Dreamy Bedroom Set

post by Katie

I picked this bedroom set up at a garage sale this summer.  It pretty much took me the rest of the summer to finish it.  I worked on it between laundry, swim lessons, parties, making meals, driving kids from here to there, sometimes just for a half hour at a time, so I have no idea how many hours I actually have into it.

It's definitely one of my favorite projects, being a whole set, headboard, foot board(even rails), dresser, vanity, and nightstand.

Here it is before in my messy garage...

it needed a little repair...

 

but nothing to difficult.  I then sanded, primed, and painted in our Cottage White, with accents of
Paris Gray.

Here is the vanity before...

here she is after...

I wanted to leave the original handles in their original state...amazing they were all there and intact.

The dresser before...

and after...

The nightstand before...

and after...

the head and foot board before...

and after...

Unfortunately they didn't all get to go to the same home, but it took me about a day to give up on that dream, after all the point is to sell and that they did all except for the bed at our anniversary sale back in September.  I'm a little behind on my posts :/.

Thanks so much for stoppin'

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Handmade Fall Decor

post by Katie

Before I get to my fall projects, I wanted to say a quick thanks to all our awesome customers who

 "brought it" for our anniversary sale.  It was a really busy weekend and so much fun.  Thanks so much for showing up, we do it all for you.  

And now for a few fall projects I made that I didn't get to post before the sale.  I saw This(she has a great tutorial on this) sign on Pinterest and loved it so I created my own version above.  I've had the board in my garage for awhile, I got it Goodwill, it had tole painted fruit in dark greens, reds, and browns, and when I distressed it, it really worked with what I painted on it. 

I also made a couple small fall signs...

I made stencils with the Cricut, and bought some craft paint in fall colors.

Have you noticed all the neutral holiday decor lately, like burlap or painted pumpkins in neutral colors, so simple, subtle and pretty, and Pottery Barn.  That's what inspired me the minute I saw this little turkey at Goodwill I had to take it home and try painting it white.  I wasn't even really sure it would work, but it did, beautifully.

Here it is before...

I also made a few burlap bunting banners(say that 10 times fast, oh wait it's not that hard).  again I made stencils on the Cricut and stenciled the letters on the little burlap triangles I cut, hot glued them on some twine and done. I kinda want to keep them.

Thanks so much for stoppin' by

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Our Biggest Sale Ever...& a Mistake

That's right I made a mistake(ok it's not really all that uncommon) I sent out my post on
my Schoolhouse Desk before it was actually finished, so if you happened to see that post please take a moment to see it in it's entirety, here's the link. Not sure what happened, just lost my head for a moment, have I mentioned I'm new to this blogging thing, whatever move on.

I wanted to talk about our Anniversary sale this weekend, we're super excited it's gonna be a huge celebration at the Cottage.  For the first time ever, everything will be on sale, even furniture.  We really never put furniture on sale because our prices are our prices and we don't really price things so we can put them on sale, so we think it's a pretty big deal.  

It's the perfect time to stop by, the Cottage is all dressed for fall, and we have a huge inventory of painted furniture, and unique home decor.  Ya see we have to get it all inside for the winter, so we need to move some pieces.

We'll be giving away a set of chalkboard labeled antique ball jars to a lucky winner

and  a free gift from Graceful Rose Soap Co. just for showing up. 

We'll be making some fall flavored goodies, I've been telling everyone we'll have cider, but apparently it's going to 90 degrees, so I may come up with some kind of cold fall drink, any ideas?

Hope to see you there!

                                                                           Katie