A Vermont Cottage Christmas
Country Living

Owners Richard McGovern and Jacques Tremblay purchased this cottage in Nova Scotia for $7,000. Then they disassembled it, moved it to Vermont, and painstakingly reassembled it piece-by-piece. These photos share a glimpse inside as the cottage is cozied up for the holidays.

We love the warm fireplaces, the simple worn sofa with a throw blanket for snuggling, and the aged woodwork on the staid old farmhouse's walls. It's like this home was meant for Christmastime.

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Comments (32)

Charming.

7,000! Wow. My truck cost more than that! Lovely restoration.

That house is so cute and snuggly- it looks like it is straight out of a movie. I love it

Can I stay? I am a fabulous cook, and that couch looks like it could sleep six comfortably! Just stunning.

wow, that kind of feels slightly wrong somehow to remove a house from its country. totally magazine worthy interiors though.

Absolute cottage perfection - every single thing.

Gorgeous, and I am always happy to see a house get saved and loved. $7000 is what someone took for the house rather than have it probably rot away and that was only the tip of the iceberg for the cost of dismantling and restoring it to such perfection.

wow, this is my kind of house. I absolutely love everything about it, and those interiors are to die for.

Perfection!

Nova Scotia is gorgeous. I think if I bought a cottage there, I'd be very tempted to stay.

Beautiful renovation!

Cuuuute! I totally love it.

I love this. Cozy, cottage chic, without the kitch!

So nice and cozy! I want to cuddle up with my sweetheart and drink some hot apple cider there.

So charming, so lovely. It makes me want to dress up in old fashioned garb and re-enact a scene from the American Revolution.

I LOVE this place. And this is coming from someone who (usually) only loves floor to ceiling glass windows, concrete minimalism.

An ambitious project, admirably executed. These people should receive some sort of award from their local Historical Society.

Amazing!! Love it!! (but as much as I love Vermont, I think it would have been nice if it had stayed in Nova Scotia)

In the words of Tina Fey, "I want to go to there".

Gorgeous!

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For those who would like to see a house stay in place, remember that hundreds of the old buildings on the south shore of Nova Scotia were dismantled in New England and ferried across to Nova Scotia by Loyalists during the American Revolution. Maybe that little cape has gone 'home'!
I lived in a similar little house in NS once upon a time and would move back there in a heratbeat.

oops...that would be heartbeat...need more coffee!

Swooning over that wood paneling. And the whole thing.

My partner is from Nova Scotia and her mother lives there still in an old schoolhouse that was cut in half (!) and moved to the coast, where it was 'sewn' back together. The most charming place ever!

There are still lots of charming little houses and country churches for sale here in Nova Scotia -- not enough money here for us to buy them! I dream of buying up a small little church and turning it into a lovely loft cottage on a lake. First, the down payment...oh yeah, and the reno skills.

PS If you enjoy dreaming, search MLS.ca in the 0-25,000 range, or check out halifax.kijiji.ca to see the possibilities. These people often have interesting buildings and frames for sale as well: http://www.timberhart.com/

so beautiful...

it would be interesting to know the cost of the reno.

Umm, can I have it? I'll give you $7000. And be your best friend.

If that little house could talk, it would say "thank you."

Aaahh...be still my heart.

Swoony.

I want a cottage in Vermont. :(

oh, how i wish i still lived in VT. couldn't imagine a better place to be during the holidays.