research on Brynmorwydd in Britain. Would love anything you can share! Please feel free to email me directly at Pauline.lee@rogers.com