Category: My Cottage

Maybe my favorite change in the basement. The stairs open like this are so nice. I’m going to save up for a rod iron railing piece and have it powder coated white. The little wall behind the stairs blocks the water heater and furnace, so it will be quite over in Ribbon Jar land. The door was also hung by my dad and Brent for the storage room. The fence will be done Friday, and none to soon as my neighbor walked right into my house today with out an invite. I know he’s just a friendly guy, but I’m…

Do you have a nasty (usually brown) old thermostat? Like this: Do you want your old place to look like it has a whole new heating system? Do you want to save the earth one little unit of energy at a time? Do you want to save money too? Then you need a new programable thermostat!!! Installing this cool new gadget is as easy as 1-2-3! 1)Take off old thermostat from wall, but be careful, they are usually full of mercury so maybe get a friend to hold it while you unscrew and untwist the wires from the thing. No…

I want to tell you something that you should never forget: Trim should only be white, nice clean, white. It should never ever be cream. Cream looks dirty. It should be white. Now, you may disagree with me, but you will never change my mind, especially after today. Because I had to undo years of cream, green, and even (gasp) peach trim paint. This is so not okay. I just want to show you how wonderful white trim looks: Oh my mom, I love color and think I rock at color, but my mom can READ MINDS PEOPLE! I am…