Maddie asked me to make her a chunky scarf. Actually, I think she asked back in the spring, before the days warmed, and now that the days are cooling, she reminded me. So, finally when I was in town when the yarn shop was open (a rare occurrence… Read More »Maddie’s Oversized Infinity Scarf
If you’ve never been to Maine, or to one of Maine’s fairs, you are missing a treat. There are two that we try to go to every year. One is the Blue Hill Fair (we missed it this year), and the other is the Common Ground Fair. The… Read More »Going to the Fair
Sophie turned six today. Six. Whoa. She is the last of the four family birthdays in three weeks. This girlie, she keeps us on our toes. Her “live in the moment” attitude, her deep belly laugh, her snuggly ways, her own unique sense of style. She asked for… Read More »Birthday Mermaids – Rosie and Rachel
I moved this seat into the mudroom to see how it would look, and it was perfect. And when I happened upon it later in the day, this sweet princess was found sleeping upon it. I do believe it must be enchanted, though the princess was able to… Read More »Enchanted Seat
This weekend we continued to work on our new mudroom. It’s coming along quite nicely. We tiled the floor two weeks ago and grouted it last week, and I LOVE the way it turned out! We also built a small deck off the back last weekend, but we… Read More »Mudroom – hooks and trim
Summer has been lingering long around these parts, though I’m not really complaining. The Littles still ask frequently if we can go to the beach, and it has certainly been hot enough, but I haven’t quite found the time (or energy or motivation) to get there, as Home… Read More »Closing summer
This little table has been living here for a couple of years, just begging to be made over. I didn’t really have a place for it or a purpose, so it just waited in line patiently for its turn in a very long line of things to be… Read More »Almost new
Amidst all the building activity we’ve had going on here (see this post and this one, and there’s this one, too, and even more I haven’t shown you yet), I needed to do something pretty simple, start to finish, done in just a snap. My ironing board volunteered… Read More »Something Simple
This isn’t a home remodeling blog (actually, I’m not exactly sure what kind of blog it is), but remodeling and adding on is what we’ve been doing, so I’m just going to post about it. I hope I don’t bore you too much. We’ve been working pretty hard… Read More »Adding a Mud Room
Once upon a time, there was a Little Cottage who was looking for a family. Not just any family would do, this Little Cottage was looking for a family who laughed and who loved and who would fill the rooms with joy. A family was found, and… Read More »Adding On