“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful” ~ William Morris If you haven’t been reading our blog since day one, you probably don’t know we have been working on renovating a master bathroom for quite some time. Remember this post? Followed by this? I know [...]
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Soaring Spirit
“I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.” ~ George Washington Carver Most readers of The Lettered Cottage are looking at photographs of DIY projects, renovations and house tours. I remember the first words of Layla’s that spoke to me: [...]
Word
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ~ Howard Thurman It’s a new year and with that comes a renewed sense of commitment to ourselves. We all want to be and do better than the [...]
Been-trest
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson The summer sizzle melted my mojo. Autumn left me feeling as colorless and crumpled as the dry, dead leaves crunching beneath my feet and as delicate and ready to disintegrate if stepped [...]
Paperwhite Wishes
“I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and your laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom.” ~ Unknown Do you know that the embryo flower of these paperwhite bulbs has been already formed and [...]
Ring of Blooms
“My advice to the women of America is to raise more hell and fewer dahlias.” ~ William Allen White The last of the dahlias have bloomed. I wanted to create something special. Something that would not involve a thirty minute ride to the closest store for supplies. Sitting in the sunshine amidst autumn splendor, I wove the [...]
New Wheels
“Every man’s life is a fairy tale written by God’s fingers.” ~ Hans Christian Andersen I wanted to make something extra special for the Princesses in my life—Amanda, Emily, Arianna and Alexandra. I had: 1 pumpkin 4 white guards aka mini-pumpkins 2 dowel rods, cut to the diameter of the pumpkin Heavy gauge florist wire [...]
Autumn at the Door
“A September to remember. An October full of splendor. A November to treasure.” ~ La Prevenchere We haven’t finished decorating our front porch for fall yet but I wanted to share the door leading to the summer kitchen which is in a separate building from the rest of the house and connected by a breezeway. [...]
Noted in Sorrow
“Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black” ~ Henry Ford A 1997 Toyota Camry died suddenly on Wednesday morning, September 28th during a commute to work. She was 14 and had traveled over 135,000 miles (112 in car years). A gallant attempt to transport [...]
Time In a Bottle
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ~ Albert Camus I didn’t can any of summer’s bountiful harvests. Instead I preserved some autumn! I’ve seen this done as “vacation memory jars” on Martha Stewart’s site and decided to save my favorite season. The contents of the large vintage canning jar includes: [...]
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