Home Tour: Classic Seaside Summer Cottage

A leisurely, light-handed remodeling project restored the architectural integrity of a 1913 Craftsman-style summer cottage.

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Light-Handed Cottage Makeover

At first, this home's renovator thought the architecture too crude, too simple, too boxy to be attractive. But when the worst aspects of the house--the drapes, the carpets, the linoleum--were removed, the beauty of the home began to shine through. All the Arts and Crafts-influenced home really needed was a bit of freshening up--hardly a renovation, and almost less than a remodeling.