Creating The Perfect Lakeside Guest Room | Sarah's Summer Rental | Abode

paper was light gold in medieval times [Music] i want tobacco sugar [Music] that everything we thought we knew about the world might turn out to be completely wrong all the way over here all the way keep going keep going this is this oh look at this i'll be excited by what i have this is wild this is like 30 grand worth of stun ever dream of buying and renting your own piece of paradise well i'm doing just that with this outdated cottage it's got great bones and a location that can't be beat stick with me i'll show you how to spruce up a cottage classic and make money too [Music] our rental cottage renault is almost done and it's looking spectacular we've transformed the main living area as well as the master bedroom a great bunk room for the kids and a perfect deck for relaxing by the water often when you buy a cottage all right you don't just get the cottage why is there so much stuff here this is sold with content contents that my husband alexander loves you've got an old log clock i mean look at that we have to lose this tommy and i not so much get it out of here but even i've got to admit we've hit the mother lode here holy smokes hey sarah you gotta check this out i can't believe it look at this i got everything in here bonanza look there's a windsurfer life jackets wetsuits how many cottages come with this is this for chainsawing or arc welding i think that's for painting actually the price of the cottage rental just went up because of all the gear i can't believe they walked out of here and left all that stuff awesome to have all this stuff my question is do we need all of this stuff and this seems like pretty prime space this isn't a shed this is actually attached this is underneath the master bedroom there's so much room in here you could probably put up a wall somewhere in fact there's even two sinks over here you could put up a wall and then have a little bedroom and this could be all workshop back here we get a plus one because then we would have three full bedrooms which means that we would be able to sleep at least ten if you're sleeping 10 people in a hotel the price goes up in your hotel even though it's located directly below the master bedroom to get to this guest room you're going to need to go outside but i think that that's part of its charm so really when we're done it's going to feel like a cabin or a bunkie yet it's still going to be part of the main house all the way over here all the way keep going keep going do i want to keep going this deck looks a little precarious okay this this this this oh look at this somebody excited by what this is like 30 grand worth of stuff you name it we got it however i want to turn this into a bedroom that is smart do you hear the sound i hear yeah that's the sound of money going in the pockets of those little white teams [Music] but before we can build a guest room we've got to clear out some of this stuff oh no we've destroyed it hurry up okay faster how about this ice bucket that's rather regal you think that's regal well kind of a we need to talk hey what do you think there isn't a person in the world who looks attractive with one of these on oh darling pink is so your color you know what this makes me think the one thing i haven't noticed anywhere here laundry there's no laundry what are we gonna do about laundry well we can't have it no you can't say we can't have laundry because this is a rental and who's gonna do the sheets i i am not the laundry service where would we put the stuff could we put them down here we'd have room in this room right here we're well below the septic tank so we need to have the machine up so that it can drain down into it and to do that you need to be on the main level could we build a little laundry house sure we could probably build a little laundry house and have like maybe a beer fridge house right beside it you can put whatever you want in my laundry house but let's just make one thing clear we can't rent a cottage without laundry first things first let's get the guest room started what i'd love to do is put up a partition wall here and then clad it should we use tongue and groove is there something else should we use paneling what do you think we should use ah there's paneling or there's rops on pine uh which is a one by ten right and it's got the rough surface on one side it's roughly the same cost as the tongue and groove pine per linear phase or linear foot yeah but it's twice the size so half the material cost i like that i think rough song would be nice down here we can stay in it we can paint it we can do something with it but i like the idea of it feeling like this room can be a little bit more rustic for sure makes sense makes sense cool let her rip while greg and chris start framing out the partition wall i'm figuring out the next steps in this project specifically outdoor access come on and squeeze through here the only thing is i need to make sure that a canoe could still come through here yeah so i want to make sure that we have as wide an opening as possible and lots of glass you want to keep all the glass we want to keep the glass yeah you can't possibly sleep closer to the water this is awesome amazing as you can see we're moving pretty quickly here how fast could we get this i'll do my best i'll get one i'll get it right quickly like could we get it within a couple weeks sure yeah sure he says sure sure i say sure when i'm not really convinced can you do that sure sort of like can you deliver some wood to an island yeah sure it's friday and the sun is shining which should mean it's an awesome day but so far it's not turning out that way our barge has finally arrived with the wood lumber's here boys it's one by ten but it's not rough it's dress four sides so it's a day late and you're telling me that instead of rough cut we've got smooth four sides yes so my question is did i pay for ref cut or did i pay for dress four sides because if i paid for rough cut and got dressed four sides i'm okay but if i paid for dress four sides and ordered rough cut i'm not