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The cottage is glorious! Ed and I love every minute of our lives in Jaffrey. Most of the pictures below are now 2-3 years old. I am going to add some more recent pictures which will show the beauty of winter. We spent Christmas 2007 at the cottage and experienced our first-ever White Christmas. We have nearly completed our second remodelling: adding room to what we thought would be a simple pass-thru room to make it a dining room. Our lives in Jaffrey include lots of dinner parties so it follows that we needed cozy space for these events. We have had 40 for a summer buffet, using the porches and entire cottage. For New Year's Eve, we were ten at the table and we stayed up until midnight by enjoying a leisurely dinner in our new dining space. Remember, the fireplace draws, beds abound with pillows and comforters, the kitchen is small and works well for crowds, and the latch is on the outside! |
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This
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Porch
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about 2/3 down or just to the newly remodeled/added south room. |
The north bedroom will open onto the porch and can be seen to the far left on the one story Tyvek wall.
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this view shows the old south room
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Christmas
05 cake version of our cottage |
Ed
decorated the cakes for my tea party. The little girls found Santa enchanting
and mothers appreciated the front door details! |
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a few views of the mountain. this is from the south end of the porch. |
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The lower drive was a fairly dismal sight. This picture shows the basement and portion of the garage. Also seen is a portion of the old south room and the connector.
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we still have to put in insulated garage doors. and, as I write this the siding is being placed on the house. we were held up as we had to wait for utility company to move meter...they were short handed as they send trucks to hurricane stricken south.
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North bedroom with its door onto the porch. |
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In
order to better see items, you may click on the picture to look at enlarged
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these are views as you drive up to the house. you can easily see the work in progress!
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the living/kitchen is ready for a summer meal |
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The original house and the rebuilt portion of the house (the south room) are connected a small room which we shall call the library. This will be a space to read, work puzzles, or sew.
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the living/kitchen viewed from the library.
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We named this the "Texas" room since the bed frames are old Texas cedar beds. This room slept a famly of 4 during the holidays and there were no altercations!
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Notice
that each bunk has its own light and the upper bunk has a "cubby"
for books, water bottles, etc. We aim to please!
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as winter approaches, the fuel truck will be coming more often. our tank is in the basement and is filled thru a pipe in basement wall just off upper driveway. our heat comes from hot water which circulates thru baseboard radiators. this fuel also heats the water for bathing, etc. |
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Below are some pictures from our last trip to England. I had great fun putting this page together and wonder if anyone ever gets this far down...? |
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Similar view in winter.
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