Monday, August 5, 2013

Let the styling begin.....

Elizabeth Beeler is here and staying at my office. I cant wait to see how she styles The Coral Cottage. It will be featured in an upcoming issue of HGTV magazine.

the dining room and sun room

the living room

this piece was original to the cottage (we added the color)

what I BELIEVE

Target bed linens in Master Bedroom

twin room (I added the window with the words because it was an original window and to balance the wall

a great fun addition to the kitchen

compact and functional kitchen and Laundry and such fun. Added a retro metal edge to laminate counter top

this is original to the house and it worked but I changed the color

Sunday, July 28, 2013

New Beds..New Porch... New Visitors at Cottage On The Green

It felt like Christmas when the new beds arrived at Cottage on the Green...
Land of Nod Beds in Turquoise.........

New black iron beds with foot boards for the queen beds..

this fabric is so wonderful..I remember when bathing caps were in style..

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All beds are new but feel old and I love that so much!!!

AND...

The screen porch at unit B came to life..
A good book and one is set for a relaxing afternoon.
In the mornings you can sit there drinking coffee and listen to the birds sing to you...

I dropped by to return the curtains for the doors and met the new visitor having fun on the porch in unit A

Nothing like a porch!!!!

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Amazing Elizabeth !!!

August Issue of Better Homes and Gardens

Elizabeth Beeler is smart, thrifty and very creative. We met on a shoot she styled for one of my cottages and we have been fast friends and kindred spirits since that time. This is a great article so check it out.

She stenciled this herself..she loves projects and especially the " hands on" kind. Her house is so wonderful !!!

The best news is she is coming in two weeks to stay at my office (a home away from home) and we are doing another one.. This time for HGTV Magazine. She can meet my new assistant Amanda and we can get Anna involved and we can have soooooooooooo much fun!!!!
Work is fun..how lucky am I to love what I do. Once we dismantled almost an
entire house to style it and laughed all the time we were working. I think the homeowners wondered if we were crazy...maybe a little.

Sunday, July 14, 2013

A Happy Happy Porch

I love creating a porch .The feeling of being inside and outside at the same time. A place to sit and watch the world go by....A place for a picnic..or a nap..or hours of pondering or reading.... or maybe even a fun
"porch party."
When designing a porch, I insist on one being deep enough to create a nice seating arrangement...Never let any builder tell you any different!!!!
Not everyone is a "porch person"but I don't hold that against them. The owner of Cottage on the Green is a great "porch person" and all the porches here are designed for making memories.

the picnic table/craft table

outdoor curtain next and then we are ready for some serious relaxing

Happy Colors

Cottage on the Green

the front porch

How about a real live sleeping porch..remember when there were bed spreads with pillow tucks? You folded the spread over the bed pillows and tucked under them. Anna, Amanda and I had fun playing on the sleeping porch...