1 00:00:11,111 --> 00:00:11,525 ZACHARY NEUMANN: I never would have 2 00:00:11,629 --> 00:00:14,594 imagined this place meaning so much 3 00:00:14,698 --> 00:00:16,317 and being as beautiful as it is. 4 00:00:19,146 --> 00:00:22,043 Everyone wants that serenity and just 5 00:00:22,146 --> 00:00:23,318 ease of being at the beach. 6 00:00:24,698 --> 00:00:26,491 It kind of was a perfect spot. 7 00:00:28,939 --> 00:00:31,111 WORTH TURNER: I think our lives are so busy, 8 00:00:31,215 --> 00:00:34,663 our jobs are so demanding, to escape to this beach 9 00:00:34,767 --> 00:00:36,663 cottage is so relaxing. 10 00:00:36,767 --> 00:00:39,456 So it's a great place to just come and escape the world. 11 00:00:48,387 --> 00:00:49,146 OK good boy. 12 00:00:53,043 --> 00:00:54,801 ZACHARY NEUMANN: I'm Zachary Newman, 13 00:00:54,905 --> 00:00:58,732 I originally came from Illinois, moved down 14 00:00:58,836 --> 00:01:00,939 to Jacksonville, Florida five-- 15 00:01:01,043 --> 00:01:02,732 it was actually six years ago now. 16 00:01:04,767 --> 00:01:06,422 WORTH TURNER: My name is Worth Turner. 17 00:01:06,525 --> 00:01:10,525 My great grandparents actually grew up on the bays here. 18 00:01:10,629 --> 00:01:14,698 And so, I've been coming to this area since I was a kid. 19 00:01:14,801 --> 00:01:17,767 And it truly, every time we come here, it feels like vacation. 20 00:01:19,870 --> 00:01:20,663 Wah! 21 00:01:29,905 --> 00:01:31,629 ZACHARY NEUMANN: Boba needs a treat too. 22 00:01:31,732 --> 00:01:32,629 You want some treats? 23 00:01:34,008 --> 00:01:35,629 So we're situated in the northeast 24 00:01:35,732 --> 00:01:39,456 part of Florida, between Jacksonville and St. Augustine. 25 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:42,008 So you've got this beautiful ocean on one side. 26 00:01:42,111 --> 00:01:44,215 And on the other side, you have this beautiful state 27 00:01:44,318 --> 00:01:48,008 park that is so natural and old Florida natural. 28 00:01:51,043 --> 00:01:52,456 WORTH TURNER: When Zach pitched the idea 29 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:54,766 to buy a house here years ago, I thought 30 00:01:54,870 --> 00:01:57,594 it would be the perfect, perfect spot for us 31 00:01:57,698 --> 00:01:59,560 to kind of set down roots. 32 00:02:01,215 --> 00:02:02,767 ZACHARY NEUMANN: When we first found the house, 33 00:02:02,870 --> 00:02:05,387 we were looking at all these homes along the way. 34 00:02:05,491 --> 00:02:09,318 And, unfortunately, a hurricane had just come through and done 35 00:02:09,421 --> 00:02:10,525 a lot of damage to the area. 36 00:02:12,284 --> 00:02:17,077 We saw this one and it was just a very unassuming home, 37 00:02:17,180 --> 00:02:19,974 very small, right on the beach. 38 00:02:20,077 --> 00:02:23,008 It felt like it was ours right away. 39 00:02:23,111 --> 00:02:25,905 And we looked at each other and kind of said, 40 00:02:26,008 --> 00:02:28,594 this is where we want to raise a family, 41 00:02:28,698 --> 00:02:30,905 eventually, and have those memories 42 00:02:31,008 --> 00:02:33,525 together with our families. 43 00:02:33,629 --> 00:02:35,663 WORTH TURNER: The house is 1,300 square feet, 44 00:02:35,767 --> 00:02:39,698 so it is a small house, but it lives so much bigger than that. 45 00:02:50,318 --> 00:02:51,801 ZACHARY NEUMANN: When we walked into the house, 46 00:02:51,905 --> 00:02:54,008 it was clearly gonna need a lot of work. 47 00:02:54,110 --> 00:02:57,284 WORTH TURNER: Two hurricanes had come through, year after year, 48 00:02:57,387 --> 00:02:59,043 and it was just abandoned. 49 00:02:59,146 --> 00:03:01,629 So I think there was also a scary factor to it, 50 00:03:01,732 --> 00:03:03,422 that when our families finally heard, 51 00:03:03,525 --> 00:03:06,491 OK, we're taking on this project, they were like, 52 00:03:06,594 --> 00:03:07,732 we have to help them. 53 00:03:07,836 --> 00:03:09,353 Like, what did they sign up for? 54 00:03:09,456 --> 00:03:11,215 And so, the fact that we could all 55 00:03:11,318 --> 00:03:14,767 come up here and work together to restore this house, 56 00:03:14,870 --> 00:03:16,353 that's what I think of. 57 00:03:16,456 --> 00:03:18,249 I think of being here with our two families 58 00:03:18,353 --> 00:03:19,767 and just all those memories. 