The above picture is a reminder of why we moved here. We have lost our perspective at times and this is a great reminder of…
Continue reading The builder of my dreams
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I arrived over two months ago to an over the moon dog and happy husband. I felt excited driving down our long and bumpy drive way through…
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Andrew has taken layer upon layer of walls out of our house. Beautiful old shiplap has been exposed, carefully removed at times and saved for…
Continue reading A piece of history preserved by a pack rat
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Mother Nature can be cruel. My first week in Harrop was cold, the temperature didn’t rise above freezing once, and most nights were -10 or…
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Seeing as it’s the season of giving, I though I would share a few of the little gifts the house has given to use so…
Continue reading Little Hidden Treasures
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If I had to describe this house in one word, it would be ‘Layers’ You know when you are cooking and you’re chopping an onion,…
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A hundred year old farm house with no heat and no insulation is not a great place to live in the winter in Canada. Easy…
Continue reading The Saga of the Trailer
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The guys from West Kootenay Septic solutions showed up to check out the septic system. As expected, it was so old and undersized that it…
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4 CommentsA sunny day 2 started with a trip to the storage unit to pick up a bunch of the tools to take to the house.…
Continue reading All’s Well that starts Well
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Day 1 We officially own the 1907 house and acreage on Kootenay Lake in Harrop, BC just 20 minutes outside Nelson, BC. Andrew left yesterday…
Continue reading The adventure begins with our 1900’s fixer upper on Kootenay Lake
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