DIY projects for your home and garden
There has always been one kind of garden or another here at the Cottage. We liked the idea of the ease of care and wanted to work smarter at our gardening and weeding while replacing what we are buying at the grocery store with what we could plant and eat at home. We tossed around …
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Looking for the perfect garland for Easter this year? How about a beautiful DIY Easter egg garland? This garland is so easy to make and will look stunning in your home this Easter. You can often find one strung across our mantel when spring arrives to give the room a little cheer. In 4 easy …
DIY Easter egg wreaths are a super fun project and add a cute breath of spring to your farmhouse. We’ve made quite a few of these over the years, and I just love the way they look. This is a really easy project to do and great to do with a group. Pin …
There is just something stunning about a garden obelisk covered in vines in the garden, the moment I saw one I knew I had to have them in my garden- and was shocked to find out just how easy they are to build. Since then we have built them over and over again and I’m just as in love with them.
Needing a fun spring project on a rainy day? Or looking for a way to recycle a garden hose? Why not try your hand at a Our Spring Wreath! This is a great project that is quick and easy and you can even get the kids involved! Pin for later! This post contains …
Ever wondered how to build a bridge? We’ve wanted a garden bridge over our pond for years, and we finally got around to building one when we added a creek between our two ponds. Over the years we’ve turned our scorching backyard with 4 trees and lots of crabgrass into a gorgeous place that we …
Every year we struggle to keep our tomato plants under control, at the beginning of the year our tomato cages work great but as the plants grow and begin bearing fruit they quickly begin leaning. We’ve tried staking each cage, but the plant ends up outgrowing the cages and laying all over the ground anyway which blocks our walkways and makes it really hard to harvest the tomatoes as they ripen.
You may remember the full-scale kitchen remodel we did a few years back, well before that we actually updated our living room! We took the room from cream and crocodile tears green to a beautiful crisp white and shiplap look that fits into our cottage/farmhouse feel much better. Before: After: The …
Our farmhouse style kitchen remodel had its ups and downs, that’s kind of normal for projects at our house. We are more surprised when a project turns out to be easy and goes to plan. More often than not this isn’t the case and this project was no exception. What should have taken a few weeks turned into a 6-month ordeal so we forgot to show you how our kitchen remodel turned out.
Grandma Cottage absolutely loved Jesus, ponds, and roses so when we moved to this house 18+ years ago she was thrilled. There was plenty of room for ponds and a rose garden! We had a convenient, rather large gully in our yard that always collected water and was a pain to mow. Just like that, …