okay on an island it's kind of tricky to take anything back to the store so we're going ahead with the wrong lumber let's cut some stuff guys but we got it for the right price [Music] to take things up a notch we're going to install this diagonally in a chevron pattern on one wall this decorative effect will create the look of a headboard we set it down in the corner right and we can have the meat halfway on both sides i think that'll be so nice of a sharp cut it'll just come down both sides look very nautical sharp and psn loving that they sent us the wrong one it's very nice the wood may be smooth but the weather's getting rough i woke up yesterday at sarah's cottage and went to bed on the deadliest catch it's the wrong show what a great day for an indoor project this is going to be a bedroom in no time but where there's beds there's also laundry in order to add a washing machine it has to drain into a septic system so the idea here was having laundry in the house isn't feasible because there's no space we thought put it right here we'll put the machine here on the deck yeah on the deck in a box and then you'll have a clothesline which will go in this nice open area so you have basically your washer and dryer in the same location like there's no clothes dryer no because we'll use the the line dryer what happens when it rains you don't put the stuff out when it rains what if it rains for like a week oh that would never happen around here will this duck support the weight of a washing machine oh yeah a washing machine does a washing machine weighs a little way less than me see i don't want to don't do that [Music] whoa look at this this is awesome you like it i love it it looks great i love this so what happens here next like you're just gonna finish cladding all of these walls yes okay and we've got a sink without a toilet it's like a day without sunshine so that's totally perfect for here it's perfect for here as you can see it's just another beautiful day in georgia may hopefully this rain will load up soon because we've got some exterior work that needs to get started oh leo what happened to the deck you did a little housekeeping yeah it's gone i see that we've got the existing footings that dose we can use again what i was hoping is we could go to the edge [Music] okay we can pin on that last chunk of bedrock what do you mean pin on that left we just have to drill a couple of chunks of rebar in okay and then we can pour another footing on top of it okay when you look at that and you find that rock do you think hey hey now we're in business it's a great spot see i i ordered that especially that's just a little bit of canadian shield for you so then am i limited by the footings or can we go at all further forward i'd say we could be able to come up right up that started a railing there i think that's perfect i think that's a nice enough deck how long will this take a couple hours i love the way you talk [Music] this is why leo can build as fast as lido can build look at that i actually have a relatively large hand it's hard to get gloves because double xl doesn't come in the store too often [Music] i think that yellow boat design clearly we are on the right track thinking about yellows speaking of the track we're in a wind tunnel do you feel like you want marigold yellow do you want an orangey yellow i prefer this yellow and this pattern and everything about that fabric speaks to me it doesn't feel fancy feels casual no it doesn't feel out of place it's like a wood block print or something it's really kind of cool do you like these o's they're definitely a little gold do you think it's too formal it might be a bit bit so if that's too fussy is a big scale check more in line with what we need it's definitely more humble i think for a guest room that started out as a storage room humble is probably the way to go this whole yellow plan really started when we were clearing out the cupboards this is really groovy it's a nice color do you think it'll wash up okay i don't know i just think it's a super funky design and i love the idea of having some yellow in here and now we're seeing yellow everywhere look at these love those look at that with our fabrics we can totally make that work wouldn't these be cute on a shelf on a bedside table so you can keep your personal items organized definitely and there's a pair which is always a good idea take two look over here yellows this is the 100 this is the one this is egg yolk i think it's great i think we're doing well could we do even better what do we feel about this dresser i like the fact that we wouldn't have to paint it we could use it as is i love the fact that we wouldn't have to paint it because i have a funny feeling that we might default to me and i'm feeling a little pressed the time okay so right now i'm feeling like anything that is in a permanent state that works with our schemes that's feeling like a home run everyone likes to hit a home run unfortunately back at the cottage we've got more of a strikeout are you out of gas happily chris and greg were on the case they called for some gasoline although i don't think chris was helping that much everybody made it back safely and now we're back to work while leo finishes the steps to the new deck i have an idea that's both decorative and practical how can i help you my friend we have to make a little notch design so that the whole the head of the paddle yeah will sit and be held on the wall okay handle shaft blade thank you i think that's an otter tail i know a little bit paddles stroke 27 goes to 24. good now we're going to use the angle tool to make our guide track for what we're going to cut i stole this from one of the carpenters the saw so we have to do this quickly before they notice it's missing [Music] that's nice [Music] okay down down on the left a little down on the left now up on the right then down on the left of it now up on the right of it you know i was doing all of that okay does it look level it does great it's going in now if you're sleeping in this guest bedroom and you wake up in the morning and you look out the window to