An Urban Cottage
Blog URL:
http://anurbancottage.blogspot.com/
Aponovich 52
- Details
- Published on Saturday, 16 June 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
The unbelievable 52-week painting marathon of New England artist James Aponovich culminated today with the opening of his show at the Clark Gallery in Lincoln, Massachusetts. The show is the product of the artist's year-long painting-a-week project which he documented on his blog Aponovich 52.
I drove out to Lincoln
...Cottage Style Giveaway Winners
- Details
- Published on Thursday, 14 June 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
I had 184 comments so I printed them all out and numbered them by hand. Someone commented twice -- very sneaky! -- so I skipped that comment when I numbered them. Using a random number generator for entries 1 through 183, the winners are:
ArchitectDesignTM
Kristien62
Connie@ConnieNikiforoff Designs
Bonnie from
...Cottage Style Preview and Giveaway Reminder
- Details
- Published on Sunday, 10 June 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
Since I'm helping promote the book, the wonderful people at Better Homes & Gardens have given me permission to do a little preview of the New Cottage Style book. It's hard to be completely objective, but I've shown it to quite a few people and they all seem to love the book.
Here's my dining room looking better
...Lamps and Lights
- Details
- Published on Friday, 08 June 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
On Sunday, I packed up some of the stuff I wanted to get rid of and headed up to Maine to see if any of the antique stores wanted to buy it or take it on consignment. What a great idea! I sold everything at the first store and did much better than I would have at a yard sale.
And, of course, I couldn't leave
...New Cottage Style Giveaway Jubilee
- Details
- Published on Wednesday, 06 June 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
I thought this side of the pond could use a little festivity too so in celebration of the release of the Better Homes & Gardens New Cottage Style book, I'm happy to announce a Giveaway Jubilee of two copies of the book.
To enter the giveaway simply leave a comment. If you're an anonymous commenter, please leave
...New Cottage Style
- Details
- Published on Tuesday, 05 June 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
You heard it here first:
Better Homes & Gardens "New Cottage Style" book, in which my house appears, is out and available on Amazon here.
I'm glad to see it's a very resonable price so it's accessible to everyone but I've ordered a few extras and will give a few away once they arrive.
...
Going Back
- Details
- Published on Saturday, 02 June 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
Waiting for a mover to pick up the new bed and take it back to the store. I won't say any more publicly other than they agreed to refund all my money.
Not sure what will replace it. I'm looking at options.
...
Carpe Diem: Rockport, Mass.
- Details
- Published on Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
I felt like I needed a day to clear my head so I cleared my schedule and decided to head up to Rockport and Essex, Massachusetts today. Two days of rain yielded to a sunny morning on land but the stubborn fog held on to the harbor.
Rockport is an old fishing village and artist community. This old red fishing
...Acme Fine Art
- Details
- Published on Saturday, 19 May 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
A great art exhibit opened today at Acme Fine Art at 38 Newbury Street in Boston. If you're not familiar with the gallery, it focuses on artists connected to Provincetown. Owners David Cowan and Jim Bennett have a great eye and their shows are always first rate.
This "Provincetown Views" show captures views of
...Cleaning Out, Paring Down
- Details
- Published on Sunday, 13 May 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
I was making good progress on the bedroom but I've hit a few road blocks. I decided to use the drapes and rods from the living room but the rods are too big for one of the windows. I'm missing some hardware for the bed and West Elm says they're not selling the bed anymore so they don't have it. (Maybe
...
