Welcome to the Storybook Cottage A Truly Tiny Guest Room Wintermint. Storybook Cottage A Truly Tiny Guest Room Let’s start from the beginning. Back in October when we moved into our home this room, like the rest of the house, was yet another shade of brown. (Please, quit coveting the yellow and brown glass light shades! :) So I painted the walls a lovely shade of winter mint. Then the room became a dumping ground for everything that was not being used in other areas of the ... View the Post
A Christmas Bar Cart for Teetotalers
I absolutely adore the bar cart trend with its darling drink stirrers, gorgeous glasses, and super cute straws. But I am not much of a drinker. So here is A Christmas Bar Cart for Teetotalers Plus an easy way to make festive stirrers. A Christmas Bar Cart for Teetotalers So, Anthro sells four tinsel pom-pom cocktails stirrers for $18.00. They’re cute, but NO! The Supplies You can get a bag of bamboo skewers and pom-poms at the dollar store and create like a zillion stirrers for ... View the Post
I Decorated My Very First Christmas Banister
Having grown up in the era of The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family I have often longed for a fabulous staircase. Sliding down the banister seemed like such fun! Mr. Décor and I had a metal spiral staircase while living in Germany but alas not much in the way of Christmas décor since we were living on an airman's salary. But this Christmas I Decorated My Very First Christmas Banister. I Decorated My Very First Christmas Banister Of course one would expect Storybook Cottage to have a ... View the Post
Your Kitchen Questions Answered
Thank you so very much for your kind comments regarding the Storybook Cottage French Country Christmas Kitchen Makeover. Your Kitchen Questions Answered and More B & A Kitchen Photo’s The most popular question was about the kitchen table. Although I would love to have an antique wood table it was a bit out of our budget. While I save though our family needed a place to eat casual meals, finish homework and create crafts. Our budget was $500. I scoured Craiglist and a few estate sales but ... View the Post
Easy Christmas Postcards
I generally send out over 100 Christmas cards to friends and family members. It often takes up to three full days to create a newsletter, hand sign and list the addresses of the cards. This year since I was off to a late start and Christmas is just three weeks away I wanted to hit a big “EASY” button. So I made Easy Christmas Postcards. I also try to send out change of address postcards whenever we move so I decided “Why not combine the two this year?” Typing in “vintage Christmas postcards” ... View the Post
Simple Abundance
I want to thank everyone who has left me such wonderful comments, tweets, and messages during this difficult time. While I am still currently in Minnesota I felt that it was appropriate to run this post, which was written prior to my Grandmother’s passing, as she was one of the most faithful women I have been blessed to know. Next Sunday as I light my Simple Abundance Advent candle I will think of her. Simple Abundance Black Friday is coming. Along with it, there will be mobs of ... View the Post
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