Little Bellamere Cottage......

This is our cozy, little house in the Pacific Northwest! I wanted to wait to post pix of it until Spring when everything was pretty around here, but decided to use pictures from a couple of years ago instead of waiting........it DOES NOT look like this around here right now. We have soggy ground, droopy plants and sick looking hydrangeas. I KNOW it will be pretty again, right???

Bellamere Cottage is a petite little girl....1500 square feet. Every inch of which is packed full. I am NOT a minimalist AT ALL. Why then, I wonder, do the Scandanavian homes appeal to me so much? Is it knowing that they would take half the time to clean? That I'd be able to actually pull the vacuum cleaner back without hitting something? They are so pretty, aren't they??? If you haven't checked them out before, I some on my list of favs!

Ahhhh.......isn't that little bunny the cutest thing? He's still out there. I think he probably has moss on him now..........not that I don't LOVE moss!

This isn't the best shot, but it's all I have. I posted these pix a long time ago on Rate My Space.......My sweet friend, Jan and I have a garage sale every June. During the entire sale I sat there looking at this adorable little bedstead she had for sale. Ever thinking of making something out of nothing, I began to wonder about making my house sign out of it. So......voile!!! This is the headboard from that set. I whacked off the legs and added the little piece across the bottom to finish it off and painted it up. I read tons of English novels and it seems they always name their homes........hey, I'm English, mine should have a name, right? Although I had been thinking about it for a long time, I hadn't really planned a name, so I went to work. I tried everything out. I didn't want to use our name......well, that would be pretty hard, I kept my maiden name, so whose would I use, my husband's or mine? After many days and a hundred ideas I decided on Bellamere Cottage. Bella means pretty, mere means small.........and so Pretty Little Cottage was born.......


Wishing you a wonderful, blessed Monday!
Spencer

My front porch this afternoon........small, but I love it so much! I've always wanted a cute little outdoor space to decorate. My pots are looking sort of puny now, but just wait until spring! It's going to be so darn cute! No, these pictures are NOT in black and white, that's just how darn gloomy it is here today!

Well, things are just not going the way I had planned today. I have a standing "date" every Tuesday with "my boy" as I call my dear little grandson. Nothing big, just a bit of dinner and a movie, trip to the pet store, library or Borders. He so looks forward to it and so do I. The snow really put a cramp in that plan today. Is this really the Pacific Northwest? It just NEVER snows here as much as it has this winter. I'll miss that special time we have to catch up. Sorry, my little pumpkin! I'll make it up to you.

I haven't been posting here because I had decided to move my blog. Well, after spending TONS of time on that little endeavor, I've given up. I think blogspot is the easiest place for folks who know enough about blogging to fill a thimble. I couldn't get anything right. I don't know what all the glitches were, but I have to say I was ever so frustrated. So, I'm back here to stay. It's kind of nice, actually.......it's FREE here! Can't get much better than that! :-)