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Happy Monday, y’all! Hey, remember when we painted the back side of our house Simply White and Kevin’s parents painted their barn Caliente Red? And did you know Benjamin Moore chose Caliente Red as their 2018 Color of the Year? Yep! I’m sure it was that photo of the barn that inspired them. 😉 Well, […]
Remember that one time I forgot about the reclaimed wood we had stacked up under the house, but then it popped back into my brain as I was thinking about what to do in my soon-to-be home office? Wellllll, it’s finally up and all the new window and door trim is in place! We didn’t have […]
Happy Friday! 😀 Today is the end of our fourth week in USCIS (U.S. Cizitenship & Immigration Services), which means there is a very good chance we will receive a very exciting email within the next couple of weeks! Most families spend 4-6 weeks in USCIS before they’re I-600 form is approved, so we may […]
“My favorite project is always the next one.” —Michael Graves One of my favorite ways to approach the interior decorating process is to look at it from a 1D perspective. Meaning: I think it’s fun to lay out photos of the rooms I’m “done” personalizing in one collage, so I can get a better feel […]
I love decorating with plates, and even though the ones in today’s post gave us a little trouble at first, I’m really happy with how the whole collection (eventually) came together. Let me start at the beginning. I thought I had them all laid out the way I liked them, so I attached Disc Hangers […]
I’m big on little things when it comes to interior decorating. Choosing wall colors and arranging furniture is fun, but adding (he)art and accessories is my favorite part, and I’m so stinkin’ smiley about the pillow nestled up against back right now! The front is an old seed sack we dug out of a barn […]
I’m feeling artsy-fartsy today. Handsy-wandsy if ya know what I mean. I think I’ll play with some of this milk paint I got from my friend, Marian, a.k.a Miss Mustard Seed… Kev and I picked up a sweet little secondhand secretary for the sunroom a few weeks ago, and it’s just beggin’ for a coat of […]
We made a quick trip back to True Value to pick up wall paint for the sunroom last Thursday afternoon. After sampling a handful of other off-whites, we settled on a Benjamin Moore color called Cloud Nine because it was the exact gray-to-white-to-warm ratio we were looking for. I love the color and the name. I’m […]
I walked out the front door yesterday and it hit me. I haven’t blogged about one of my favorite parts of this house yet- the front porch! From it, we can see the lake at the end of our street, and I don’t think we’ll ever get tired of looking in that direction. We only […]
We’ve decided to tackle the sunroom first. The makeover will include primer, paint, light fixtures, plants, wall art, a work station, and window treatments. Lots and lots of window treatments. There are 1728 square feet in this house right now, and we’d like to make the most of as many of them as possible. Because […]
Upon first glance, Kev and I both felt like one of the things we’d (eventually) like to change about our new house are the exterior paint colors. Or should I say- color. Right now, the whole thing is pretty much completely covered in one single shade of tan. The body, the trim, the underskirt, the railings, the doors…heck, […]
The staircase that leads upstairs is on the other side of the wall that has the stove and microwave on it… Here’s a view from the first landing, down to the first floor… Kit-Cat loves being upstairs… …and I’ve gotta say, I’m really enjoying the whole two-story thing too. I grew up in a two-story farmhouse in […]
My favorite space in our new house is the sunroom. It’s straight ahead when you walk through the front door, and our back door leads outside on the left side of it. On the right side of the room, there’s a large storage closet and a half bath. Here’s a shot of the bathroom: Can’t wait […]
We’re in our new house, and now that the internet service is finally turned on, The Lettered Cottage is back in business! Which reminds me- a few folks have asked if we’re changing the name of our blog. We’ll still be ‘writing about life in our cottage’, so the name will stay same. Our new […]
Our kitchen is still one big work-in-progress, but we have had fun personalizing it, little by little, over the past few years. It started out pretty builder basic… …but with a little bit of shoestring-style dough, and whole lotta elbow grease, we’re slowly but surely making it feel more “ours”… We change up the “art” […]
