Swedish Cottage

  • Image of kitchen shelves filled with secondhand treasures over a vintage stove in a Swedish Cottage Kitchen

    Cottage Kitchen: How to Build a Dream

    Let me start this post by saying very clearly, we do not at this time have any plans to renovate our cottage kitchen. We just completed a major remodel of our home last summer, our current kitchen setup is serving us just fine, and frankly, we are not financially ready to tackle another project. Especially…

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  • Image of a cottage Christmas tree with a wood bead garland and blue ornaments

    Decorating for a Calm Cottage Christmas

    Every year since we’ve been married, over 17 years now, we’ve pulled out the same couple of Christmas totes. Because our wedding just happened to be in the Fall (I originally wanted a Christmas wedding, but got outvoted), we were given a fair bit of…

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  • 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…

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