A few weeks ago we picked up the keys to our new cottage property. It won’t be difficult to guess, over time, where it is, since I plan to be quite indiscreet. My husband - hereafter Cottager - was much keener on this particular property than I was, and I let him make the call, if you can imagine anything so bizarre or dangerous.
To be fair, I am now nearly equally smitten. The place has some innate charm that we hope to further exploit, both for our own pleasure, and with an eye to earning some rental income in the summer months.
But my purpose here is not to lure you in as a tenant. For who would knowingly wish to be so dreadfully exposed on this page?
If you have landed on this page in your search for fellow devotees of over-the-top cottage-style decor you had best look elsewhere. There will be no Laura Ashley here. Nor yet do I intend to festoon the place with hempen ropes and fishing floats. So what is the plan? You will have to check in frequently to find out.
I invite you to follow along as we plan and implement our improvement scheme for the building and the ‘park.’ You can laugh at my inept efforts or coach me along, according to your own whims.
[...] picked up the keys to their new cottage (pictured to the right) less than half a year ago. In her first post, Lisa admits that Cottager was much more interested in the property at first, but that she has [...]