the lake and you see it's a beautiful day you can just grab yourself a paddle get the canoe and go out for a little you could or you could stay in bed either way the paddles look good on the wall we have one more decision to make about those new walls now that you see this room completed yeah do you think we should proceed with staining it or do we leave the pine natural i have to be honest i wouldn't stain them i would leave them are you concerned that it'll go more yellow over time yeah i guess but then can't you just paint it later enjoy it while it lasts i'm just saying it's more paint it's more work we're rushing to our deadline to finish before the summer season's over it's a very good point i don't have the answer would you like to take the weekend and think about it decision made my friend tommy's not gonna be very happy but i'm whitewashing the walls because i just don't want the pine to yellow over time oh lucas you're making such a mess i know rubbing it off with a rag after it's sat for what is it 15 minutes is the way that you're supposed to do it but i find that when you do that it rubs off too much and you don't get any effect i prefer to just do this one roll one quick brush i feel like it creates a good effect right that looks great there's one challenge with this you cannot do this on your own i know you need to work with a friend yes and tommy disagrees with me so i couldn't get him to do this with me that's why i'm here that's why you're here well i also think you're a better painter than both of us put together while we're painting the walls we'll also paint the floors in a pale green and the appliance fairy just sent us a barge full of goodies lookie what do we have here a dryer now i have to convince alex that i didn't order one an accident an accident might prior i guess they just assumed that a washer goes with a dryer that magic dryer means we're going to need a bigger laundry box and as that happens ken's team pulls up with a brand new door yep fact that i am sweeping means we are making progress here i have a newly installed door and a window this is the final stage this is the end of the game for the transformation of a storage room into a really amazing little guest room i'm just gonna go and check it out and once the furniture's in you can take a look too every cottage needs storage but if you have too much storage it's just a waste of space so i decided to take this big storage room and turn it into a guest room and look what we've ended up with i would say that if this were high school graduation and somebody had to be voted most improved it would definitely be the guest room it's kind of like having a separate bunkie or a cabin removed from the rest of the cottage only accessible by its own little deck yet it's still connected to the cottage the guest room also takes us from a two-bedroom cottage to a three-bedroom cottage and let's face it that adds a lot we wanted this to work for a single family but it would also be nice if it could work for two families sharing it now we have two bedrooms that can be used as principal bedrooms and we have a combined shared kids bedroom the transformation of the interior of this room was really pretty simple a partition wall was added and then we clad the walls and the ceiling and we painted and we stained i was gonna leave that room just natural wood to age because i sort of thought that it had a nice glow to it and everything but you can't tell that girl not to whitewash something i mean it is like a sickness by adding a single layer of whitewashed stain we still get all the beauty of the wood coming through but we also have a slightly brighter end result the fun trick in this bedroom is the installation of the boards in a way that is just a little bit unusual so by putting the chevron pattern as the headboard we eliminated the need for a headboard and we upped the design factor it doesn't make sense to offer a rental cottage and not allow people to do laundry it is too much effort getting anything on and off this island and it is too important to me to be able to have laundry so guess what i'm the lady of the house and the lady wants laundry so we got it we had a deck the deck was totally rotten by rebuilding it we've extended it across the front of the building so it has a little bit more space what's great is this deck is large enough that it is a little bit of a retreat for whoever gets to stay in that room at the end of the afternoon if you want a little quiet time you want to watch the sun go down or just escape from everybody else it is another satellite location and i think that is a big added benefit everybody knows a lot about sarah richardson already that she's talented that she's pretty but they don't know if she's also crazy here to go for a snorkel it's looking pretty hot she came to me and said alex and i are thinking about doing another island project and we have about a month i really wanted to do this because working with tommy and sarah and the team a ton of fun i knew it was going to be a great experience everybody who was here every single day brought 150 energy and it was a team effort and that's what made it fun as an investment you really can't go wrong with something like this we've got a great sound cottage in a beautiful part of the world this cottage comes to life through the magic of paint and decorating it was a lot of fun and frankly we ended up with a result of surpassed expectation we think about this project as an adventure it had its ups and downs all of the downs were related to weather however the ups are what we achieved together as a team and that is why we did it and we enjoyed every minute of it and he's already talking about doing it again i would do this project again on a heartbeat i need something first [Music] i can hardly imagine alex and sarah being landlords the girl loves to vacuum she loves to do laundry she has everything pin perfect and ready for the renters i can see her being housekeeping extraordinaire

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Length: 20min 33sec (1233 seconds)

Published: Wed Sep 01 2021