Yesterday saw the move into the new house on Jefferson Street that we will transform into the Garden Cottage over the next several months. It's complete evolution will take years, but in only a few weeks it should be ready for an open house. The condition on move-in could not be more ideal for helping stage dramatic before and after pictures. The Bahia grass is at least a foot high and there is a nice pile of debris at the curb waiting for its Thursday pickup. 
The front porch floor has been painted a distracting yellow and green checkerboard in a previous errant attempt at decorating. The outside paint is deteriorating and dirty. The landscaping is a disjointed non-entity in front and the back is just a shambles. The inside is clean but in need of every kind of attention to details. The freestanding garage is an ignored hulk complete with cobwebs and dirt covered floor, but I expect it to be the star of the whole show. It will become the studio- home to the production of art, design and writing. It will be the publishing h.q. of this blog and its partner, "Florida Life and Times." These pages will be replete with images of the transformation of the bungalow into the ideal garden retreat set in an historic neighborhood only a little more than a mile from the downtown of a city that is the center of a metropolitan area that is growing on three million. Nature and urbanity blended sound like a heaven for Florida monkeys. I can hardly wait.
The front porch floor has been painted a distracting yellow and green checkerboard in a previous errant attempt at decorating. The outside paint is deteriorating and dirty. The landscaping is a disjointed non-entity in front and the back is just a shambles. The inside is clean but in need of every kind of attention to details. The freestanding garage is an ignored hulk complete with cobwebs and dirt covered floor, but I expect it to be the star of the whole show. It will become the studio- home to the production of art, design and writing. It will be the publishing h.q. of this blog and its partner, "Florida Life and Times." These pages will be replete with images of the transformation of the bungalow into the ideal garden retreat set in an historic neighborhood only a little more than a mile from the downtown of a city that is the center of a metropolitan area that is growing on three million. Nature and urbanity blended sound like a heaven for Florida monkeys. I can hardly wait.
On a slight lean due to some of the compromised wood structuring, this shed will be re-made into an art and work studio.
This structure is in definite need of a new paint job.
Some of the wood is completely rotted through and will need to be replaced, but at least its fixable.
Yesterday we emptied the garage so we, Steve, could pressure wash it. Sure going to miss those black widow spider webs. We found the timber is badly deteriorated in many spots, totally useless in others. No wonder the building is leaning! Mike said someone should roll the camera so we might at least get the video of the whole thing crashing down on us on tv. Of course the driveway in front looks like a rubbish pile. Thank goodness we also pressure washed the front and porch. At least if we paint that today, something will actually look better rather than worse when the weekend is over.
Hopefully we'll be tackling the front porch which needs a complete painting. Notice the yellow used inside of the window frames?
The checkerboard floor will be replaced with a Charleston green all over.
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