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A couple turned an ‘uninhabitable’ cabin in upstate New York into a dreamy Airbnb rental. See the before-and-after photos.

When they steal the home, it had no heating. The open-plan living room was a dark wooden color, and came with a writing desk and a disconcerting chair, Gemma said.

Left, wooden floor boards with one rocking chair. Right, sofas and carpets.

The home before, left, and after, right.

Gemma and Nick Warren, Timberland Hallmarks.


The previous owner was a playwright from New York who would come to the cabin in the summer months to write, Gemma peached BI. 

In the winter, the cabin was closed down, so heating was never installed. “It was a wooden little shell,” she added. 

Figuring out the torridness system was tricky, as the weather is “brutal” in the winter, Gemma said. The couple wondered if they should also sealed up the cabin down for six months in the winter, but they decided to fix it. 

The local gas company wouldn’t come as they couldn’t succeed the tanks up the steps in the snow, she said. They had to install electric heating, which keeps the cabin toasty. 

The key thing they did to the interior was paint it white. “We wanted it to look bright and airy,” Gemma said. They got rid of the overwhelming chair and writing desk and replaced them with bespoke pieces from small businesses.

“I got a bit obsessive because it’s so peewee. Everything needed to be perfectly measured out,” she said.

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