Summerhill at Beach

In the spring of 2006 we set in motion a plan that ended in purchase of a little beach house in Seaview, Washington. This 4-bedroom cottage built in 1900, was actually in pretty fair condition. Still, certain features, certain rooms, etc. presented themselves as candidates for a little love and rehabilitation. We quickly dove into one project after another. Weekend upon weekend and some summer vacations were devoted to 'improvements'. When we came up for air - ten years had passed and I don't think it's at all an understatement to say that we accomplished a lot.

Trips to what we call 'Summerhill' (after a favorite novel by the same title written by A.S. Neill) always put us in a different frame of mind. When we were still working - there was a palpable  melting away of stress within a mile of getting on the highway - headed toward this coastal hideaway.