The big day finally arrived in late August after all the usual back and forth and money discussions and documents and signing this and that – all that stuff involved in buying a house! The key was ours! The realtors had been pretty good about letting me in to wander around and make lists and measure things and just think about it all during the buying process – it helped that their office was only two short blocks away. I also came by to water…
Shell’s Cottage was built by an old Gearhart family named Waterhouse sometime in the late 1910’s. County records say the house was built in 1910 but family history and other records say it was the early 1920’s. It is quite possible that another small structure existed there earlier and was incorporated into the house. Unlike many of the cottages built in the old resort of Gearhart Park by the Sea, this was not a summer home. The family had lived in the area since the 1880’s…
We bought a new beach house…or rather an old beach house… around 100 years old actually. What were we thinking? Well…it was just so cool! A classic Oregon beach house that had been updated a bit over the years but nobody had changed what makes these old places so great… fir floors and beadboard and glass door knobs and built in cupboards and original kitchen cabinets and a great brick fireplace. Makes you want to curl up in a warm cozy quilt with a good…