" A Bohemian Cottage" will have a new owner soon.

I am packing and moving this week from this very special place. My good friend was so kind to help me pack and organize. . She was standing in my kitchen in the middle of all the boxes and said."This one was the ugliest EVER and just look at how wonderful it turned out to be."

Another friend came to town for the holiday and dropped by. She said ".We felt SO sorry for you when you showed us this place"

Her friend Alice said,"this time I think Jane Coslick has lost it. She may be good but no one could help that place."

It had been on the  market for 5 years and it was so pitiful!!!! The only good thing was the back yard but the owner had taken all the landscape plants.

I began to " Ponder"................

There was so MUCH to Ponder and.....

Exactly WHY had I bought this place?

I bought it because it was the cheapest thing on the market at the time.....

and knew it needed major TLC.....................
HINT........cheap usually means you will be spending boat loads of  money.....

I will try to show you before's snap shots but they don't even tell the real story...

OK  this was the living room and this was the fire place. The floors were "clicky Pergo"and the dogs clicked as they explored their new home. It had a curved brick fireplace like the curved brick exterior walls outside .I "got ' the design element..... However, that made the living room 8 feet wide....and sofa and chairs were going to be a problem.. I had to steal from the master bedroom closet to make the room work.( but created a wonderful janecoslick's  mess hide out)out of the next bedroom... I will miss that wonderful space the most).

NO, I will miss all the  things I added that I want to grab and run away with that made it so bohemian .........

BEFORE living room

   AFTER living room........the fireplace came into the room as far as the bar stool on the right. I opened up the wall and added the bar top

I have done this.. 'design it and run' many many times but this was not the plan here. I leave a bit of my heart and soul with each one I restore and  this one even surprised me!!!! I made it uncomplicated and easy. ....

 The movers will be here at 8:30 am so this will be a short list of a few things that mean so much to me. Not great photos but I am having serious separation anxiety. Most of these things are one of a kind...







A very  special one of a kind gazabo



antique iron with kitty door

antique brick  from the Old Crow factory





the cabinet doors and pantry doors

even the trash can path is old antique brick 

monkey see... monkey do...

great screen porch .. the wicker stays here

EVERY window has a great view





laundry room hooks

I added window in the fence for the kitties

close up of the gazebo

hall bath original paint
DOORS   are so important



all these came from a house I could not save  ...they lived on with me






pantry doors.. more old shutters

I am so going to miss my favorite love seat

old IS beautiful

a bedroom lamp....  Love the button shade

Here is a "street person" that drops by every night for dinner. He is wonderful . I had him fixed and we call him "Big Gray". Hope the new owner will like him and feed him. I will set up a 'trust fund for his food.. he loves AC and stays in the cool for hours. He get along with" my  girls".