Construction – Season 2010 Part 2

Construction resumed early in the spring, thankfully as the water broke in April so we got a great early start.  But during the long winter we spent our time planning all the inside details for the cottage.  Should the pine be vertical or horizontal, painted or stained, room colours, lighting, furniture, appliances….all the fun stuff!

We really wanted to keep it looking as a traditional cottage, but we do have a tendency towards the modern side, so we worked at combining both aspects.  Some modern touches came out in lighting, more of an modern industrial feel at times and others, more beachy.

We found a mennonite furniture store in London and immediately fell in love with what they offered.  We explained what we were doing, and they were excited and worked very hard with us to furnish the cottage, and in the end, they delivered exceptional products to us, we could not have been happier.

Scheduling the arrival of all inside furniture/appliances/cabinets became a nightmare but come July 22, we finally moved into the new cottage!  But that was not the end of the construction, it continued on for the whole summer and fall around us.

Here again in pictures is the story of Part 2

A new season begins! Harry’s got his sign up front and centre!

James was our electrician for the project, a job well done!

Siding begins

Neiman making sure James, Peter and Terry get their lunch!

During construction we continued to live from the old cottage.

Dreaming of the end, on our new deck!

First official dinner at the new cottage!

Amanda in her future bedroom

Upper wall to be painted, lower wall to be pine

Looks like some showers doors are missing!

Pine ceiling in sunroom

Neiman just making his rounds

We have the appliances! Unfortunately delivered in pouring rain.

Terry in his favourite place, the basement!

View from Great Room looking up to the Loft

That’s Peter, high up there getting ready to install the main Great Room light

Easier to get this light all set up on the ground

Here she goes…

Fabulous!! Now how do we change the light bulbs in the future??

Loft Bathroom, I just love this shade of blue, Behr Provence Blue

Master Bathroom

My Domain!

I just love this Slate tile floor

Kitchen ceiling beams are up! To be stained same colour as the kitchen cabinets

Cabinet installers from Hutton Bielmann Design Inc.

Ahhhh, almost there!

This is how you get to work when you work at a water access cottage!

Hemlock for our wood flooring

Beams in Master Bedroom completed

The stairs, made offsite, waiting to be installed

Stairs going up? No in..

Hanging the laundry out, love it!

Ready for sod!

Muskoka chairs from Dalrymple Dock & Leisure, great people!

The first firepit, we had stone left over from the fireplace, put to good use!

Notice the Centennial Windows sign? Had to have that up as well!

Nick’s Place! In happy memory of my Dad!

The Great Room

The Kitchen

The Dining Room

The “Yellow” Bedroom, Oudshoorn Water Skis in the corner!

Dilan’s Bed in the Dormer!

The Koala Room (aka Amanada’s room)

Games table

Loft Bathroom

Screened in Sunroom

Master Bedroom, with Neiman taking command of the corner chair

Terry’s Office

Walkway between two cottages

Spring 2011! New Landscaping due to winter washout! Not fun!

We lost a beautiful old cedar, replaced with a lovely new Red Maple

Tree planted in honour of my Dad

Firepit redone! It’s fabulous, every fire “was the best” per Terry

Reno on the Pump House

All done!

Firepit all set for many wonderful evenings

The final project — the Boat House!

Now this is really more dangerous for James then it looks….

Look who is holding James’s ladder! James you had better behave!

Team work at it’s best!

The Stanley is up on the Lift!

Complete! Woo Hoo!

A wonderful light that James found which is lighting up the original Brynmorwydd metal sign!

And finally, the Sun sets on the Cottage Renovations!

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