The Cabin

Many of you already know that we bought a little cabin just down the hill from our house. We closed in November, so we've had all winter to make plans. I plan to post a lot of pictures this spring showing the transformation of the cabin into something that looks a little more like a cottage. We had a couple of nice weeks in November where we were able to do a lot of yard work so it's nice to have that ready to go. Yesterday was the first day that we actually worked inside of the cabin so that was pretty fun. Dan moved the old fridge and stove so work can start in there. We're having the cupboards refaced and we'll paint them. We're also putting in a new kitchen floor. The rest of the cabin has some kind of wood flooring that we have yet to identify. Here's a picture of kitchen cabinets I took this winter. It was hard to get a good shot as it's a fairly small space but it gives you an idea of what we started with.

Anybody care for a slice of watermelon?? The darling gas stove was almost totally rusted out so we had to replace that. We're going to put a lot of white wainscoat in this room to open it up and we're ripping out the upper middle cabinets to have 2 open shelves. The counter is in good shape and should go with our decorating plan so we're planning on leaving it alone. I like the porcelain sink too. We found a new faucet that we're hoping will not be to difficult to install.

Exterior plans call for a new roof/gutter, pergola, window boxes, some shutters and lots of flowers. We're thinking of being daring and putting in a red roof-light green exterior-white trim with some red accents. A tan roof would be our second safe option. What do you think????