The Apartment - Coming Along

Just checking in with a progress report.

Above is a part of the adventure you haven't seen yet.

This is the cottage.

It's perfect... In a very run down and dilapidated way. It has so much potential though, doesn't it? It's off  to the back of the property and was previously used for nothing more than storage.

My parents have grand plans to eventually fix it up, and rent it out as a cottage.

I will soon take you on a tour through the inside.

Another feature I hadn't shown before is their balcony.

Sounds fancy doesn't it?

I was a little scared venturing out on it... in my knitted slippers... on a frozen steel roof. But with a little attention, it will be a lovey little spot off the kitchen to sit with your morning coffee and watch the boats go through the locks.

That's right. The canal is just in the distance. Right beyond this beautiful historic building.

And now for a few updates.

You can see above, that they've added a few more touches to the living space. Painting, curtains etc... It feels more like them.

They've also done a major update in one of the bedrooms; the really rough one that was being used as the work room. Due to a lot of ceiling damage, they replaced it with bead board. It instantly updates the room.

Now they will move onto patching and repairing the walls before painting.

They also ripped out the old carpet.

One of the biggest transformations I've seen was the bathroom. Remember the dated royal blue tile? Gone!

In it's place is a clean, beautiful bathroom.

I am so in love with the character of this building. It makes all the difference in the world!

Isn't the brick behind the laundry area just beautiful? My mom is nearly finished painting an old cabinet they bought back in the summer to house towels and things.

It's all coming along.