59 00:03:19,870 --> 00:03:22,008 It almost is like time just stand still. 60 00:03:22,111 --> 00:03:24,111 And that's what makes it so special. 61 00:03:24,215 --> 00:03:27,318 ZACHARY NEUMANN: We knew it was a full-gut project rearranging 62 00:03:27,422 --> 00:03:28,905 even where the kitchen was. 63 00:03:29,008 --> 00:03:30,456 The kitchen was on the other side of the house. 64 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:33,387 And looking at the space, it was, 65 00:03:33,491 --> 00:03:36,905 why not have this beautiful view while you're in the kitchen? 66 00:03:37,008 --> 00:03:39,836 Let's move the kitchen to the front side of the ocean 67 00:03:39,939 --> 00:03:41,043 where the beach is. 68 00:03:46,422 --> 00:03:48,180 WORTH TURNER: So I think the first thing 69 00:03:48,284 --> 00:03:51,905 that we brought into this space were these two brass pendants. 70 00:03:52,008 --> 00:03:55,249 We had picked them up probably seven, eight years prior. 71 00:03:55,353 --> 00:03:57,870 ZACHARY NEUMANN: The pendants were like that first, oh, those 72 00:03:57,973 --> 00:03:59,767 are going in the cottage, that we're gonna build 73 00:03:59,870 --> 00:04:01,594 out the space around those. 74 00:04:01,698 --> 00:04:03,146 WORTH TURNER: The antique dealer said they were 75 00:04:03,249 --> 00:04:04,663 off an old ship in England. 76 00:04:04,767 --> 00:04:06,594 And I just wish I could go back in time 77 00:04:06,698 --> 00:04:09,387 and, like, see them in place where they originally were. 78 00:04:09,491 --> 00:04:11,180 ZACHARY NEUMANN: And the table was 79 00:04:11,284 --> 00:04:14,836 from an old farm in Belgium. 80 00:04:14,939 --> 00:04:16,939 WORTH TURNER: When they shipped this table from Belgium, 81 00:04:17,043 --> 00:04:18,629 I think the leg on the end was broken. 82 00:04:18,732 --> 00:04:20,110 ZACHARY NEUMANN: Yeah, had to fix the leg. 83 00:04:20,215 --> 00:04:21,490 WORTH TURNER: And I was like, oh my God. 84 00:04:21,594 --> 00:04:23,180 We were all like, oh my gosh, they 85 00:04:23,284 --> 00:04:25,008 shipped this table from Belgium and the leg's broken. 86 00:04:25,111 --> 00:04:27,629 But I love that it was broken. 87 00:04:27,732 --> 00:04:29,008 And then we put it back together, 88 00:04:29,111 --> 00:04:30,870 and it just, I don't know, it makes 89 00:04:30,974 --> 00:04:33,836 it have a story and character. 90 00:04:33,939 --> 00:04:36,387 ZACHARY NEUMANN: Every piece around the house 91 00:04:36,491 --> 00:04:39,353 has a story behind it, that whether we know 92 00:04:39,456 --> 00:04:41,043 the story or not, you can make it up, 93 00:04:41,146 --> 00:04:42,215 if you don't know the story. 94 00:04:45,111 --> 00:04:47,111 You're gonna look perfect right there too, buddy. 95 00:04:47,215 --> 00:04:49,836 WORTH TURNER: We saw that this was a one-car garage. 96 00:04:49,939 --> 00:04:51,905 And it really just had junk in it. 97 00:04:52,008 --> 00:04:53,629 It was just storage. 98 00:04:53,732 --> 00:04:55,801 They didn't really use it as part of a living space. 99 00:04:55,905 --> 00:04:59,836 And we realized, this was the view from this room. 100 00:04:59,939 --> 00:05:04,146 We thought, OK, we have to make this into the master suite. 101 00:05:04,249 --> 00:05:06,077 ZACHARY NEUMANN: It was a little bit complicated, 102 00:05:06,180 --> 00:05:07,456 but we figured it out. 103 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:09,008 I feel like it works really well. 104 00:05:09,111 --> 00:05:10,629 And the biggest thing I said from the beginning 105 00:05:10,732 --> 00:05:12,732 was, the bed's got to face the ocean. 106 00:05:12,836 --> 00:05:15,111 You've got to wake up with that morning ocean view. 107 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:20,663 WORTH TURNER: The dresser was the first piece of furniture 108 00:05:20,767 --> 00:05:23,525 that my parents had actually bought when they got married. 