It all started with the January 7, 2020 North Shore News article “1908 Heritage Home Offered for Free”. The “Copper Cottage”, on the CNV Heritage Register, was slated for demolition but the developer had given it a last-minute reprieve, if North Shore Heritage could find someone to take it. Two years later, Tony Dean and Yvonne Perrault, have undertaken the most mammoth job of relocating, renovating, restoring not just the Copper Cottage but also the original 1920 house that sat at the back of their lot at 532 East 10th. The outcome is Doubly Spectacular, pun intended!!!
The Mystery of the Bottle Dash Stucco House
Have you ever walked past a house on a sunny day and noticed that the house sparkles? If so, it is likely a Sparkle Stucco or Bottle Dash Stucco house! Unlike traditional Rock Dash Stucco, which includes beach or river gravel, Bottle Dash Stucco contains different colours of broken glass bottles. And in the case of the house at 506 East 7th Street in North Vancouver, it even contains pieces of broken china! The aftermath of a Greek wedding? Early Upcycling? If only walls could talk!