Hello there! We have been enjoying some lovely mild and sunny weather here near the east coast which is so nice after the hard rain we had last week. The sweet fall air is slowly blowing in and I’m diggin’ it. Yes, I’ll take a week or two of crisp sunny days, oh say around 75 degrees or so, with a light northern breeze. Pretty please Al Roker! Grin! I tend to drag a bit when it comes to changing […]
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Salutations! The cottage is feeling a little on the quiet side now that the kids are back in school and I’ve got the place to myself for a while each day. Good thing I’ve got Miss Paisley to shower me with never ending puppy snuggles whenever I’m willing to sit still for a moment. She happens to be taking advantage of blogging time right now and is here on my lap. She’s a funny little dog! Her kids are so […]
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Salutations fine ladies of blogland! I hope your decorating endeavors are working out much better for you than mine are for me. You guys remember my sweet little roadside chandy from last week, don’t you? The one I found while taking Miss Paisley on a stroll through our neighborhood. Well, Mr. Handy was so sweet this past weekend and offered to hang it for me in the dining room. I was so happy with myself and this chandelier find, but […]
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I’m sure you’ve been losing sleep wondering where those bright blue accessories from the sun porch have disappeared to — I know I have. Painting the sun porch white has created sort of a ricochet effect throughout our little cottage and everything is all mixed up and turned around! It happens! Well, there they are. I decided to use the wicker chairs in the dining room all dolled up with the bright blue floral pillows. I mixed in a couple […]
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A couple of weeks ago I heard a crash come from our living room, which isn’t necessarily an unfamiliar sound in our house. Things break and I sweep them up and move on without making to big of a fuss. Well, I turned the corner into the living room to ask “What broke?” and saw the lid to my treasured blue and white tureen in pieces. It looked ever so sad scattered about the hardwood floor. I won’t go pointing […]
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We’ve been really busy lately with kids and our puppy and life and such. And of course I’ve got a million and one projects up my sleeve, some of which I’ve started and some are on the back burner. I did finish painting the sun porch and will be sharing her white painted bricks with you soon. Mr. Macho is building a fire wood holder and indeed, his inner burly mountaineer has been unleashed — I think I even heard him […]
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Salutation Cottage Fix Friends! I’m in over my head here with cottage type makeovers and the sun porch so please enjoy this lovely garden bouquet while I’m knee deep in paint and brushes and this white swatch or that white swatch. Please just imagine an eighties hit song of your choice arranged as elevator music while I get things together here. I’ll be painting for today, or more realistically a couple days, or say it ain’t so – even longer. […]
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Yes, it’s only July and I already have Christmas on my mind — fresh greenery, sparkling twinkle lights, and the smell of sweet confections wafting from the kitchen. I thought it would be fun to revisit last years Christmas and gear up for some Christmas in July plans. I’ve already started thinking about Christmas decorating for this year, I just can’t seem to help myself. I’m getting butterflies now just thinking about it! Fresh greens in the dining room really […]
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