Welcome to Birdsong Cottage!

Good morning! Well, if you haven't guessed by now, we bought a little getaway place in the mountains while we were up there last week. Have you ever had a burning desire to buy a little home that needed some love and make it your own? Well, quite unexpectedly, that's what we did! We came upon this place for a steal, and couldn't resist the opportunity.  The area we bought it in is actually Hendersonville, NC (see my post of a few days ago), but we are actually right down the street from Flat Rock, featured in my post of yesterday. We love, love, love this area!

Birdsong Cottage is not really a cottage at all, but a humble little single-wide mobile home built in 1969. Heavens! I was still in college when this sweetie was born. Though old, she has been nicely cared for over the years, but we plan to update her and make her as pretty as possible. The mobile home park that she is in is well-maintained with strict covenants that ensure that it will stay that way. Most of the folks that live there are new retirees coming up for the summer and vacations. What we love is that it is quiet and peaceful with lots of old trees and the sound of birds everywhere, hence the name that we chose. Also, our lot rental fee pays for all maintenance of the grounds, so we don't have to worry about it when we are gone.

Following are some pictures.

The entrance to the community...

A view from the entrance...

A view from the clubhouse and pool...

Our street, with our "cottage" on the right...

Another view...

...and another...

A redeeming factor is white cabinets and neutral ceramic tile

 in the kitchen (and also in the bathroom)...

The table and four chairs came with it.

They will be "cottaged" up...

The living room looking into the kitchen.

We liked the fact that the breakfast bar could sit four.

Those things on the left side of the beams are amber

"mood" lights...the weirdest things in this place!

They will be saying goodbye.

The sleeper sofa and two side chairs came with it.

Not our taste, but they will get beige slipcovers...

Two sinks in the bathroom. Not bad!

The porch was recently re-done, except for the yucky

green indoor/outdoor carpet, which will have to go...

Beautiful hostas along the side, with a few daylilies and iris mixed in...

But the best part is this funky old sixties porch rocker with

a matching chair. Initial thought was to chuck it. After I

sat in it and realized how comfortable it is, I am thinking

paint the aluminum part and re-cover the cushions...

An example of how large the trees are...

We first plan on ripping out all of the carpeting, then painting, then installing laminate flooring. If you want to see what we are thinking in the way of decor, I have started a new Pinterest board titled "Creating our Cottage", which you can access on my sidebar. I will post the ongoing improvements to this blog.

Well, I guess if ladies can go "glamping" in their restored vintage travel trailers, we can go "cottaging" in our soon-to-be-restored vintage single wide trailer. After all, life is what you make it!!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day.