SUMMER COTTAGE

I'm dreaming of...

A sweet vintage beach cottage... with weathered gray shingles.

white paned windows and a deep porch

lined in creamy hydrangeas.

Peeking just inside the front door,

a large foyer with painted wood walls and grand old

glistening crystal chandelier

welcomes you.

Worn, weathered statuary and treasures from sun filled days from long ago days

fill the cottage with warmth

and character.

~

In the bathroom that we remodeled that I shared with you

-here -

there was an old grungy, crusty built in cupboard

that we dismantled and stored so that it could be re-built into a freestanding piece.

These doors came off that cupboard

and have been patiently waiting for me to find a spot to use them until they

back together as a cupboard.

I have been thinking about using them on a wall behind a desk as a backdrop

or behind a bed as a headboard.

I decided on the sides of a large mirror for now

to create a vignette that made me think of an

old waterside cottage in the south.

Chipping painted perfection

Dried hydrangeas,

with a faded stack of old books

and a favorite old vintage statue that was my grandmothers

sit atop a reading table in the corner.

A large abandoned blue jays nest was found inside one of our

patio umbrellas in the spring last year.

It holds three dainty blue eggs.

The old doors draped with sweet white berry wreaths

bring a sense of old...

A sense of romance

and nostalgia...

A sweet summers cottage

Wistfully waiting

in the warm sun for family to come and fill it's halls

with laughter,

with sand covered bare feet

&

with love.

Lazy, warm summer days by the water, collecting seashells and

relaxing to sounds of the ocean...

I'm ready.

(especially after 1.5' of snow and power outages over the weekend...)

How about you?

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