Captain's Cottage in Sweden

<span>Good morning, dears. Today I'd like to show you a lovely cottage in Sweden. Its former owner was kind enough to send me the photographs by mail. Before seeing them, here is the story behind the Captain's Cottage told by the owner herself:<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><blockquote><span style="white-space: nowrap;">“</span><span>It is called "a captain's cottage" because in 1860 a sea captain commissioned the house to be built for him and his new wife. While the house was under construction, the captain's ship sank (with the captain). The builder, who was a bachelor, ended up marrying the captain's <span>widow</span> and they lived in the house with their 4 (I think) children, I think until their death. The cottage is located in the south of Sweden on the Baltic coast.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span> <div><span style="white-space: nowrap;">“</span><span>I searched for a long time for an old house in <span><span><span><span>Sweden</span></span></span></span>. The problem I had with all the old houses I saw was that they had been <span><span>remodeled</span></span> and updated, and NOT in a way that I could ever imagine, mostly in the 70'<span><span><span><span>s</span></span></span></span> and 80'<span><span><span><span>s</span></span></span></span>. That was until I found this house. Barely anything had been done since the 1930'<span><span><span><span>s</span></span></span></span>. Perfect!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="white-space: nowrap;">“</span><span>Now started a COMPLETE reconstruction, from new electrical wiring and new plumbing to a new roof. The attic, which had holes in the roof (you could see the stars at night through it) became our second story. Three miniature rooms in a row (of which one became the <span>mud entrance</span> and laundry area, originally it was the area where the chicken coop was) became the new kitchen where I <span><span><span><span>designed</span></span></span></span> a fireplace, (always dreamed of <span><span><span>christmas</span></span></span> breakfast in a kitchen with a fire place). The old master became a dining room, bathroom, re-done. <span>Linoleum</span> floor covers removed and the old wood floors brought back. The walls had been tiled (with bathroom tiles) in the living room, so we had to tear down the <span>walls</span> and re-build and <span><span>stucco</span></span> them.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="white-space: nowrap;">“</span><span>The bottom line is that basically everything (including garden) was rebuilt except the outside of the house. The house is in an a village from around 1060, so the homes are <span>land marked</span> and you are not allowed to change much to the exterior construction. We had a hard time getting approval for the windows on our new second story.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div> <div><span style="white-space: nowrap;">“</span><span>Just like you, I have a PASSION for homes, and decorating. So everything in the whole house was designed by me (I have a very understanding husband!!), most of it was painted by me and I made the curtains, slip covers, bed furnishings myself. </span><span>It took 10 years to get the house the way I wanted it, and then what do we do?? We sold it!!!! Now I can't wait to do my next house, and we MIGHT just yesterday have found one that looks interesting.</span><span style="white-space: nowrap;">”</span></div></blockquote>A lovely story for a lovely house. I do hope that when she finishes her next house she'll allow me to share it with all of you!<br /><br /><br /><br />And now let's take the tour.<br /><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/?action=view&current=259.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/259.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 487px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/?action=view&current=258.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/258.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 487px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/?action=view&current=257.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/257.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 487px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/?action=view&current=256.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/256.jpg" style="width: 650px; 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Have a beautiful day!<br /><br />

Captain's Cottage in Sweden

Good morning, dears. Today I'd like to show you a lovely cottage in Sweden. Its former owner was kind enough to send me the photographs ...

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Colourful Summer Home

A bright and happy summer house on the island of Mallorca. Notice the unusual pebble embedded concrete flooring in the kitchen and bathroom. You won't see any crumbs here!<br /><br /><br /><br /><img name="foto" src="http://www.micasarevista.com/casas/campo/campo43/campo43_1g.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img name="foto" src="http://www.micasarevista.com/casas/campo/campo43/campo43_2g.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img name="foto" src="http://www.micasarevista.com/casas/campo/campo43/campo43_3g.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 520px;" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img name="foto" src="http://www.micasarevista.com/casas/campo/campo43/campo43_4g.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img name="foto" src="http://www.micasarevista.com/casas/campo/campo43/campo43_5g.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 564px;" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img name="foto" src="http://www.micasarevista.com/casas/campo/campo43/campo43_6g.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 563px;" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img name="foto" src="http://www.micasarevista.com/casas/campo/campo43/campo43_7g.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 563px;" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img name="foto" src="http://www.micasarevista.com/casas/campo/campo43/campo43_8g.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img name="foto" src="http://www.micasarevista.com/casas/campo/campo43/campo43_9g.jpg" style="width: 650px; height: 563px;" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img name="foto" src="http://www.micasarevista.com/casas/campo/campo43/campo43_10g.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img name="foto" src="http://www.micasarevista.com/casas/campo/campo43/campo43_11g.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img name="foto" src="http://www.micasarevista.com/casas/campo/campo43/campo43_12g.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br />All images from <a href="http://www.micasarevista.com/">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />

Colourful Summer Home

A bright and happy summer house on the island of Mallorca. Notice the unusual pebble embedded concrete flooring in the kitchen and bathroom....

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Guest House in France

<span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class=" on down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Italic" title="Italic" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 4);ButtonMouseDown(this);">We are back in Peru after our lovely winter holidays in Argentina. I thought it was going to be freezing cold but we had remarkably good weather.<img alt="Italic" border="0" class="gl_italic" src="img/blank.gif" /><br /><br />Lets go on another home tour.<br /><br /></span></span>It took six years to restore this guest house called <span style="font-style: italic;">Un Coeur très Nature, </span>and located in the valley of Vidourle, in southern France.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Entrée" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/entree/632340-1-fre-FR/Entree_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Entrée" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Salon" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/salon/632236-1-fre-FR/Salon_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Salon" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Salon" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/salon2/632260-1-fre-FR/Salon_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Salon" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Commode salon" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/commode-salon/632332-1-fre-FR/Commode-salon_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Commode salon" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Moulure couloir" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/moulure-couloir/632324-1-fre-FR/Moulure-couloir_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Moulure couloir" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Plafond cuisine" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/plafond-cuisine/632284-1-fre-FR/Plafond-cuisine_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Plafond cuisine" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Cuisine" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/cuisine/632292-1-fre-FR/Cuisine_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Cuisine" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Fenêtre cuisine" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/fenetre-cuisine/632276-1-fre-FR/Fenetre-cuisine_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Fenêtre cuisine" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Decoration de table" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/decoration-de-table/632268-1-fre-FR/Decoration-de-table_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Decoration de table" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Terrasse" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/terrasse/632252-1-fre-FR/Terrasse_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Terrasse" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Chambre" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/chambre/632300-1-fre-FR/Chambre_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Chambre" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Chambre d'hôtes" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/chambre-d-hotes/632316-1-fre-FR/Chambre-d-hotes_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Chambre d'hôtes" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Chambre d'hôtes" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/chambre-d-hotes2/632244-1-fre-FR/Chambre-d-hotes_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Chambre d'hôtes" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img alt="Salle de bains" height="499" src="http://cdn-dekio.ladmedia.fr/var/deco/storage/images/art_decoration/reportages/charme/visite-d-une-charmante-maison-d-hotes/salle-de-bains/632308-1-fre-FR/Salle-de-bains_carrousel_gallery_xl.jpg" style="border: 0px none;" title="Salle de bains" width="669" /><br /><br /><br /><br />Photography by Patrice Binet<br /><br />All images from <a href="http://art-decoration.dekio.fr/">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />

Guest House in France

We are back in Peru after our lovely winter holidays in Argentina. I thought it was going to be freezing cold but we had remarkably good wea...

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