109 00:05:23,629 --> 00:05:26,318 It was almost like a bamboo color. 110 00:05:26,422 --> 00:05:28,732 And they had it in storage. 111 00:05:28,836 --> 00:05:31,732 And I thought, oh, that'd be so cool if we lacquered it. 112 00:05:31,836 --> 00:05:36,974 Local artist did this really fun blue lacquer on it. 113 00:05:37,077 --> 00:05:39,318 And then we put back the original hardware. 114 00:05:39,422 --> 00:05:41,215 So I think what we did really well 115 00:05:41,318 --> 00:05:45,594 is we went and we took items from both sides of our family 116 00:05:45,698 --> 00:05:49,594 that, at one point, had meant something to them, 117 00:05:49,698 --> 00:05:53,767 but they just didn't know how to use it or have a space for it. 118 00:05:56,111 --> 00:05:58,284 ZACHARY NEUMANN: And we created those, I feel like what 119 00:05:58,387 --> 00:06:00,249 I would call, warm memories. 120 00:06:00,353 --> 00:06:02,939 The hanging chair for Worth, because that was what 121 00:06:03,043 --> 00:06:04,905 was in his grandparents' cottage. 122 00:06:05,008 --> 00:06:08,180 And for me, it was the bunkbed room. 123 00:06:08,284 --> 00:06:13,456 I grew up with bunk beds that my father had built. 124 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:15,387 And so, I called him up and I said, hey, 125 00:06:15,491 --> 00:06:20,698 I want you to come help me build these bunk beds in a small room 126 00:06:20,801 --> 00:06:24,698 to make it fun, make it fun for the nieces and nephews, 127 00:06:24,801 --> 00:06:29,353 but also be livable for even a full family to fit into. 128 00:06:29,456 --> 00:06:31,870 If you look closely, you can see, it just, it's not-- 129 00:06:31,974 --> 00:06:33,698 like I said, it's not perfect. 130 00:06:33,801 --> 00:06:36,043 WORTH TURNER: So when they started in this space, 131 00:06:36,146 --> 00:06:38,422 and I would come when I would check on the progress, 132 00:06:38,525 --> 00:06:40,249 he'd be like, it's gonna look better, don't worry. 133 00:06:40,353 --> 00:06:41,767 That's not m this isn't right. 134 00:06:41,870 --> 00:06:44,491 And what I loved about it is I told him, 135 00:06:44,594 --> 00:06:46,318 I was like, it doesn't have to be perfect. 136 00:06:46,422 --> 00:06:50,146 Like, you want to see that these boards have this great texture 137 00:06:50,249 --> 00:06:52,870 and, I don't know, undulation to them that you 138 00:06:52,974 --> 00:06:55,422 can see someone built this. 139 00:06:55,525 --> 00:06:58,767 It's funny because it's, like, the smallest room in the house, 140 00:06:58,870 --> 00:07:01,801 but I think it also holds the most 141 00:07:01,905 --> 00:07:04,456 heart and energy of the home, is this little room. 142 00:07:06,043 --> 00:07:08,215 ZACHARY NEUMANN: We found out that my dad 143 00:07:08,318 --> 00:07:12,146 had intestinal cancer that had spread. 144 00:07:12,249 --> 00:07:17,905 And even worse was we lost my dad that April of 2020, 145 00:07:18,008 --> 00:07:20,008 while we were still trying to finish up the cottage. 146 00:07:20,111 --> 00:07:22,387 So one of the hardest parts for me 147 00:07:22,491 --> 00:07:27,422 is that he never got to see the finished project, 148 00:07:27,525 --> 00:07:28,318 the house done. 149 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:38,043 It's sad that I don't get to show dad what 150 00:07:38,146 --> 00:07:39,663 it turned out to be in the end. 151 00:07:39,767 --> 00:07:42,801 I wish he couldn't be here to see it. 152 00:07:42,905 --> 00:07:44,387 But, you know, it-- 153 00:07:44,491 --> 00:07:45,525 WORTH TURNER: I feel like he does. 154 00:07:45,629 --> 00:07:46,905 I feel like he is here. 155 00:07:47,008 --> 00:07:48,180 I mean, I always feel that he's here 156 00:07:48,284 --> 00:07:49,974 every time we're at the house. 157 00:07:50,077 --> 00:07:51,146 ZACHARY NEUMANN: So I think I always walk into this room 158 00:07:51,249 --> 00:07:52,905 and I'm just so proud. 