Swedish Cottage

  • Image of a shelf in a Swedish Cottage kitchen filled with secondhand and thrifted pottery, dishes and baskets

    Secrets to successful secondhand shopping

    Thrift stores are nothing new. All of you have probably been thrifting, or antiquing once in your life. And if you’re anything like me, you LOVE it. There’s nothing like secondhand shopping. Combing through a bunch of somebody else’s junk, just hoping you’ll find something good. Like a grown up treasure hunt. It’s the best!…

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  • Collage of images of Swedish Cottage stairway inspiration

    The Swedish Cottage stairway of my dreams

    Well friends, we did it! We have officially completed the (most recent) remodel of our 1928 cottage. We started May 31, finished July 10, and tackled a whole lotta work in the in-between. I’ve shared some of the journey over on my Substack, but I’m…

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  • image of the elements of a perfect Swedish Cottage Bathroom

    The perfect Swedish Cottage Bathroom

    Since we moved in 4 years ago, redoing the bathroom on the main level has been one of our priorities. Since we moved in 4 years ago, it’s actually been our only bathroom, as the upstairs one had so many issues, we simply bolted the…

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  • Image of an unfitted Swedish style kitchen in a cottage in the country

    Swedish Cottage: Dreams to reality

    Four years ago, when we purchased this small, 1928 cottage on the side of seasonal lake, we decided it had a very Swedish Cottage sort of vibe. Within the first year, we painted it our version of the trademark “Falu red” color (Benjamin Moore Cottage…

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  • Image of a farm sink full of dahlias in a farmhouse white kitchen

    Why I still love a White Kitchen

    The kitchen. It’s my favorite room in any home. It’s the center of family life, where everyone knows they can come to find the most important things- Mom and food. Over the years I have had a wide variety of spaces to work with (check…

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  • Photo of a vintage stove with brass pot racks and copper pots in an unfitted kitchen

    The truth about unfitted kitchens

    Unfitted kitchens– aka kitchens with little to no built-in cabinetry- have become all the rage on the Internet over the last few years. And for good reason. They’re cute! Cost effective. Easy to switch up. Character up the wazoo? But are they really all they’re…

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