“It was all about the grandchildren. They’re 10 and 12 and I wanted them to experience an around the bay, ocean view, old house,” says Gail Parsons. When she first saw the newspaper ad for the house, she didn’t know where St. Joseph’s was. Figuring it was worth finding out, she set out with her […]
What do you do when you want a traditional saltbox but you own a square house built in the 1960s? If you’re Grant and Trudy, you renovate. Extensively.
The antique Fawcett wood stove keeps the cabin warmed perfectly throughout the hunting season as the old ash box keep it running clean. Combined with a near-ancient oil stove that works as if it came straight from the factory last week and a propane oven that cooks up a mean moose roast, the Barney Nob […]
“Now that it’s done, we love it here. There’s nothing like it, we just totally relax when we’re here,” says Tara Bishop, standing in the outport house she and her husband Wayne renovated into a weekend escape. While their two daughters hang out in the living room, Wayne and Tara recall the extensive renovation they […]
“This cabin has a name,” says Kent Sargent, standing on the back patio of his log cabin in Terra Nova. “It’s Simple Pleasures, because that’s what life’s about.”Everything here has a story – a stick in the shape of a dog, a tuft of moose hair, dried flowers hanging from the ceiling, the furniture. But […]
