I love my home, I really do, but I’m not going to lie………..I can’t say I don’t long for a garage, an eat-in-kitchen or a laundry room that wasn’t in, what I call, the dungeon. But would I trade The Cottage Home, with all its history and charm, for any of those things? NO WAY!!
Today my husband, Brett, was home and we spent this late afternoon outside planting our vegetable garden and taking in the beauty that surrounds us. And wow, I feel more blessed than ever to be the proud owners of this 1930’s cottage!
Here’s a little tour around The Cottage garden………
Strawberries
Getting ready to plant our vegetable garden.
We have had our apple trees for 3-4 years and this is the first year we have apples!!
My hubby brews beer (I’ve mentioned that, right?)……anyway, here is one of his many hop plants that he grows to use in his homebrew. It’s growing on our coach house.
Pretty flowers in the window boxes on the porch.
The very beginning to our wine grapes – we make our own wine too!
Pink peony – I love this flower!
The chives have gone wild!
More pretty flowers.
And finally………The Cottage Home.
Lindsay Wilkes is the owner and designer behind The Cottage Mama. She creates timeless, vintage inspired sewing patterns for children’s clothes. She is also a fabric designer for Riley Black Designers / Penny Rose Fabrics, author of the book ‘Sew Classic Clothes for Girls’ and can be seen teaching nationwide and online in her video series ‘Lessons with Lindsay’ sponsored by Baby Lock Sewing and Embroidery machines.
Oh my word! It’s absolutely gorgeous! I just love it!!
You are living the life, my friend!
LUCKY! :p
I am so in love with your cottage home. I have always wanted to live in a cottage. It makes me fell like living up in the mountains. LOL! It’s charming!
Your garden is lovely!
We’ve been working on ours, but making some slow progress. 🙂
Your home is so beautiful. I would gladly trade my garage, good size kitchen, and on main laundry for your garden, architecture, and charming home. 🙂 Because you can’t get both without breaking the bank. I guess the grass is always greener….
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What a beautiful garden, and home!
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Oh my!!! Very storybook-ish! I LOVE it!!!!!!!
You have such a lovely blog!
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What an adorable blog. I want to live here! We have a garden too. Come visit me over at http://www.milknhoneylearnandgrow.blogspot.com. Thanks!
I stumbled across your blog on craftaholics. . . your blog is adorable, as is your house!! My husband and I always talk about finding a cottage one day :]
Your home is beautiful, I wish that I could keep plants alive, but I do not have a green thumb at all.
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I wish I could plant a fruit and vegetable garden. We wanted to this year, but I highly doubt that we’re going to get to do that.
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