The main bathroom at Seaside Lodge
The main bathroom at Seaside Lodge is complete.
The forecast is warm, with continual showers and occasional deep baths.
Fluffy towels in abundance
Little luxe touches make all the difference
If you’d like to stay in our newly renovated 1950s wooden lodge, on a lake and just 80m from a quiet, unspoilt beach, drop us an email at info@boltholeproperties.com
Some recent pictures of progress on Seaside Lodge’s renovation.
We’ve got our first 4 bookings (yay!), and are getting very excited about reaching the finishing line. We’ve had some fantastic feedback from visitors, and several people coming for a look around on spec.
Available to let from 1 June 2015. For more info, drop us an email at info@boltholeproperties.com
Bedroom 1 at Seaside Lodge has an en-suite shower room.
The open plan sitting room has large doors opening onto a deck over the fishing lake.
The open plan living area has two sitting areas, one by the lake and log burner, the other in a quiet study space (ignore the tree clippings, they’re toast!)
Soon-to-be-organised library and study area by the original 1958 south facing window
Blinds up in the master bedroom -lovely to open them first thing and watch the birds on the lake.
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been steadily chipping away at the remaining renovation projects on Seaside Lodge, and we can see the finishing line in our sights. Visits from a 2 holiday home professionals have been informative and helpful, and both of them said the lodge is going to be at the top end of a four star property, which is lovely to hear.
We got a lot done over the last few days, and managed to have some serious beach time too.
1 lattice willow hedge planted
1 weeping willow by the lake planted
2 sea buckthorns planted
1 bay tree planted
2 garden bird boxes installed
3 blinds put up
3 door frames painted
4 cupboards fitted out and undercoated
Ensuite shower room completed
1 wall painted
10 cakes eaten (we needed the energy).
Everything is on-stream for lettings to commence in May – we’ve even got our first 4 bookings! The website is underway and should be up in three weeks. To enquire about staying in Seaside Lodge please drop us an email: info@boltholeproperties.com
The main bathroom is nearly finished
The master bedroom is painted
The en suite shower room at Seaside Lodge is complete – and fab.
Top tip: bring kite strings to Anderby Creek beach.
Walking down to the beach from the Round and Round House – a 360 hide to watch wildlife.
Hiding in the hide.
A walk through the dunes to the hide.
After all that fresh air we needed non-cake sustenance. The platter at The Fat Seagull up the road was delicious.
The Fat Seagull’s platter is yummy.
Finally, the french doors go in. At the moment the deck overlooking the lake is a makeshift construction with 3 pallets, but even so, the view is knockout.
The old window over the lake, from the sales brochure
How it looked, once the walls came down.
Open ’til late.
A late night getting the doors fitted.
Next morning at Anderby Creek. 50% more lake and sky.
Fun times! Mood boards and colour palettes for Seaside Lodge
All the fabrics and colours are sorted. Creams, neutrals and some dusty blues. Colours chosen from the Lincolnshire skies, water and fields, with a dash of retro 1950s to boot. Undercoat is going on the new plaster, and early reports are ‘wow, this works’.
On the lake side of the lodge, the log burner sits unwrapped, just waiting for its flue, a limestone hearth and a couple of installers.
When I grow up I’m going to be like the guy in the picture.
Close Encounters. Of the lodge kind.
One of the last pictures of the lodge without the new doors, which will open onto a deck and lawn overlooking the lake.
Wake up to this view.
Huttoft Car Terrace
2 miles down the road to Sutton is another beach, Huffoft Car Terrace, it’s a great spot for eating fish and chips and watching the sky.
It’s a decorating fact of life that:
1. All the best paint colours are the most expensive paint colours.
2. All the best/most expensive paint colours have the silliest names.
This week, we have been throwing Duck Egg at the walls, and covering the plaster with Elephant’s Breath. We’re trying to use the colours in the surrounding landscape in interior of Seaside Lodge, whilst keeping a colour palette that’s true to its 1950s heritage.
That means no shocking pink, no glitter and no feature walls. I hope that doesn’t disappoint.
It’s great to be at the stage where the dust and dirt are nearly a distant memory.
Choosing paint colours that reflect the view outside the window
Colours of the surrounding lake, dunes, sea and fields.
