Home Tour – Downtown Cottage {You can see our exterior before and after here.} We purchased this sad, little cottage almost two years ago and man, did it need work! We’ve taken down walls, converted an old garage into the kitchen, and tried to love it back to life! Click on the rooms below for more photos and details of what we’ve done in each space. This was a dramatic fireplace makeover! See details here. See our updated living room in our fall tour post.