new window treatments...

Ok, so I really am VERY settled on these window treatment.... 

I know I just did the burlap treatments,

{you can check them out here}

but I just wasn't completely satisfied with them.

They are staying in the rotation.

I just think I am going to save them for the fall

when I need some earth tones and burlap....

I waited until Hubby went out of town

before I sneaked hung them up.

A few days later,

He said, "are those new?"

Well by then, the honest answer was no....

I have a loose definition of new.

Happy Day, ya'll!

The Covington Cottage...

I thought I would share with you what the front of the cottage looks like....

I always love to see the front of homes and full room views,

but no one ever really shows that.

So, I thought I would start with the front of ours...

We have lived here for over 10 years...

We have some plans in the works for it.

Our master bedroom suite, office and library

{I use that word library loosely} are all upstairs,

but there are only two windows up there.

I love natural sunlight.

So, it drives me CRAZY that there are not more windows.

We would like to add three dormer windows on the front of the house.

and maybe even a walk out deck with french doors.

Alas, all of that costs mega bucks,

so the plans wait for now.

I'm hoping to save up enough to get started in a year,

so cross my fingers and say a prayer!

And there ya have it....

The Cottage on Covington.

Have a great weekend!

We will be at a Loretta Lynn concert tomorrow night.

My 11 year old daughter adores her,

and I call that being raised right!

A buffet for outside...

As I said in my last post,

the Hubby and I have been working on the outside lately...

One of the new additions to the outdoor living area is

this buffet...

I just love it,

and it will make a great area to serve from.

I am going to put a dining table near it...

I just love it!

Back yard is almost completely done!

Actually, it's never done...

...but it looks good for now!

Plants around the cottage...

Spring has officially Sprung

here at the Cottage on Covington...

I thought I would share some of

the beauty that was brought with it....

the pots of the front steps say No.806...

Some old well buckets that are

or are going to be planters....

We have started focusing on the outside....

more to come soon!

When I have hit the lottery and moved to France...

When I hit the lottery {I don't even play} and have a home in France,

this is how I am going to live...

This is where I will sit outside my kitchen window

and sip on tea and read and have devotional time....

 this is what my garden tools will look like...

 this is where the fam and I will eat our lunches

before we hit the beach or a brocante

 these will be the pajamas I wear when I go out side

first thing in the morning to gather flowers for the cottage...

 this is where the fam and I will eat our dinners

and entertain...

 this is the sink I will wash my hands and teeth in

That is even the hand towel I will dry my hands with ...

 this is the shirt I will wear as I take the home warming gift

to the new neighbors that just happen to have kids our age

and enjoy wine the way we do...

 this is where I will curl up and read a book

while the kiddos are playing hide and go seek

and hubby is out playing polo...

 this is what the east side of the house will look like...

 these will be some of the clippings from my garden,

that just happens to be abundant and weed free at all times...

*sigh*

One day, right?

Here's to dreaming....

bee house....

I am hoping that we will be making our own version of this,

this spring...

It is a solitary bee house....

And I just love the concept behind this idea...

 I got the idea and pretty pictures  here at this blog...

 bees are so important to our planet.

Albert Einstein believed they were essential to our survival.

And I think this would be such an easy way to do my little part...

 not to mention this is just lovely!

This might even lead us into bee keeping.

Hubby has mentioned wanting to

keep our own bees a time or two....

Humm, now I am thinking of another project...

always thinking...

just some pretty pictures...

Just some pretty pictures for a Saturday....

Have a good weekend!

what I drug home...

Remember when I posted about

what I drug home in this post?

well, here it is...

a huge 12' ladder!

It was sitting out on the side of the road....

Someone was actually getting rid of it!

SHOCKING, I know....

I thought I would clean it up and take it in to the shop to sell,

but it looks sooooo good leaned up against this old tree

that I think it will be staying as long as I can keep hubby talked into it.



You should have seen hubby's face on this one.

He could NOT believe that this had found its way to the cottage,

but once I propped it up,

I think he actually liked it.

So, hopefully it can stay.

If not, it will be at LuLu's for sale!