Moving seems to the the main constant in life for this family. My last post told of moving the shop I was involved in. Now we have sold our home in Duluth and have bought a house in Crosslake, MN. You never know what the future holds.
This new house (new to us) is a house I fell in love with on line. We had been looking in the Brainerd area for months, never saw this listing, then when time was becoming a major issue, there it was, I cried when I saw it. It is a sweet English cottage, down to the rolled gable ends that mimic a thatched roof. It was built in 1998 but is true to the vintage cottage inside and out. But.......it was built in 1998, including 1998 wall paper and a color pallet that's just a bit off for me.
We are trying to follow really good advice, and just live in it for a year before doing anything major. That is sooooo hard to do. I just want to start painting, peeling wall paper, and well, a few other things.
For the last two weeks I have been unpacking. It has been an easy house to move into. In fact now that most of the boxes are gone, I am having a hard time switching gears. So today I did something I have not done for my own home in along time. I made some floral arrangements for fall, my favorite time of the year.
This urn was in a reject area of an estate sale, it had black over-spray paint on one side, came off with some elbow grease. Paid $5 for it....Score!
Side note: Fireplace is stone and irregular mostly red brick, Should I white wash the brick? One of those things I need to live with for awhile.
The vintage croquet box looks great with fall foliage and some pinecones that came from a window treatment I took down in the loft of the house. Love it with my "Jeffery Larson, White on White".
This new house (new to us) is a house I fell in love with on line. We had been looking in the Brainerd area for months, never saw this listing, then when time was becoming a major issue, there it was, I cried when I saw it. It is a sweet English cottage, down to the rolled gable ends that mimic a thatched roof. It was built in 1998 but is true to the vintage cottage inside and out. But.......it was built in 1998, including 1998 wall paper and a color pallet that's just a bit off for me.
We are trying to follow really good advice, and just live in it for a year before doing anything major. That is sooooo hard to do. I just want to start painting, peeling wall paper, and well, a few other things.
This urn was in a reject area of an estate sale, it had black over-spray paint on one side, came off with some elbow grease. Paid $5 for it....Score!
Side note: Fireplace is stone and irregular mostly red brick, Should I white wash the brick? One of those things I need to live with for awhile.
The vintage croquet box looks great with fall foliage and some pinecones that came from a window treatment I took down in the loft of the house. Love it with my "Jeffery Larson, White on White".
