Official Elevations

  

The new elevations for the cottage just arrived.  The exterior is starting to come together.  In the last post.... I showed you an unofficial elevation of the cottage with the main entrance redesigned.  We decided to forgo that design.  We felt we lost room to place chairs on the porch by having the railings added.  We really have limited options of what we can do with the front porch.  The town's historical committee has many rules and regulations.  Our hands are tied because of set backs.  We'll rebuild the peak over the porch because it's in despair.  It'll look exactly the same.   I'll add a trellis (like below) over the windows to the left and right of the main front door.  I'm hoping by doing this it'll pronounce the front entrance.  I'll show you the paint colors that we've picked out for Pinehurst Cottage in the next post.   

 

Before

 

After 

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The Exterior Is Taking Shape

Things are moving along pretty quickly here at Pinehurst Cottage.  The inside floor plans are finished and we just received the exterior elevations.  Pinehurst Cottage is starting to take shape.  We decided not to add the master suite at this point.  We'll add that down the road after we've retired and moved in it for good.  I think we'll keep the existing exterior paint colors but I would like to paint the exterior doors a contrasting color.  Now that we have the floor plans and exterior elevations, everything is almost ready to be presented to Pinehurst's Historical Board.  It's busy here at Pinehurst Cottage! 

 

 

 

New front entrance.
 

 

 

Front elevation.

 Front and side elevation.

The outlined portion is the original cottage.  The new hallway to the right will be where you enter into the proposed master suite (see below).

 

 

Floor plan with master suite.