Originally, the house was tan with green trim and burgundy shakes and window storms.
We wanted to go with rose colors – three shades with white windows. I painted the front and three sides.
Unfortunately I only began the back, so when we took down the branches, we exposed the back to our neighbors and it didn’t look so good.
I will need to paint this summer to improve the appearance.
Rose Cottage is a classic 1900 farmhouse (Folk Victorian) style with a center section running east and west, a south section and a north section. The south contains the kitchen, a porch and a bathroom. The center section is 1 1/2 stories with two rooms on the first floor and two on the second. The north section is also 1 1/2 stories. The first floor is the living room and stairs with an attached porch.
The house was moved to its present location from a few miles away. It was used as doctor’s office at one time so there is extra plumbing for sinks in the first floor. A wall had been added next to the stairs going to the second floor to create a separate apartment on the second floor. That wall had been removed but a wall in the middle section was still there, the wall closed off the dining room and created a strange hallway from the living room to the kitchen
When we removed that wall in order to recreate the dining room, we discovered sewage pipes going through the hardwood floors from the second floor.
My daughter told me about Martha Stewart renovating and discovering a stained glass window. We renovate and discover plumbing pipes!