Hyggeligt sommerhus med gæstehus, Gazebo og dæk

I'm a native New Orleanian who bought the cottage in 2004, the year before Hurricane Katrina. The cottage was a dump! but bravely sustained little damage during that major storm, and I've renovated and added to it over the course of the years.

This is a historic nineteenth century cottage with its original heart of pine floors and barge board walls; there are no studs so outlets and switches are positioned on door frames, window frames, or baseboards. The character of the cottage shows in its deep window frames and original wavy glass windows. In restoring the cottage, I chose to maintain as much of the original charm as possible while updating for twenty-first century living. There is an original artesian well that still flows but the house has its own more modern well with a water treatment system which services the house.

To be able to retreat to a beautifully wooded and landscaped property with something blooming almost all the time is one of the unique charms of this special place.