When we bought the lot that our current house is built on, we met this lovely elderly gentleman that lived next door. Harrison Wells. His name deserves a full sentence. We ended up calling him our project manager, as he would monitor the build everyday and give us updates of when no one was there, LOL!

What was so special is that Harrison grew up on the property that we were building on. We did NOT tear his house down, which that’s a whole other story, but we felt so happy to hopefully bring his family’s property to its full potential. He lived next door in the cottage his grandparents lived in. It was a classic Aladdin Kit house built by his grandfather in 1923. Harrison and I would talk often about how he wanted to either tear it down and build something new or completely renovate it. It was in quite the state of disrepair and I always hoped he would be able to fix it up. Sadly, Harrison passed away in October of 2021. We were able to purchase the property and I knew we just couldn’t tear the old home down. I LOVE historic East Hill homes, and hate how they are being replaced with patio style quick builds for a quick buck. So we took a loooooonnnnnngggg time and completely renovated Harrison’s home. I am pretty sure he is looking down and is super proud of what became of his family’s home.

I never really got any good before pics as they were pretty rough, but here’s the Cottage now!

(furniture staged by Haus of Hue, house design by ME :), construction completed by Parks Construction)