Did you see our shed we got for FREE?  My cousin heard us talking about wanting a chicken coop over on our social media stories and she sent me a text.  She said that they had a shed at their lake cottage they no longer wanted.  So, it was a matter of figuring out how […]

Did you hear we are building a house?  😂 It seems like everything I share has to do with that fact.  If you haven’t seen the layout of the house, I shared it awhile ago.  We knew we were going to have 2 pantries – see the doors here.  And a giant island!   So, when […]

As soon as Deb and I started talking about building a house, I knew I wanted a ginormous kitchen island.  And, I wanted it to be an antique store counter.  We have an antique store counter that we used in the old house and also here in the cottage, but it is 8′ long.  Our […]

We have had chickens in the past.  When we had our big house out in the country, it was our first go with chickens.  We loved having them.  There is really nothing like heading to the coop and grabbing fresh eggs for meals.  We landed at the House on Winchester for a few years and […]

This post is sponsored by The Home Depot and ShopStyle Collective.  All opinions are my own. Summer is HERE!  And that means we spend every waking moment in our favorite outdoor spaces.  They mean so much to us!  Drinking coffee, eating lunch, and hanging out with friends for happy hour, our outdoor spaces are the […]

We have been thoroughly enjoying our front porch of the cottage this year.  I did a little rearranging that makes this space a little more functional.  Every year, I usually add something different for our spaces in terms of flower pots, pillows, rockers, etc.  It gives it a different look but still incorporates the things […]

I have made it be known that we want our new home to look like it’s been around forever.  So we are incorporating a few old doors in the plans, along with our old fireplace mantels.  I shared the layout here, but we will have four fireplaces in the house.  The kitchen and dining room […]

This post is sponsored by Bed Bath & Beyond and ShopStyle Collective.   Our outdoor spaces are VERY IMPORTANT to both of us.  We sit outside every single minute that we can during the warmer seasons.  We start every morning with coffee.  Come lunch time, you know where to find us.  If we have happy hour drinks, […]