159 00:07:53,008 --> 00:07:56,249 I mean, dad always was the type that would do anything 160 00:07:56,353 --> 00:07:58,008 that we kind of asked to. 161 00:07:58,111 --> 00:07:59,594 It was just-- 162 00:07:59,698 --> 00:08:01,008 WORTH TURNER: He'd say it might be impossible, 163 00:08:01,111 --> 00:08:02,284 but that'll just take a day longer. 164 00:08:02,387 --> 00:08:03,111 ZACHARY NEUMANN: That's right. 165 00:08:10,870 --> 00:08:13,422 Coming to this house, whether it were 166 00:08:13,525 --> 00:08:15,767 to be this house or different house, 167 00:08:15,870 --> 00:08:17,422 it is somewhat about the memories 168 00:08:17,525 --> 00:08:19,387 that you make with the people that you're with. 169 00:08:19,491 --> 00:08:22,180 Yeah, when you have the kitchen and the living room the way 170 00:08:22,284 --> 00:08:24,698 we do where it's all one big open space, it makes 171 00:08:24,801 --> 00:08:28,284 it flow so easily to where you can all be in one area 172 00:08:28,387 --> 00:08:29,663 together. 173 00:08:29,767 --> 00:08:30,939 So I think if we had a bigger house 174 00:08:31,043 --> 00:08:33,043 and everyone was more spread out, 175 00:08:33,145 --> 00:08:35,663 it just wouldn't be the same. 176 00:08:35,767 --> 00:08:41,456 This feels like a true cottage that everyone's 177 00:08:41,560 --> 00:08:43,663 kind of forced to be in the same area, in a way, 178 00:08:43,767 --> 00:08:45,491 but comfortably so. 179 00:08:45,594 --> 00:08:47,284 You've got a view right out to the patio, 180 00:08:47,387 --> 00:08:51,008 where we often congregate, and hang out, and cook, and eat. 181 00:08:51,111 --> 00:08:54,111 And it's like, it's a beautiful space even out 182 00:08:54,215 --> 00:08:55,594 there to look that direction. 183 00:08:55,698 --> 00:08:56,836 WORTH TURNER: Cheers! - Woo! 184 00:08:56,939 --> 00:08:57,732 You're welcome. 185 00:08:59,974 --> 00:09:02,284 Oh my gosh, I love it, so cool. 186 00:09:03,870 --> 00:09:05,525 WORTH TURNER: To have family in the space 187 00:09:05,629 --> 00:09:08,043 and to have that time together with them, 188 00:09:08,146 --> 00:09:11,146 it makes this house a home for us. 189 00:09:11,249 --> 00:09:13,629 ZACHARY NEUMANN: The renovation wasn't really meant 190 00:09:13,732 --> 00:09:15,974 to be anything super special. 191 00:09:16,077 --> 00:09:21,284 And what it transformed into is, I think, o hard to go back 192 00:09:21,387 --> 00:09:22,732 and think that this would ever have 193 00:09:22,836 --> 00:09:23,905 been what it would look like. 194 00:09:27,663 --> 00:09:30,077 WORTH TURNER: Cane Cottage doesn't just feel like a home. 195 00:09:30,180 --> 00:09:32,043 It feels like this beautiful, like, 196 00:09:32,146 --> 00:09:36,732 time capsule of memories, of our family in the past, 197 00:09:36,836 --> 00:09:39,594 and also all the family that's gonna come in the future. 198 00:09:39,698 --> 00:09:41,801 As, you know, the house was finished 199 00:09:41,905 --> 00:09:43,629 and we started furnishing things, 200 00:09:43,732 --> 00:09:47,353 we also said we can't get upset if anything gets ruined. 201 00:09:47,456 --> 00:09:49,215 Everything's replaceable. 202 00:09:49,318 --> 00:09:51,629 And I think, when you lose a family 203 00:09:51,732 --> 00:09:53,870 member through a process, you realize 204 00:09:53,974 --> 00:09:55,974 material items have no value. 205 00:09:56,077 --> 00:09:57,836 They can't leave with you. 206 00:09:57,939 --> 00:10:01,249 So, yes, we wanted those items to be memorable stuff that we 207 00:10:01,353 --> 00:10:04,905 built with our own hands, but we thought, OK, as it ages, 208 00:10:05,008 --> 00:10:06,560 it's gonna add character. 209 00:10:06,663 --> 00:10:09,525 If it gets broken, we will build it back together. 210 00:10:09,629 --> 00:10:12,560 And I think that's the true story of King cottage, 211 00:10:12,663 --> 00:10:15,180 is it's always evolving, it's always getting tweaked, 212 00:10:15,284 --> 00:10:19,008 and we're always gonna work on it together as a family.