New Look!

Notice anything different about me?!

The Milkweedpods got a face lift!

Thanks to Elizabeth at The Mustard Ceiling LLC, we've got a new look!

I am really happy with the more professional look! Thank you Elizabeth!

In the future, I will be adding more information about Design Services that I plan to offer and items we have at The Shop-- A Corner Cottage.
 

Stay Tuned!

 



Chain, Chain, Chain....

.......chain of fools....

Know the song? 

Good old Aretha Franklin.
In middle school when my friends were listening to Boyz II Men
and other boy bands, 
I was obsessed with Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross
and Smokey Robinson.
  They are good for the soul.

When I was trying to cover up my "chain" in the backyard,
Aretha's song popped into my head.

...You treated me mean
Oh, you treated me cruel.
My doctor said "Take it easy"....
But I'm gonna take all I can take.
Chain, chain, chain
Chain of fools.

I am going to pray that these little babies grow and cover up the chain.
Wish me luck!

Tree

We had a big tree in our backyard that leaned.
Every time it stormed I would look out the window to see if it had fallen over onto the power-lines/our house/garage/neighbors garage. It was hollow. It took up awkward space in our driveway.
It needed to come down.

 But having it cut down was expensive and there always seemed to be something else to spend that money on.
The thought of cutting it down was also hard because it was a pretty tree.
Here is a picture of it this past fall.

We finally had it cut down a few weeks ago.

It was the right decision.

I can now look outside and easily see the dogs in the backyard.

We have more space in the driveway and we might actually be able to grow better grass in the yard!

And most importantly, we don't have to worry about it now!

I also think the space look nicer without it.

Red-orange

Lately I have been really drawn to red-orange. 

Birthday flowers from Evan:

Birthday polish from Sarah: 

New bulbs in the yard: 

Lovely.

BH&G

I received my Better Homes and Garden Magazine yesterday in the mail and thought,

What a lovely cover. Upon further examination I realized that the cover is

Erin's from the blog Elements of Style.

Way to go Erin!!

 

Downton Abbey

I am a little late to get on the Downton Abbey bandwagon, but I am on it now!

I watched Season 1 and 2 while I was visiting my sister over Spring Break.
We spent Spring Break speaking with lots of British accents.
When I went home I just had to watch season 3, so I ordered it online. It came late last week in the mail, I can't wait to get home and watch more Downton!





Who is your favorite Downton character?! 

Why didn't I do that sooner?

Do you ever have those things that seem to never get checked off your To Do List? 

Those things that probably won't take that long to do, and once you do them you think to yourself, "Why didn't I do that sooner?" 

Well I finally took the time to stain the top of a dresser I painted years ago.

Here is how the dresser looked at Goodwill ($40).

 

Then I painted it SW Modern Gray (which is a nice white with gray undertones). 
I removed the decal from the center drawer and spray painted the pulls and replaced the knobs.
But I knew I still needed to re-stain the top.

I painted this dresser at my old house in Avon. 

Probably in the spring of 2010 (yes it was a while ago). 

This dresser is very important, it is where the TV is located in my bedroom--

(Which is the primary place I watch TV... I don't know why, but I have never really watched TV in a living room... no matter where I have lived, no matter who I lived with, I like to watch TV in bed, 

it's my thing). 

But anyway, for some reason I never got around to touching up the stain on the top. 

Well I FINALLY got around to doing it, and this piece is FINALLY done! 

YAY!

It feels so good to get those little things checked off your list!

Why didn't I do that sooner?!