Cozy Finds From Our Home to Yours ⟶
A few years ago, I cut an image out of a magazine of the most beautiful azalea walkway leading up to someone’s house. I tucked it into my little outdoor inspiration file and vowed to borrow the idea once my husband completed our reclaimed brick walkway. As many of our cottage projects go, it sat…
When my husband built our porch in 2021, I thought I wanted window boxes underneath the porch window. I loved the idea of switching out plants as needed, rather than having to rearrange an entire window box configuration as plants died. My inspiration was this photo I found online. In the photo, actual flower pots…
Beautiful heritage plants dot the landscaping of our yard. I have a lot of “favorites” about our cottage, but these plants give our little cottage its special character. One of our favorites was a nearly 50-year-old camellia that sat nestled against a large water oak in our backyard. It was more than 12-feet tall, deliciously…
From my kitchen and sunroom, we have an expansive view of our front yard. I can watch my gardenias bloom at the excruciating rate of one bud at a time. I can watch birds fly across the yard. But the one thing I hate seeing is the weed-bed on the side of my garage. I…
It may have taken several weeks to finally get around to it, but it’s done; our vegetable garden is planted. A few weeks ago, I shared with you all about how we built our raised garden bed. It sat obnoxiously empty for nearly the next month while we attempted to tackle our kitchen project. Since…
It’s always been my dream to live on a “farm.” I’ve never so much as raised an animal or grown a morsel of my own food, but I’m fixated on the idea of the self-sufficiency of farm life. With an acre of land and not a clue what I’m doing, I’ve decided growing vegetables definitely…