An Urban Cottage
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A Perfect Gray Floor
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- Published on Tuesday, 02 October 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
Just a quick note to let you know I haven't forgotten about you.
I've just been really, really busy.
I did get a few coats of paint on the bedroom floor and I'm really happy with
how it turned out. I used Allflor paint tinted to Benjamin Moore's Gray Owl.
I had wanted to use oil paint to
...Flowers in Another House
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- Published on Monday, 24 September 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
A business colleague of mine was married on Saturday and I thought
I would share some of the beautiful flowers.
The flowers were done by the inimitable Shelley from Bow Street Flowers.
The centerpiece on the buffet table.
On the right is the top layer of the cake with its sugar orchids.
My favorite was the bride's
...Faux Bamboo Chest
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- Published on Sunday, 16 September 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
It was love at first sight but it's taken several weeks to get everything cleaned out
for the yard sale and this new gem moved in to place.
I love September. Gone are the air conditioners and fans in the windows.
September provides cool nights and fresh, dry afternoon breezes that let us
open the windows to get a
...Trompe L'oeil Bamboo Chest
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- Published on Sunday, 16 September 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
It was love at first sight but it's taken several weeks to get everything cleaned out
for the yard sale and this new gem moved in to place.
I love September. Gone are the air conditioners and fans in the windows.
September provides cool nights and fresh, dry afternoon breezes that let us
open the windows to get a
...The Vintage Wallpaper
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- Published on Thursday, 13 September 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
The vintage wallpaper piqued a lot of interest.
But I have to confess...
...I just tacked it up as a backdrop for the photo.
Progress has been slow on this bedroom. I've replastered the areas of the wall that peeled but wanted to wait several weeks to see what
...Vanity/Sink Options
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- Published on Sunday, 09 September 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
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First, blogging friend and Urban Cottage supporter Tricia Rose from Rough Linen has received some wonderful news. She's been nominated as a finalist in Martha Stewart's "American Made" contest!
Martha Stewart!
If you don't know Tricia already, she makes/sews the most beautiful linen products you've ever seen and
...Yard Sale
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- Published on Thursday, 06 September 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
Ever since my Cleaning Out, Paring Down post in May, I've been going through every drawer, every closet, every shelf, box and cabinet in the basement and throwing things in plastic storage bins. I've been pricing items and organizing them by "department." Housewares, lamps and lights,
...Limelights in the House
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- Published on Monday, 27 August 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
I had a great week last week. The weather was perfect and I took three days off to do nothing.
I slept in (which means 7:00), took a six-mile walk to get some Farrow & Ball paint samples, sanded my bedroom floor, visited some antique shops to look for bathroom vanity possibilities, cooked some really healthy
...Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard Illumination Night
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- Published on Monday, 20 August 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
Illumination Night, Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard
If the gingerbread cottages of Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard aren't cute enough by day...
...the candy-confection cottages are lit up
one night each summer for Illumination Night.
This celebration is over a century old.
I wasn't able to attend myself but one the
...Water Issues
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- Published on Sunday, 19 August 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
While trying to figure out what to do with the peeling bedroom wall, the roof and chimney, I got the brilliant idea to try a moisture meter to see if water getting behind the chimney was, in fact, the cause of the peeling.
I was like a little kid on Christmas when my new toy arrived with the mail. It had just rained
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