I am so happy to have a few items from my grandparents’ home to use and admire at our cottage. This chest of drawers, the mirror and the lamp all came from my mother’s childhood home in Nelson B.C. I grouped them together in one of the bedrooms, where each fulfills a practical purpose, but together they form a [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Lovely Old Things
Posted in Modern Life, cottage, decoration, family, favourite things, tagged cottage, family, furnishings, hand-me-downs, family heirlooms, decoration on April 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sweet Olive! Thanks GardenWeb
Posted in blogs and bloggers, community, cottage, favourite things, gardening, tagged Delavay Tea Olive, gardening, GardenWeb, Name that plant, Sweet Olive on April 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
While I appreciate your help, House Bloggers, I had to go to the experts. I signed up at GardenWeb and went straight to the Name That Plant forum to post my query. Went to bed, dreamt sweet dreams, and this morning I have my answer: My unknown tree is actually a shrub called Osmanthus Delavayi [...]
Gardeners Please ID this tree
Posted in gardening, tagged advice wanted, gardening, trees and shrubs on April 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Please have a look at these two photos and let me know if you recognize this. It has small, dark green, leaves with pronounced serrations. Much to my surprise, last weekend it came out in thousands of long cream-coloured blossoms. I expect they have opened further since these photos were taken – if so, I’ll add an updated [...]
Budget Bookcase Debuts
Posted in cottage, decoration, making do, paint, renovation, tagged bookcase, furniture refinishing, making do, paint on April 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I had a very particular bookcase size in mind. I wanted it to be squat-ish. No more than 40 inches tall.
I got this dirt cheap, probably because it was covered in dirt. But it is solid wood and had a good coat of faux granite finish under the grime, so I just filled roughly 4 dozen upholstery tack holes, [...]
What didn’t we do this weekend?
Posted in cottage, family, gardening, hiking and biking, kids, paint, tagged family, gardening, Gibsons, hiking, weekend chores on April 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The weather was promised fair for the weekend. We were on the first ferry out on Saturday morning (7:20) and the last back (8:20) on Sunday evening. And in between… what didn’t we do?
We demossed the roof, cleaned the gutters, painted a bookcase, replaced bathroom light fixture and switch, mounted the switchplate (that didn’t get away), [...]
Cottage Recipe: Raisin Bagel Bread (Bread Machine)
Posted in blogs and bloggers, favourite things, recipes, tagged bread machine, cottage favourites, frugal tips, raisin bread, recipes on April 8, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I have been enjoying Mary’s Frugal Tips discussion at OwlHaven, and decided to respond to Shana’s request for bread machine recipes with this beaut that I got from my sister-in-law Sue. This bread is made on the dough cycle, then plopped onto a sheet of parchment and into a cold oven, set to 350 degrees. It has [...]
My Best HouseBlog Friend Fred
Posted in blogs and bloggers, community, favourite things, renovation, tagged blogging, comments, home repair advice, houseblogs, product reviews, renovations on April 4, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I don’t know too much about Fred, except that he is 28, lives far away in Maryland and has a great blog. We met through Houseblogs.net, a community of bloggers sharing their adventures in home improvement.
Repair solutions, projects, product reviews and great tips and advice – I find them all on the site he shares with [...]
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