My dad recently bought a cottage by the sea.  According to him, it was going to be his retirement home.  He showed us some pictures of the place and indeed it was charming.  Now we do not have to spend so much just to have a vacation by the beach. We would have to wait for the summer because he would be doing some minor repairs to the house first. 

I suggested that he install canopies at the back so that he could utilize that area for entertaining. He could even choose a retractable one so that he would not have a hard time setting it up. We also told him that it would be a nice accent to the cottage.  He could have it installed after the house is renovated.

He did get a retractable canopy installed for he showed us new pictures of the house after he did some renovations and improvements on it. The house looked totally new.  Now we can’t wait for summer to come so that we could go down and visit him and mom.  The kids will surely have a good time there for the beach is a few steps away from the house.