We’ve been pinching our pennies lately trying to save for Christmas, the upstairs bath remodel, and all of those things that just sort of pop up when you least expect it. I don’t like it at all, but I’m sure I’ll be happy when we are picking out tiles and faucets! My mom dropped off these beautiful clementines and I decided to use them for our dining table centerpiece along with a couple sprigs of camellia. I don’t usually go […]
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Happy Friday! Alot has been going down at cottage fix the past couple of weeks, some good, some bad. We sprung a leak in our unfinished basement and water sprayed and spewed everywhere, and of course it was bright and early Monday morning, bad. The basement got pretty wet before I happened to hear the water gushing out, ugg! On the bright side, it was fixed in a jiffy. I finished all of my fall planting and flower potting — […]
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That’s right… the living room is finally completely painted! Whoo Hooo!! This one was a doozy. As much as I love our tall ceilings, about halfway through this paint job I found myself telling those ceilings where they could go! You get the gist. Yes, this is one of those rare occasions I am actually glad I don’t have a large great room with cathedral ceilings. Can anyone say “painter?” So now I can’t turn my head all the way […]
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Summer in Virginia is hot, sticky, and humid and just when you think you can’t take it anymore, in rolls a crisp, fresh breeze. Up go the windows to let the cool air waft in. Fall is my favorite season. I love the cool sunny days, the warm hearty suppers, and the changing of the leaves. I love the fact that I can pile on as many layers as I want and nobody knows that I ate one to many […]
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After a crazy day, make that a crazy week, sometimes I just like to goof off, shuffle things around, and then shuffle things around again. This tends to cause a bit of confusion with the hubby and chillies and I get a lot of “Moommm, where are the spoons?” I know it’s wrong but this always makes me laugh! Don’t tell the kids. This is the dining room where a lovely set of shutters have decided to live for a […]
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A little white paint can do wonders for old shabby furniture and garden benches. This is probably a bit too white for my taste, but after a couple of seasons outdoors this bench will begin to weather and turn just how I like it… chippy and distressed. At least I hope so, that’s the plan anyway. I picked this bench up at a yard sale a couple years back and decided to try it on our patio. Our other outdoor […]
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To say that I have been obsessing over a row of hooks for the front entry would be… lets say on the gentle side. I believe I have gone completely hook mad! I have checked all of my usual shops and searched every other day on etsy and ebay. I did find a couple I really liked, but apparently I have very expensive taste. Which is a little surprising considering my top picks are chippy, weathered, and old. I also […]
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Anything sounds cute when you put the word cottage in front of it – roadkill or cottage roadkill. Hee hee! I’ll take one cottage roadkill please. So I’m doing a little house hunting with my mom when she yells out “Stop! Back up!” So I do and behold, we have stumbled upon the most charming little pieces of vintage chicken wire. Why is it that even the chicken wire was cuter back then? One unexpected bonus to living in an […]
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