Want to see a house that I am working on? This vacation cottage is getting a major facelift. The original  5 year-old home had 1 floor which consisted of 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, living/dining room and kitchen.

Dining room before:

Which opens to the living room.

Before:

And the Kitchen is through the plastic.

This big hole is the staircase to a completely new lower level. 

 A lower level that was created by jack hammering into the rocky earth. for days.

{for those of you that aren't familiar with 'mountain home building' on the sides of mountains-- it is no joke.

New Bar area

New Bedroom

New Bath

Other side of Bathroom: 

New Bonus/Game Room

This is the new bottom deck that opens off of the new downstairs living room.

Every inch of the walls and ceilings of the original cottage interior are getting repainted a fresh white. I failed to get pics of the upstairs bedrooms, but they are getting new furnishings as well.  

These pictures were taken right before Christmas. I took new pictures when I was out over the weekend--it's looking great! Stay tuned.

 

Deep breath....

I can't thank everyone enough for your sweet comments and emails. This week has been hard. Many of us have suffered loss. Thank-you for allowing me to share mine with you and thank-you for sharing your hurts with me. 

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Everyones doing it....so I am jumping on the recap blogwagon. Let's take a walk down memory lane, shall we...  

In January, I showed you how I turned a dated apartment complex into an updated townhome with the tiniest of budgets and some house staging:

February, I gave you a tour of a clients mountain home that I was lucky enough to be involved with from the ground up : 

And, if you want to see some more, here is the post of the kitchen:

In March, I gave you a sneak peek into my own guest bathroom that I was finally redecorating. I was inspired by {out-of-my-price-range} Schumacher wallpaper:

In April, I brought you along on a day in my life: {well...sort of...}

In May, We took of a tour of a Paint-by-Numbers room I finished. I must say, I sort of love this room!

June brought us the completion of a fresh renovated kitchen in a clients mid-century modern home:

In July, I thought I might need to hospitalized due to this:

But, I got it together in time to take you into the clubhouse I completed at Bear Lake Reserve: 

In August, I shared pictures of the Medwest Gala, "Here's to Hollywood" at Harrah's Casino. Every year our fundraiser has a new theme:

I also invited you in to my completed Sharpie-drawn-wallpaper bathroom that was finally finished!

August was busy...I can't leave out my visit to the Cashiers Showhouse:

I was lucky enough to find myself vacationing in California in September. We hit up a lot of the beautiful coast and stayed in various places. Here you can see our visit to the chic Hotel Monaco.

In October, I got busy decorating for fall with some funkins:

As well as party rocking some Halloween costumes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November brought me to one of my favorite events--The Gingerbread Houses at the Grove Park Inn!

And a reveal of a clients newly renovated Guest room:

In December, I shared a way to jazz up your art work with ribbons:

 

Dang, that took a long time to put together--but, you're worth it *silly rainbow smiles*.

Woa!!! What a year! It's kind of fun to look back and remind myself of 2011's accomplishments. I look forward to all that 2012 has in store for all of us and I also look forward to having you here with me. Your encouragement means the world to me. You're the best.

5 years ago I was working for Centex Destination Properties. We were involved in building a new
resort in Tuckaseegee {halfway between Cashiers and Sylva}. It is a fantastic 2100 acre property
set on Bear Lake.  

The Clubhouse is what I am most proud of.    



The main level houses the lobby, a restaurant, private dining room, kitchen,
great room with a fireplace, bar and offices.
This is the Great Room:



On the other side of the dual fireplace is the bar.



We worked to infuse the rustic elements of the property with a contemporary edge. Notice the wooden
barstools upholstered with embossed leather and finished with nail head trim, metal custom-wrapped
fireplace etched with an acid stain, reclaimed wood floors, and glass tiles laid horizontally in the backsplash



I so wish that I was present during this photo shoot. It needs props and flowers so badly!   



On the other side, is the restaurant. The wall of glass doors to the left, slide open to extend the dining
area onto the porch, overlooking the pool. 
 


Behind this dual fireplace and folding doors is the private dining room.



It is a secluded, smaller, more intimate dining area.



Downstairs is the lounge area.  



The doors in the back left corner lead to the library.
{That metal tray above the fireplace in the Library used to hang above my fireplace in my last house!
 What we don't do for our clients, right?} 



There are wonderful outdoor fireplaces to enjoy.










{Jerry Jaynes Photography}








After the completion of the Clubhouse, I moved on to design the Mountain Lodges {below} which
are located just above the Clubhouse.


{Jerry Jaynes Photography}

It really is a beautiful resort. If you are interested in visiting or finding out more about
what they have to offer, then jump over to their website.

{pics 1-11 Gil Stose Photography}