The finished great room under a wood plank ceiling, with a stone fireplace on the left and the new kitchen on the right

Cottage rebuilt, frame to finish1,400 sq ft added. Finished May 2023.

All done and turned over.

We kept the old cottage's 24 x 28 shell and foundation, gutted the inside and added 1,400 square feet of living space.

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Cottage rebuilt, frame to finishBEFORE

The cottage, frame to finish.

The cottage had sentimental value to the owners. We took off the raised bedroom and both porches, kept the shell and gutted the rest. Then we added 1,400 square feet of living space and 730 of covered deck and patio.

The old cottage before the job, with white siding, a blue metal roof and a small porch at the side — **Before**The old cottage
The cottage we started from
Blue metal roof and white siding, as the owners had it.

The kept cottage shell in new house wrap on its block foundation, with a ladder beside it — **Shell**The shell we kept
The shell grandpap built
We took off the raised bedroom, the front porch and the closed-in porch, and kept the 24 x 28 shell and foundation that grandpap built.

The great room mid-build, with the wood plank ceiling up, the fireplace boxed in, base cabinets set and paper on the floor — **Inside**The great room
The great room takes shape
The wood ceiling is up and the base cabinets are in.

The new kitchen peninsula with a cooktop and a stone counter, dark green cabinets and dark wainscoting on the wall — **Kitchen**The kitchen
A new kitchen
We saved the old paneling for wainscoting, to keep a part of the original interior.

A tiled walk-in shower with a black rain head and a half wall — **Baths**New baths
A tiled walk-in shower
One of the new baths, with a half wall at the shower.

The covered deck along the side of the house, with wood posts, a wood ceiling and ceiling fans — **Deck**Covered deck
730 square feet, covered
A covered deck along one side and a covered patio out back: 730 square feet in all.

The finished cottage from the front, with green board-and-batten siding, stone and a covered front porch — **Done**Move-in day
Turned over to the owners
All done, with a new main service underground and every mechanical new, on the day the owners moved in.

Inside the screened back porch, with cedar posts and screens, a cedar ceiling with a fan and a stamped concrete floor — **Porch**Screened in
The back porch, screened in
We came back later and screened in the covered back patio with cedar.

The crew made the long drive every day for five months, and together we got it done.

Ready for the owners to move in.

A stone fireplace under the wood ceiling and dark green kitchen cabinets, with tile in the baths and the laundry.

The kitchen, open to the great room.
The laundry, with a tiled dog wash.
A full bath with a tiled tub surround.
A room with a sliding barn door.
The covered patio out back, before we screened it in.

What went into it.

Kept: The 24 x 28 shell and foundation
Taken off: The raised bedroom, the front porch and the closed-in porch
Inside: Gutted, with the old paneling saved for wainscoting
Added: 1,400 square feet of living space
Covered deck and patio: 730 square feet
Electric: A new main service, underground
Mechanicals: All new
Back porch: Screened in with cedar, later
Built: Finished in May 2023

One Contractor. Full Scope.

Decks, patios and porches are our thing, but we do a lot more than that.

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