Cozy Finds From Our Home to Yours ⟶
August is historically my least favorite month. While many celebrate the return to school, I truly miss the noise of a full house and lazy days without the pressure of an alarm clock to get the day started. August sort of appeared out of nowhere and honestly seems to have left just as fast. So…
As we continue working on preparing our new Fallen Oak Cottage to be moved by the end of the year, we’ve started thinking through some of the issues with the house’s layout. The house, on the whole, is very typical of older homes: a very boxy layout with very distinct rooms. This, on the whole,…
It’s been two months since we shared that we are moving a 90-year-old house from my hometown across the county. Its final home is on our Fallen Oak Cottage property, which does have an existing structure that we originally planned to renovate but have since decided to demolish to make way for the 90-year-old house….
For awhile, I’ve had the maybe-crazy idea of taking the green cabinet color on the bottom of my kitchen cabinets and using it on the trim in the kitchen and sunroom. I’ve been reluctant to take action because it feels like such a bold choice, and once I’ve not made in the past. But yesterday,…
It’s probably typical in most families for renovations or projects to happen in stages. We’re no different. Each room in our house has gone through a series of changes as we’ve had the resources (money, time, etc.) to be able to tackle them. This week, we’re officially starting what I perceive as the final leg…
My paint indecision is well documented. I have several lockers full of sample paints as evidence. And choosing a kitchen paint color is no different. To back up, we first painted the tongue-and-groove walls of our cottage between September 2015 and April 2016. At the time, the only two rooms that didn’t get a coat…