Cannon Beach Cottage Tour ’17: Inga’s Cottage and a “Tree House”
Sep 23, 2017 by Tangly Cottage
Saturday, 9 September 2017
Cannon Beach Cottage and Garden Tour
a benefit for the Cannon Beach History Center and Museum
Inga’s Cottage
Just up the street from Salmon Trout House is Inga’s Cottage. It had been on the tour in a previous year, an anniversary tour which had so many cottages that we ran out of time before seeing this one at the north end of town. I was glad to get the chance to see it today.
It is a vacation rental and is also the part time home of the owner.
Inga’s Cottage
from the cottage’s Facebook page
We all leave our shoes off when touring.
beachy turquoise front door
view of neighbouring garden
a guest book!
As longtime readers of this blog know, I am obsessed with guest books.
Fortunately, it was not a very full guest book or we would have been delayed.
courtyard view bedroom
courtyard
Allan went to the upstairs, which I find difficult (coming down, not going up) these days. Allan says only one side of the duplex was viewable.
bathroom floor tiles
beautiful lamp
Interlude
We now walked a block west to a street where two more cottages were featured. Along the way, small cottages appealed to me:
I want two bay windows like this on my double wide, in the front.
a double wide! a rare sight in Cannon Beach
nicely framed greenhouse window
such a sweet blue cottage
porch with hammock
tiny
“And they lived happily ever after.” (per the life ring)
trellis
I could happily live in any of these.
Clerodendron trichotomum
Clerodendron flowers (Allan’s photo) will be followed by stunning berries.
Clerodendron in my old garden, the best bloom and berries I ever had from it. Adding to my must have list to reacquire.
tiny, with a big remodel of a small cottage going on next door
“Tree House”
When I entered this home, I immediately noticed how it felt surrounded by greenery. I commented to the owner, who was there, and she said that to her it feels like a tree house.
front porch (Allan’s photo)
north side of front porch
salal
north window
west window view with wetland below full of skunk cabbage (aka swamp lanterns)
south window
Allan’s photo
Allan’s photo
bird watching deck (Allan’s photo)
bird watching deck (Allan’s photo)
I went out to the patio on the south side.
south side patio
at the edge of the wetland
succulents window box
south side fence with cutouts
blurry, but shows clever way to hide the works of the electrical box (Allan’s photo)
interlude
At the end of the street sat a house that looked so very private.
a true hideaway
On our walk to the next home, a substantial drizzle had begun. I was pleased and also cold and damp. I admired this cottage along the way:
Next: two delightfully small cottages
Your Clerodendron awaits!!
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Yay! We will try to get down there next week!
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