Cottage Loved….a Vero home tour.

I love the champions of old homes and cottages and neighborhoods

believers. fixers. finders.

They walk among us unnoticed. Passionately working. Whispering life back into souls of wood and stucco…

acknowledging history.

Sometimes making a dime. Often not.

I think of the Jane Coslick’s  of our world.

saving Tybee Islands cottages…and their dogs and cats.

But every community has them.

Here, we are lucky to have  many.

Not a lot of old homes. And maybe not so old compared to other places in this beautiful country.

But In this little town, like many, we have some enclaves of old fogey and tenderly loved homes.

And thankfully… many keepers of their flames.

Like many communities…homes like the cottage above would just assume be razed. And built new.

But take a peek into the old beautiful soul….that may have been lost…

Yes it was pouring cats and dogs (so the pictures are darker…can we say cozier :) )….and the

 sound of the rain

on the metal roof was lulling…symphonic.

These old metal roofed gals SING in the rain.

Peeking inside original wavy glass windows into this cozy home was compelling on this rainy day

and…YES…I was invited.

 

Join me.

This beautiful aged relic was recently bought…like a week ago…and loved…by a local home lover, Cindy.

Original Dade county pine floors…scuffed from years of life. Newly shined with love.

filled with beautiful art and furnishings.

I can just feel the old gal sighing a happy sigh.

A vintage textile on a lampshade…gorgeous vintage tropical prints in faux bamboo frames

a nod to its history. Early Florida. In it’s hey Day.

Cindy…the new caretaker, has decorated it beautifully… all of it’s three bedrooms

and one bath.

a new barn-type sliding door has been added to the bathroom/laundry room.

Painted Robins egg blue, the old gal is

kicking up her heels a tad.

 

The kitchen is lovely…wood counters…cork floors…built in’s and shelves

Three beautiful and cozy bedrooms are housed in the back area of the cottage

One…maybe my favorite…exposed to the rafters

This cottage lives big…tall ceilings…wood detail.

And even a small “guest house/studio” in the back.

Just waiting for life to be breathed into it.

Cannot wait to see what it becomes!

Tipping my hat to the saver and lover of the oldies

y’all know who you are.

<3

Black Jack~ A home tour

 

…In this land of coconuts

There is a home…a beach house,

Maybe 100 steps from the ocean

Built when folks came in droves to our little town in the 1960’s

And built concrete homes with cooling terrazzo floors

And ceiling fans that groaned as they spun. Providing needed movement in the air.

Now….so so many of those small steadfast concrete soldiers, marking a generation, are torn down

and replaced with bigger, shinier. Not always better.

But not Black Jack.

He remains true to his roots. Unchanged. Except for his Rad new color.

It is slimming you know.

ok ok…Maybe I named him that. Remember the gum of the 60’s?
They call it their funky Beach Shack.

Even the coolio carport is calmly bracing bougainvillea  and Mandevilla vines that complacently poke their heads through.

Flirting with the black.

The surrounding bananas and coconuts naturally drove the colors of the door and chairs…

And it SINGS,

Tropically confident…

My favorite thing about wandering around houses

and yes I make a habit of it. I have a feeling YOU may to.

Is sensing the soul of the home. The living work that goes on between the walls.

And Black Jack spills it in spades.

A home of music and art  and collections and beach finds through the years…

And the legacy continues….this jar below is filled with every treasure that one little chubby fingered grandchild handed to his Grandma.  In his whole 4 years.

Art….a collaboration of grandma and grandson adorns the hearth…

Black Jack…in all his cool black colors grows love and history. 

There is a music room/recording practice studio

and 4 bedrooms..

Original Dade county pine beamed ceilings…

An armoire filled with music cd’s. lipping full. No TV.

Louvered room doors share the air between spaces.

One whole wall houses a salt water aquarium…full of splendid colorful fish.

Most rescued from near death. A brilliant story.

they swim swim swim with the vibration of the whole house.

Everyone needs a little

blood pressure lowering community like this.

…and the living coral, gently moving. an underwater metronome.

The giving house.

Karen found the colors of the house in an old treasure….and so it flows…

A smallish Key West sized pool is planned for the back yard

Karen and one of her three daughters throw pots and make beautiful

succulent wall frames…and carefully create works…injected with beach soul

They have an etsy store here…check it out!

…and are working on another. i'll fill you in as it emerges. I know I will be ordering a succulent wall frame!

 

~~Jade has offered a generous 20% discount for her etsy store above

just mention LIMELOVE  ~~

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Black Jack…. A cool cat of a home.

::meowr::