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Did I say we were leaving for Minnesota yesterday? I meant today!
Slight change in plans, but we're all set to leave this morning now. Yippeeeeee!
PS- That's the view of our Gray Lake paint (in the sunroom, on the left) and our Gray Owl paint (lightened by 50% in the kitchen, on the right) from our back door...which...
We're headed to St. Louis today. That's about the halfway point to where we're going in Minnesota. I'm hoping our pets don't give our house-sitters too much trouble while we're gone.
Something tells me everything will be just fine though. ;-)
PS- Know any must-stop-for flea markets between southern Alabama...
It's been a shuffle-y couple of months around here, but now that the wall paint is dry, we've started putting things back into place.
There's still a fireplace to paint (Simply White), and tile to (temporarily) cover up...
...but things are definitely starting to feel more like us around here.
I've...
Our hearts and prayers go out to everyone affected by the tornado in Oklahoma yesterday afternoon.
Father,
We ask that in your most gracious Love,
You may send Protection, and Help
Strength and Peace;
Courage and Comfort
To all of those within Oklahoma
as they move forward.
Loving Jesus,
Please be...
I got an email from a gal named Traci recently, and I thought I'd make a blog post out of it since cottage style is one of my favorite things to talk about. She said it was okay for me to share it here today, so here's what her email said:
Dearest Layla,
I love the way you mix the old with the new and make it look...
I noticed something serendipitous while the paint was going up on the walls in the pantry yesterday. Do you see it there, too?
That's our (50% lightened) Gray Owl paint on the wall space between each shelf, but it almost has a "paint strip" effect because of the different light and shadows in there, doesn't it?...
A reader named Sarah left me a comment the other day asking about how things were lookin' in our living room. She reminded me that the only photo I had ever shown of it was this one that we took right before we moved in:
She asked if we could "pretty please show a now photo".
Well, it's far from finished but,...
My friend, Lucy, helped us find these old wood corbels earlier this year, and we're so excited to use them on our soon-to-be country kitchen island:
Right now, the island doesn't reflect our personalities at all, so we're going to have fun giving it a farmhouse/cottage-style makeover over the next couple of months.
The...
Well, I was hoping to be over this cold by now, but not only is it still completely rockin' my world- I woke up with pink eye yesterday, too. And by pink "eye", I mean pink eyes. Sheesh! Anywho, I've been trying my hardest to take it easy. Resting, reading...all that good stuff. Yesterday, I e-read Handmade Walls, by our...
Thanks to a cold-that-won't-quit, I'm still kickin' it on the couch. It has been sort of fun just (new) neighborhood watching out the window though. Yesterday, this pretty little bird kept me entertained, just as the sun was starting to set...
It sat there for soooo long. I started to wonder if it was going to lay...
Kevin and I have both been under the weather this past week/weekend, but before the crud really knocked us out, we had a chance to do a little work on Keith the Fireman's fireplace. First Kevin and Keith removed the old mantle and tile...
Scoring with a utility knife, and a couple of hammers did the trick, lickety...
"Cats never strike a pose that isn't photogenic." ~Lillian Jackson Braun
"The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat." ~Jules Reynard
Kevin and I photographed some Thanksgiving-themed place card ideas for HGTV.com this week, and even though I had just started pulling things together in that last pic, I...
Hi, and happy May Day!
To kick off this magnificent month, our friend Dee from Red Letter Words is going to give one lucky Lettered Cottage commenter a pre-made, gallery-wrapped canvas of their choice! I've always loved the one Nester used in her living room...
#sigh #dreamy #NesterI'llBeRightOverToTakeANapOnYourCouch
The...
I'm helping my best friend put some finishing touches her son's nautical-themed big boy bedroom right now, and gosh am I having fun scouring the internet for inspiration! Check out these photos I found:
(Sources clockwise from top left: unknown, PSDAB.com, Trulia.com, unknown, House Beautiful, unknown.)
Man are there...
Remember that wooden orchard ladder we had propped against the wall in the reading room in our old house?
And remember that black wire basket we used in my Mom's guest bedroom makeover a while back?
Well, my Mom gave me the basket at one point or another (we're both chronic switcher-uppers, ha!), and there's...
The walls at Keith the Fireman's house are officially coated in a 50% darkened version of Benjamin Moore's "Gray Owl" paint as of this week, and although Kevin and I weren't able to attend the paint party because of a scheduling conflict- Keith and his family & friends were able to knock it out, lickety split! His girlfriend,...
If you were one of the many people who left a comment on my Cloudy With A Chance Of Master Class post- THANK YOU! Wow! What an awesome collection of wise words to have all together in one e-place!
Below, are a just a (very) few of the friendly folks who made that conversation such a blast. I thought it would be fun to...
My name is Layla Palmer and I love cottages. This is the story of the one that got away...
One day, back in 2005, Kevin was doing some work out in the country. While he was out and about, he discovered a quaint rural neighborhood, chock full of colorful cottage-style homes of all shapes and sizes. Later that same day,...
I got to squeeze one of my besties yesterday:
That there is Myra in the middle, and her newest addition, Cameron, on the right. Don't they have the absolute sweetest eyes?! Their personalities are just the same- sweet, sweet, SWEET! Unfortunately it seems to only happen a couple of times a year, but I always love...
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