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The devil is in the details

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Before the addition At first glance you might not see a difference in the two shots of the front of the cottage, the before and after shots. The intent was not to change the look of the cottage too much. The middle shot shows what it looked like midway through the construction phase Look closely and you will see a different colour door in the "after" shot and white corner boards. In fact, the front of our cottage which is located in central Canada has been pushed out almost 5 feet, though it would be tough to see this from a casual observer standpoint. Indeed, this was my summer project and my biggest summer project in 10 years. During construction We had talked about extending the screened porch out a few feet and it was meant to be a retirement project. However, the more we talked about it the more we felt that while we had the time, the resources and the energy, we would do it now rather than later. We did have to get municipal approval beforehand and we did