Cozy Finds From Our Home to Yours ⟶
You ever have a project that sort of sneaks up on you really fast but you’ve sort of been planning it for awhile? That’s the case with our exterior paint job. Full disclosure: We have never painted our exterior … and we’ve lived here 13 years. For comparison, exteriors are supposed to be painted roughly…
Things are really moving now over at Fallen Oak Cottage, with Rob tackling porch removal last week. If you need a refresher, we’re moving a 93-year-old home 15 miles across the county to a piece of lakeside property we own a few streets over from our cottage. Currently, the house moving plans are with the…
September was the most beautifully productive month at the cottage. As I kept shooting, editing, and saving pictures from the blog over the past month, I couldn’t get over just how much we had going on. This month was easily one of the busiest we’ve had. Our first big project was ditching our green couch…
We’ve been dropping hints for the last month, and we’re finally ready to let the handmade and vintage treasures out of the bag: We’re opening a little pop-up shop! The Southern Azalea Mercantile will be open for business in-person on Saturday, October 14 at the Crystal River Scarecrow Fest. We’ll be soft launching some items…
One of my favorite things to do in the thrift store is peruse the art section. So many people will cast off beautiful oil paintings and watercolors that I am more than happy to snatch right up. Don’t have time to get to the thrift store to search for vintage fall art? No worries; we’ve…
Gardening in Florida is both frustrating and beautiful. On the one hand, battling the heat (and drought) of the Florida summer in the garden was just such an emotional roller coaster. Some of those battles resulted in wins. I discovered Everglades tomatoes, eggplant, banana peppers, and black-eyed peas really loved my garden. Watching my boys…