The Ugly Little Well-house

The ugly little well-house sits on the end of an island in our circle drive. I've always tried to ignore it, thinking it's just one of the things that goes along with rural living. But why did the property developer have to put the well in the front yard? Each year the well-house gets progressively more and more shabby. It's care and keeping just hasn't been on the top of any one's priority list. And each spring I plant things that grow tall all around it in an effort to detract and hide. Of course that doesn't help during the winter months. This winter Brent was looking for a project, and the well-house came to mind. Wouldn't it be so much nicer with a new roof and siding?

So, with tools in hand, he measured, cut, and nailed. Before long a transformation took place. So exciting!

A new exterior was created for the shell of the old. The shell matches the shop and the roof matches the new one on the house. It is now secure and tight, and neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow, nor sunshine can interfere with the delight I have in its new appearance!

This year the plants and flowers surrounding the well-house will be to enhance, not hide. Finishing details (a missing trim piece or two) and some topsoil and rock placement still need to occur, but the well-house is mostly completed and now is ready for a new name. No longer the ugly little well-house, it needs a name more befitting it's station as little house on the island.