Cottage Living Room Remodel

This is a picture of our cottage living room on Hess Lake.

We remodeled it and removed a wall between the kitchen and living room to open things up and also removed a closet next to the door.

We also removed the carpeting and installed the wood flooring here and in the kitchen.

We had knock down texture applied to the walls and I choose these light colors to compliment the furniture.

We also had new trim installed on throughout and it looks great. Final touches included new plantation wood blinds.

Paint "washing" with plastic bag

This was my interesting paint scheme for the bathroom at our cottage.

The technique I used here was to use a two headed roller that came with a divided tray for separating colors.

Working on small area at a time, I would then use a plastic bag and give it the "wash" look.

I chose to look to match the marble floors and bisque colored tub and toilet.

The antique dresser was spray painted black as was the vanity base, picture frames and towel bars.

The antique dresser was just sitting in my basement and decided to recycle it?

Make old new again

This dresser in the kids room of one of our vacation rentals, it was given to use and was broken.

We fixed the broken drawer guides, sanded it down and spray painted it blue and also painted the sail boat on it along with the sun.

This is really a cool looking dresser and we only have a little time into repairs and painting. It took less than a couple of hours.

Even the futon bunk bed was recycled and repainted. Watch for new recycling ideas here.

Fishing Hess Lake

The fishing continues to be good on Hess Lake and area waters. These little guys continue to locate the crappies.

Hess Lake is an all-sports lake with a perimeter of 5.75 miles, consisting of 755 acres with a maximum dept of 28 feet. Major game fish include blue gill, speckled bass (crappie) Largemouth Bass and Northern Pike.

Newaygo County has over 230 natural lakes and 350 miles of rivers and streams, 2 huge dams remain, Croton and Hardy. Hardy is the largest earthen dam East of the Mississippi. The Muskegon River continues to be the main attraction for summer cottage residents and fisherman, who find it nearly the best source for steel head in the spring and salmon in the fall, anywhere in Michigan.

Deer Hunting

The hunting has been good this year! Our family has taken a nice five point and a spike horn.

The guys hunt the Manistee National Forest in Newaygo. To learn more about hunting in Newaygo visit the DNR

Upcomming events include mussle loading, ice fishing cross country skiing and more.

If you are interested in booking a family vacation in Newaygo, visit Hess Lake We provide quailty and affordable year round vacation rentals on Hess Lake any area water ways.

Introduction

My name is Sherri, and I created this blog to post my families activities on Hess Lake. My family owns a cottage on Hess Lake and we also run a vacation rental business called Hess Lake Vacation Rentals. You may visit our website and book your own family vacation.

I will chronicle all the happenings on Hess Lake and introduce some craft ideas to keep the kids busy or even share some of my decorating ideas.

I hope that you will bookmark me and return often.