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An Update on Our Blue Cottage Garden Landscaping

July 12, 2015 by Dagmar Bleasdale 8 Comments

It’s time for an update on our Blue Cottage garden landscaping!

I took pictures of it before I left for our trip to Germany, and I planned to write the post there, but we were so busy every day that I didn’t get around to it.

Plus, I hardly ever take a vacation, and I wanted some days off.

I finally caught up on some sleep, the suitcases are packed away again, and now I’m all fired up to show you how our landscaping is coming along.

Do you remember what our house looked like last fall? Here is a reminder from when I wrote a post about our porch.

The “landscaping” was literally only the weeds that grew.

Now that we finally have our driveway, I was able to started working on the landscaping. [Read more…]

Our Blue Cottage Backyard Jungle — The Before

May 22, 2015 by Dagmar Bleasdale 9 Comments

Do you know what this is?

It’s our backyard that I haven’t shown you yet.

Because it’s a jungle! I mean, do you see those jungle vines high up in the trees?

The only thing that’s missing is Mogli.

And that is a plastic table, with a water-proof tablecloth, and three plastic chairs. I put stones on them recently when it was really windy and haven’t removed them yet.

They are sitting on four left-over pallets and an outdoor carpet that Landon and I pulled into the backyard a few weeks ago to make a temporary “deck.” Can you say frugal DIY?
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Blue Cottage Decor: Decorating Our Bedroom Office Nook

April 15, 2015 by Dagmar Bleasdale

I’m so excited to finally reveal a project I’ve worked on a couple of months ago!

We finished decorating Don’s office nook in our bedroom.

When we bought the Blue Cottage, I envisioned putting a comfortable chaise in that corner and a TV to have a spot to relax and lounge with a good book.

We had both of our office stuff in the downstairs office, but there were literally too many boxes in there to move. So we decided that the bedroom nook will be Don’s “office.” [Read more…]

Blue Cottage Christmas Home Tour 2014

December 16, 2014 by Dagmar Bleasdale 6 Comments

Blue Cottage Christmas Home Tour 2014

After showing you the outside of our Blue Cottage, it’s time for the Blue Cottage Christmas Home Tour!

I decorated the downstairs and love how it turned out.

Notice the new vintage trunk table? I exchanged our larger trunk coffee table for this one. I had had my eye on it for months at the Newburgh Vintage Emporium and finally bought it when it went on sale.

I opened all of our boxes of Christmas decor and used most of what I already had, except for a few new things from Target and Pier1.

Unwrapping and setting up the little hand-painted angels from Germany is always a favorite of mine. My mom sends us a new one every Christmas, so the little orchestra is growing every year.

I had a gold and silver Christmas theme in mind for this year [Read more…]