Tag Archives: decorating

a kitchen table

I’ve always wanted a table in my kitchen, something understated and casual. There’s something so old fashion about having a kitchen table, and it seems these days the kitchen table has slowly given way to the ever so popular kitchen island. It’s so grandma chic and ever so cozy to share a meal at the kitchen table. I’m still moving things this way and that way after the piano landed in our living room, which is making the living room […]

bright pink beauties

I generally like to stick to a cottage style garden with roses, herbs and daisies, all of the classic cottage style plants and flowers mix nicely with our evergreens. The box woods, azaleas, hydrangeas, and English ivy all seem to get along nicely out there. But in the thick of Summer when the days are long, the air is hot and muggy, and we’re all wishing for an afternoon storm it’s nice to look out our back window and see […]

my heirloom trunk gets a shabby cottage makeover

My heirloom trunk has a new shabby cottage look and is feeling right at home in our living room. A couple of coats of soft white paint and 10 minutes with the sander — voilà, this vintage cutie has a shabby cottage look. I think she likes it!

Yard sale lucky!

Summer is here! It’s hot, my daughter’s been repeating the dreaded phrase “I’m bored”, the pop-cycles are chillin’ in the freezer, and there seems to be a yard sale waiting for me every Saturday morning. A cluttered, junky yard sale on a Saturday morning is my idea of Summer!

a vintage Summer mantel

Salutations! Well, I’m at it again. Our mantel has been feeling a little left out lately. Yes, I’m afraid she has been somewhat over looked and maybe even a bit neglected while the rest of our living room has been getting doused in Summertime blues. She has been patiently awaiting her turn ready for the freshness of Summer to head her way. I thought this vintage mirror in robins egg blue might just do the trick.

too blue Summertime cottage

Salutations! The Summertime blues have made there way around cottage fix — a little blue here, a little blue there. I’m loving shots of blue throughout our little cottage!

peonies and hydrangeas

You might have noticed that flowers are one of my favorite decorating accessories, especially casual displays using fresh cut garden flowers. Oh yes, I love a room with a fresh garden bouquet.

vintage mirrors for a dose of shabby cottage style

A vintage mirror, oh how I love a vintage mirror or two. Nothing makes me weak in the knees quite like an old beveled mirror aged to perfection. Can you have too many in one little cottage? Of course, I think not! I believe I’ve heard my honey call it a mirror obsession. Yes, I’m sure. I confess I’m swooning over vintage mirrors of all kinds … they just pull at my heart strings. How about a cracky, shabby old […]