Take an empty lonely flower bucket
a pretty image from Graphic Fairy here
and some
mod podge
It’s pretty in this state right?
NOW
give it to your sister to fill up with blooms from her garden
like I did here
and it’s taken to a
whole
new
level
hello beautiful!
Chat soon -
NORTHERN COTTAGE
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I’ve mentioned a couple times that I’ve been busy purging and organizing here at the cottage and a recent change has helped me realize that
sometimes it’s the simple things that can make a girl happy
I’ve collected together all of my
home, garden and décor books
into one location
I’ve weeded out and sold many that are no longer my style, that I don’t use any more or that just don’t make my heart flutter when I leaf through them
and with the
remaining..
I’ve displayed them in
rainbow order
{I don’t think librarians would approve of my system!}
in a
vintage
wooden crate
Loving it every time I walk by
{makes me smile}
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NORTHERN COTTAGE
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I know I’m a little bit different than most…I am attracted to dingy, rough-around-the-edges, peeling, flaky pieces of lumber
is that so weird??
Case in point
{sigh}
To me – this flaky piece of wood was screaming for something
French country
so it got a bit of flourished script
‘les fleurs’
ahhh flowers sound even prettier in French don’t they?
this shot (below) was in process before it was roughed up again and stained over so the new addition was made to look old
I have to apologize that don’t have an actual full ‘after’ shot as it went to the shop and sold right away before I could get my camera in action
there seems to be a pattern but really it’s a good thing!
I promise to try to do a better job with snagging shots of the {after!}
Another sign:
wow this one was pretty ugly
1980 rose (or should I say m.a.u.v.e.)
yeah, I’ve heard the 80’s style is back but
I don’t think this cuts it
Here we have ‘in process’
and Now…
another little sign made
{which was inspired by here}
and lastly
with beginnings
from a panel of an old chippy door
of course – it begged to painted with the word
COTTAGE
mmmm
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This past Saturday was a good day
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Started off visiting with some of my favorite people
(my sister and her family stayed overnight with us – we always have fun together)
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We got up and had some breakfast
{made raspberry coffee cake - mmm}
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and then
off to a local flea market
where I snagged a few goodies
{a poor broken little windmill}
{fresh sunflowers}
{vintage metal molds}
{vintage canisters}
{shelf cabinet}
gonna paint this baby up – hmmm what color?
{vintage lunchbox and enamel bucket}
I just love the color of these
{drawers and the crystal knobs}
who can’t use some additional
{wooden boxes!?}
I have plans for this stack of
{metal trays}
a
{towel bar}
that will be refreshed
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Afterwards, I got a lot of organizing done
around the house,
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I also got to play in the garden
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went for a bike ride with the kiddos,
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we all went swimming in the local watering hole
and
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came home for a quick, easy but entirely
yummy summer dinner
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yep!
a good summer day, indeed!
Chat soon -
NORTHERN COTTAGE
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I love the shape of this curvy scallopy little silver serving tray
the inside finish was a little
well…
weird
see how it’s all swirly
odd!
chalkboard paint to the rescue!
I sold this piece super fast and, unfortunately, didn’t get to snag a picture before it left..
I used it as a
family message center
by adding the menu for the day, etc!
I love it when simple things turn out to be
functionality and pretty!
Chat soon –
NORTHERN COTTAGE
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