266 Oak

View from the kitchen

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A view from the Kitchen to the front room shows the beautiful refinished hardwood floors

Upstairs sitting room

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Just off the turret, you will find this comfortable sitting room -- a free roaming area for the cats, volunteers, and potential adopters, to lounge and enjoy the view out the upstairs window.

Front Room

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Fireplace detail

the library

under the glass top, is a historic map of Wyandotte

Cats and humans alike enjoy a comfy seat by the fire with friends

Stairways..

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the two staircases (one in the front and one in the back of the house) were both refinished to be brought up to code. Above, a kitty enjoys her view from the top stair.

The Turret

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The Turret is perfect for those cat naps in the sun!

Tiddlywink Room

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With fresh new paint, and refinished floors, The Tiddlywink Room is still under construction, awaiting its final adornments and decorations.

Layover Room

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The Layover Room is in its final stage of completion. Here, you will see some of the vintage accessories giving the room plenty of character.

Zen Room

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A room for cats to relax and feel peaceful

The cats that reside in the Zen Room always have a peaceful look on their faces. Wouldn't you agree?

The Ramp

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This ramp is imperative and part of the city code. Before, the old wood was rotting and unstable.

Now it is new, sturdy wood, and is much safer.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Zoe

Zoe and Shelter to Home hopes that everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving. We are thankful and grateful to ALL that work hard and support our mission of saving shelter animals. We are also thankful to all the families that have adopted one of stinkers and made them part of their family.

The Upstairs Floor

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The floor is finished upstairs! Take a look, it is gorgeous. And the painting is done as well!

Beauty in the details..

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An office oasis forms

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May the paperwork of many adoptions pass over this desk, and happen in this room!

What's cooking in the kitchen...

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Before....

During Remodeling

Updates to follow shortly! And I know you are all still waiting for updates on the green room, and they are coming very soon! Right now tables and things are in there during the remodel of other rooms.

Porch Sitting...

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The house at 266 Oak has a wonderful wrap around porch, just made for porch sitting, daydreaming, and drinking lemonade on sunny days, tea on rainy days.

Perfect for those slow lazy hazy days.

You can see the wonderful sprawl of this porch as it wraps around the front of the house.

The birds like it too- they built their nest near the side porch, in the little tree right there.

The Green Room ~ Before/During

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Great bones, but needed a little doctoring up.

Check back soon to see the finished room!

Weathered Beauty~ First Introductions

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266 Oak. This house has seen so much history, so many changes and owners and dreams and desires throughout its history; now it is animal rescue group Shelter to Home's turn to make its own home here among its many rooms.

Shelter to Home has a mission: to save the lives of those animals who most need representation, the ones in cages at local shelters that are forgotten about, and euthanized without a chance. Shelter to Home fosters these animals in their homes, until they find their own loving, permanent homes. This old Victorian will play an important part in this mission, as a comfortable, friendly, non-intimidating Pet Adoption Center for these cats.

But first, work on the house has to be done. This old girl needs some fresh paint, some additions and changes to make the house work for the purpose, and volunteers put in long hours painting, sanding, trimming, planning, cutting, sawing, and dreaming of the day that the house will be open and ready for business. The ultimate goal? An adoption center that would house roughly 15-20 cats at a time, a place where people and families could interact freely and comfortably with the adoptable cats, get to know them in a setting much like their own homes where the cats can flop and roll for attention at their feet, climb into their laps, play around and sit in windows. Perhaps there will be a nursery, with a mother cat and her kittens. Or maybe a room for seniors. who would prefer not to be around the jumping and playing of those young whippersnappers. Or maybe just a room for the cat who would prefer to be an only cat. The sky is the limit for these cats!

This does not eliminate the need for fosters- in fact, more are needed! The more fosters, the more cats that can be rescued from pounds and shelters, that can be cycled through the adoption center to meet their future families. If you live in the Detroit Metro area and would like to be a foster, please check out our application.