Day 10 - Relentless De-construction

Wow, had plans on Friday to go off Cape to look at lighting and to have lunch with a friend.  Arrived at the cottage only to find the crew hard at work moving the shed to another spot on the property. 

Opening up the view even more.  This is the spot for the new addition, the master suite.

 

 

When I got back at 4, crew gone but the sheds were ripped off of the back of the house and the land was graded.  The new deck will go along the entire length of the back of the house.  The railing will be replaced with a built in seat, running all around the deck, so the view will be unobstructed.  You will definitely see the water everywhere you go when the job is finished. 

 

Starting to look very bare.  Shed moved, lattise work removed, center garden, for what it was worth, scraped away, shutters and wisteria removed.  Monday they start diging the new foundation.  My little cottage looks very sad and lonely right now but it will be worth it in the long run.

 

 

All gone, roses, shutters, flower boxes, weeds.  They were busy little bees on Friday.

Out of focus shot of the interior of the gutted cottage.  I am standing in what will be the dining area looking at the great room.  Do you see the board that runs down the middle of the room?  That is the new wall which will divide the guest room and bath from the living area.  The board making the triangle on the right is where we are going to put the fireplace.  We think!  Stay tuned, it changes every day.  When the fireplace comes out next week it will look differently again!

Lessons learned this week:

             1.  You have to be on site to make decisions if you want your project to be a certain way.  I am not sure the shed is where I want it and if we have to move it or the tree in front of it, that will cost more. 

 

              2.  Decisions can change quickly, even from morning to afternoon.  We had decided on a window design plan on Thursday morning but after visiting the window showroom,  looking at the space, and my desire to orientate everything toward the water, we changed  the floor plan and consequently the window design.  What stared as four sliders at the back of the house now is two sliders and 4 or 5 double hung windows.  More ineresting and more light. 

 

              3.  If you ever think you would like to redesign a room or your home, keep a folder of pictures of rooms, windows, wall finishes, etc. that you have found in magazines.  Twice this week I have gone to my folder and found one for the window design in the master bedroom and one for the windowpanes.  If I hadn't done this the design would  not be as interesting.