Inside Edition

When Anne and I were planning our house, we spent many hours scouring the web for other folks who had built First Day Cottages like we hoped to. We found some blogs and sites that were extremely helpful and most were laden with photos of all of the different phases of construction. But as we looked for pictures of the finished product, we kept hitting a wall. It was frustrating and we could not understand why these slackers had stopped taking photos when they had finally completed their monumental labors. Then, we built our house. Now we understand. Here's our blog, 16 months after moving in, with few pics of what our cottage looks like. Actually, the last 3 months of the building process seem to be sorely under-represented. Well, when you are racing bank deadlines, weather, and your own overly-ambitious schedule as well as bending to the schedules of plumbers, appraisers and utility guys, blogging ranks low on the punch-list of priorities.
But better late than never. So here are some pics of the 'finished' product, with many more in the Photo Gallery on the right. Anne did some crazy stitching together of multiple shots to give a wide-angle look, which accounts for the fishbowl-like quality and raged edges. Hopefully they will give an idea of where we are at in the process and how our hard work paid off.

New deck 2

First floor 2