An Urban Cottage
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Paperwhites and Gin Experiment
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- Published on Sunday, 29 January 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
Nothing pleases me more than to hear from people who read my blog and feel inspired to comment. I like getting e-mails with questions or people who want to share their experience in renovating an old house. But I was more than excited to get an e-mail from a follower named Ruth who performed an experiment with
...The Vintique Object
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- Published on Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
Hey, go check out The Vintique Object blog today. She's doing a post on our kitchens which we both redid with very little money. If you don't know Camille already, you may want to poke around her blog a little. She's very analytical about interior photos and has come up some great
...Flowers in the House - Amaryllis La Paz
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- Published on Monday, 23 January 2012
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Amaryllis La Paz
Amaryllis La Paz
This La Paz amaryllis is a stunner. ¡Muy caliente!
Charo-does-the-Dance-of-the-Seven-Veils amaryllis.
Saucy, exotic and alluring.
Floral fireworks.
Yesterday was our first measurable--and shovelable--snow. So much different than last year. But despite the mild winter
...Best of the Web
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- Published on Thursday, 19 January 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
The folks at Be @ Home were kind enough to feature me on their latest "Best of the Web" series.
How cool is that?
Check out this week's picks here.
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Greek Revival Exterior Renovation - Before and After
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- Published on Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
For those of you visiting for the first time, or if you missed the actual exterior renovation as it progressed on the blog, I thought it would helpful to summarize it all in one post and include all of the sources for those of you who might want to take on this project.
This is what the house looked like when I bought it.
...Gardening: A Winter Pick-Me-Up
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- Published on Tuesday, 17 January 2012
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Mother Nature has cooperated in my denial of winter until recently. Temps over the weekend dove to the single digits, there was snow overnight and with a head cold I can't shake, I thought it would be nice to take a virtual garden walk.
There's lot of good Pinspiration here.
It's a Greek Revival too!
I don't
...Bedroom Makeover Ideas
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- Published on Saturday, 14 January 2012
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Thanks to Camille, I was able to round up a few more inspiration photos for my bedroom makeover.
I do love this headboard. And aren't the flags are cool?
This room is a little too rustic
but I do love a nice graphic quilt or blanket on a bed.
Remember Tommy Smythe's chevron quilt in the Black Walls post
...Amaryllis Sweet Lilian
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- Published on Thursday, 12 January 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
It's been really dark here the past two days but one of my amaryllis bulbs is busting a move so I did the best I could with some photos this morning.
Meet Sweet Lilian.
It looks like there's two more flowers on this stalk left to open and there's another stem in the works.
In the background is
...Winter Projects
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- Published on Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
I wish I could say that I'm ready to move full steam ahead with my bathrooms and kitchen renovation but I'm not there yet. These are big ticket items and the bad economy hasn't really cooperated with my saving plans. Such is life.
I do have a few projects to keep me busy through the winter. First is a
...Red Curry Chicken and Biscuits
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- Published on Thursday, 05 January 2012
Authors: An Urban Cottage
I was going to say that this isn't your mama's Chicken and Biscuits but it really is with just little tweak in the flavors. Back when I made the highly pinterestedTom Ka Soup, I was thinking how close something like Tom Ka Gai is was to American chicken soup but with just a few different ingredients, it has an
