The good thing about having clients to my house is the need to keep it neat and tidy. And it also makes me want to dress it up for the seasons. This is the first thing you see when you walk in our front door. I think this summer I will actually pull this table …
Category Archives: My Cottage
Basement – our painting area
The posts of the basement (play side here, and work side here) don’t show the whole story. We also have an uncarpeted area that is home to storage, a giant bookshelf, laundry area, and now a painting area. I have had the big easel for a while, and the bigger canvas (a gift from Carmen), …
The Basement – the other side
The “other side” of my basement is really my work side. I don’t shoot down here but this is where I meet with clients and show them their images (with a fancy new projector). I love the space! This was that same view before: Besides the couch the biggest change is the skirt around my …
The basement: the play side
Ok, I still have a project for the back wall, but I want to share this side of the basement as it stands now: And here is the before: (from a little further back). If only you could see the sweat and tears in those flor tiles, they look exactly the same! Because I am …
Basement play-space: the reading nook
Ever since I stumbled upon her site I’ve been so inspired by Meg from Sew Liberated. In addition to a great blog she writes some awesome patterns (including this one that I’ve made multiple times). She trained as a Montessori teacher so I’m always looking to her blog for ideas about activities and environments for …
Let me save you the trouble.
Do you have a basement? Do you want to carpet it? Please, PLEASE read this post and let me save you the hassle that was our weekend. OH MY GOODNESS! what a chore it was (and still is since it’s not quite finished). Just a little refresher: When I first moved in to this place …
The lower level IS a basement
Oh my goodness my annoying yet awesome basement. I love the size, I love the extra space (I love that it has windows), but every time I work on something down there it turns into A FREAKING DISASTER. Ok maybe not that bad. But the last time I did a little work down there this …
The little nook
This is a little happy space up stairs that also got re-painted when I had the stairwell freshened up. It’s such a tiny space (to give you and idea the rug is 3×5 feet). The space between the bookshelves only about four feet, and my husband only has a couple inches clearance to stand up …
Painting again
I just can’t help myself! Well really, I have been wanting to do this since the upstairs remodel was finished nearly two years ago. In a fit of “I’m so pregnant get these workers out of my house” stupidity I told the guys working on our house that I would touch up all the paint …
Turning the focus in
Ok I have to admit to a little chill in the air, despite my reluctance to let summer go. Of course when this happens and more time is spent inside I start thinking about tweaking things here and there. My living room is the next on my list. It looks pretty good here with lots …