SoPo Cottage

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

For Rent: Beautiful Willard Beach Duplex Unit

It's done, it's done, it's done!!! At long last, the Duplex is ready for tenants! We've already leased the smaller unit, but the large one is now listed!

Available for immediate lease, be the first to live in this beautifully updated home. This 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom unit has been completely redone with modern amenities, while retaining it's antique charm. It includes original hardwood floors, stained glass windows
and original built-in cabinets, for lots of storage. And you can walk to Willard Square, Willard Beach, restaurants and more!

It has a brand new kitchen

with new LG stainless steel appliances (including a gas stove - love the blue self cleaning interior!),

quartz countertops, open shelving and beautiful new cabinets.

The professional style faucet is mounted over dual sinks, with a garbage disposal.

The cabinet unit on the left includes lighted glass shelving and a USB charger for all your electronic gadgets (phones, iPad, etc).

The kitchen opens into the dining room, which is centrally located. There is a closet for storage as well as an adjustable light fixture to fit over your table. The original, lighted china cabinet lets you display special pottery, china or artwork.

The extra large living room (25 x 12) has lots of space for the whole family to hang out, with gleaming, antique hardwood floors. A beautiful stained glass window adorns the front window, with another 5 windows that let light come streaming in.

The first bedroom is on the ground floor, conveniently located in the rear of the house. It would also make a great home office!

Down the hall, the first floor bathroom has been totally updated with all new, high end fixtures and custom tile work. With the vanity and a separate built in cabinet next to the tub, there is ample storage for everything.

The hallway includes an original built in cabinet and stairs to both the basement and the 2nd floor.

The second floor has a large master suite- with room for sleeping and a desk or sitting area.

Door to deck, from sitting/desk alcove and peek of Master Bath

Room for a King or Queen Sized Bed!

The master suite includes a large walk in closet. And there is a 2nd floor deck, for that first cup of morning coffee (okay, it might need to get a bit warmer before you do that!).

And the master bath has a skylight for lots of natural light and a new vanity and fixtures. Plus an additional closet for even more storage!!!

Down the hallway
is the 3rd bedroom, which has a large closet and charming angled ceilings, that give the room lots of character. The gleaming antique hardwood floors finish off the space.

There is a full basement, which includes laundry facilities with a brand new washer and dryer. The infrastructure of the house has all been updated and includes a new, wall hung gas boiler with unlimited hot water. And the wiring for the house has been completely updated.

There is a large mudroom space in the shared foyer. Each tenant has their own closet, hanging space and mud bench.

Off of the kitchen, there is a brand new deck, with room for a BBQ grill, table and chairs.

The unit includes access to one bay of the garage.

And of course, there is everything that the Willard Square neighbourhood has to offer: Shopping, Bakery, Restaurants, the Beach and more!

This unit rents for $1,900 a month, excluding gas, electric and cable. Water, snow shovelling, and lawn maintenance are included. A pet may be considered.

Interested? Contact sopocottage@gmail.com for more information.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Color Palette for the Duplex

As we finish the final touches, I thought it would be nice to share the color palette that we chose.

I think most of you know that I have a step by step approach to decide on colors for wall, trim, tile, etc. I start with something I love (fabric, artwork, favorite pillow, etc) and build from there (for more how-to, see this blog post How to Choose Paint Colors).

For the duplex, we got off to an easy start! The gorgeous stained glass in the living room of both units gave us our starting point. It has a beautiful color palette with earthy colors - golds, creams, green and a bit of aubergine (aka purple).

After looking at the space and paint chips during different times of the day, we decided to go with the golden tones and chose a creamy neutral for the majority of the walls - Muslin by Sherwin Williams. It warms up the space and provides a nice contrast for the bright, extra white trim work.

Oh, and remember the plaster repair that was being done all over the 2 units? Well look at the difference in the ceiling!

In the kitchen, the Heavy Cream color of the cabinets didn't give us enough variation from the Linen color in the rest of the first floor, so we went one shade darker on the color chart with a Sherwin Williams color called Netuschke. With all the white subway tile that's going in there, it will provide a nice pop in the space - especially with all our inset tile that we're adding.

Kitchen Cabinets and Glass/Marble Inset for Backsplash

The tile in the Owner's Kitchen still needs to be grouted.....but I'm loving the look! Can't decide what I like best: spherical pendant, tile or industrial style faucet!!!

We went with a marble tile in the Tenants Kitchen - but with the same inset style and a chicken wire and glass pendant. Still a little work to do, but once the tile is finished and the open shelves are installed, it will be great!

The first floor bathrooms already had quite a bit of the creamy color with the tile, so we wanted to go with something a bit more monochromatic. We choose Shoji White in an eggshell finish (eggshell is much more durable in a bathroom with the high humidity).

And in the upstairs bathrooms? We wanted to have a little more color! So here we went with a color called Mild Blue. It's a great companion for the tile floor, with its glass and marble mini mosaic.

Finally, we had to choose carpet color. We wanted to do the master bedrooms in wall-to-wall carpet. I know, I know, carpet isn't trendy these days. But I still like it for a bedroom. It warms up the space (particularly for bare feet!) and absorbs a lot of sound as well. We went with a mini pattern, low pile carpet in a color called Hazelnut. It's soft underfoot and looks great in the Master Bedroom of each unit.

The guys are finishing up the painting now. We're in the home stretch on this project. Can't wait to see it all finished!

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Finishing Touches - The Duplex

We're in the home stretch! There are lots and lots of craftsmen working in the duplex these days, as we try to get the last items finished.

The quartz countertops were delivered and installed in both kitchens. I'm a huge fan of quartz for it's easy maintenance. It's a big job to get them templated, cut and installed - but so worth it.

And I love the detail on the undercount stainless steel sink. Doesn't it look fantastic in the Owner's Suite?

Quartz Countertops - Solar Canyon

The radiators in the Owner's Unit were a rusty, dirty mess. So Andy pulled them out, cleaned them up and then spray painted them all with white enamel. And while they were out, we were able to properly refinish the floors underneath them and paint behind them. Now they're as good as new!

Before

The final electrical has also been completed. Don't you love the reproduction antique light buttons - with the mother of pearl inlays?

And the light fixtures are going in! I've used this Restoration Hardware fixture before. Love it!

Getting close to finished now!

Restoration Hardware Scissors Pendant

Kitchen Pendant - chicken wire and glass!

We still have lots of things to get this place done - final paint and tile are scheduled for this week. Stay tuned as we get close to the finish line!

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