Funky Junk and Miss Mustard Seed{northern cottage} edition

Funky Junk Interiors and Miss Mustard Seed are encouraging us to copy them in celebration of their 4000 followers event(s).

 

I love this idea…but straight out copying them??

seems wrong!

so I’m thinking of an ECHO instead…it won’t be EXACTLY the same but perhaps just a little bit different.

 

Echo echo echo {can ya hear me?}

 

Even though I know we have been given permission – still feels weird!

So here goes -

I love each of these ladies and these blogs….

 

for VERY different reasons.

 

I found myself asking – how did these two hook up?  Pretty different styles here…

 

Let’s take a look:

Funky Junk (DEFINED): rusty hinges, old license plates, her get down, dusty, dirty, get it done spirit,

junky fabulishousness (ya like that new word?)

Some examples:

  

 

and

 

Miss Mustard (DEFINED): refined, elegant, composed, classic bella casa – gorgeous.  She works HARD to make it look this effortless!

 

 

see the differences?

but then do you also see the similarities?

Both are lovely, unique, inspired, awesome!

thank you funky junk donna and miss mustard seed for following your own paths!

Your images are all diverse and yet gorgeous in their own right…

so here’s my version of their styles:

I have bits and pieces from around our cottage that fit the bill for both of these styles….

so I guess …..this {northern cottage} is a ….. little bit country and a little bit rock and roll

a little bit classic  and a little bit junky

a little bit serene  and a little bit hyped up

Here are some snippets that I feel have been inspired (rather than straight out copying) by these two:

funky junk remote storage

mine

 

funky junk headboard

mine

funky junk soda crate wood storage:

mine:

 

some other shots from around this cottage that remind me of the mixture of funky junk and mustard styles:

junky

refined

junky

junky

refined

a glass vessel full of antique doorknobs

not sure – junky and/or refined?

I just like it

more combos of junky and refined:

ok so you can see from those shots above that I lean a little more toward junk.

Just sayin.

So I really tried to study Miss Mustard a bit more and

s .t. r. e. t. c. h….  myself.

Here’s some that are pure Miss Mustard Seed inspired and little less junkified:

Here was my inspiration

ahhhh lovely and serene image above, right?

and here is my version:

 

 

I have a newfound love for drawing nests now. 

I didn’t know that I could!!

 

 

 

this copy challenge inspired me to do something different and I love that I did!

I have other paint projects on my list that I am totally inspired to complete but it is WAY TOO COLD HERE to paint out in the garage yet….spring oh spring where are you?

so you’ll see those someday soon (I hope!)

Chat soon -

NORTHERN COTTAGE