The Yellow Room

When my uncles added onto the lake cottage a while back, they left the cute old one-story, white-sided building inside.

They even worked around the little old kitchen to leave the built-in cupboards when they added indoor plumbing. (No more getting water out the back door, heating it on the stove, brushing your teeth with a cup and a bush to spit in, and running to the outhouse with a flashlight - as in my childhood. Unless you come before the water is turned on in the spring. Then the adventure continues!)

My favorite part of the addition is the loft - built above the old living room and two tiny bedrooms.

Speaking of which, I took a few photos in one of the bedrooms this spring.  The "yellow room," as it has always been called - with its buttery yellow walls, curtains, and bedspread.

           

This was always Grandpa and Grandma's room when they were staying overnight, while the "pink room" was open to anyone.

In the morning you might catch sight of Grandma scurrying to the outhouse with a mysterious paper bag containing the chamber pot which is still tucked under these bed springs.

Even once a bathroom was added on to the kitchen, the chamber pot was more handy at night.

And while the addition brought the update of ceiling lights run by light-switches, I'm so glad the old pull-chain fixtures are still above the beds.

Both bedrooms just got new mattresses, so I had to snap a photo of this vintage set first. You can just imagine the nostalgic "creak" of those old coils.

Sorry the photos are rather dim. I only had my phone.