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Happy Tuesday, dear friends! I hope your week is off to a great start. After an unusually capricious month of April, we’ve had a string of gorgeous days here Western Mass. Summer temperatures and sunshine, day after day, and gentle breezes, have coaxed us all out of the comforts of our favorite armchairs and into the garden.
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A roaring fire on cold winter nights, deep, comfortable seating and the company of loved ones (four-legged sweethearts included) make life in a country cottage infinitely sweeter. A fireplace is a wonderful thing to have in a home and when it’s in the right spot, it often becomes the focal point of a room’s entire decorating scheme.
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Following a gloomy week with too much rain, and too little time spent outdoors, this weekend’s weather has more than made up for it in sunshine and warmer temps. Such a spectacular turn of the weather is many a New Englander’s dream so, naturally, everyone’s talking about it. Flip-flops and summer dresses quickly replaced coats and rain boots and our little town is buzzing with excitement. The garden has been slowly coming back to life, and it’s been such a joy to see old friends return, tender and shy at first, but getting bolder and stronger by the minute: the pretty peonies and the proud phlox, the scented salvias and the lovely lupines. There were a few surprises, too, things I’d forgotten I’d planted that now I can’t wait to see bloom, for the very first time in the garden. A good friend of mine who happens to be an excellent gardener, keeps a log of every plant, bulb and seed that goes into her garden and I’d like to (one day) copy her method, if only to keep track of what gets eaten. Hungry squirrels have decimated some of my tulip borders to such an extent that out of dozens of bulbs planted last fall, only one bulb remained intact and strong enough to bloom, below.
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Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be able to reupholster your own furniture? This is a question I asked myself when the only upholstery workroom in town closed during the early days of the pandemic. Knowing how to reupholster a tired old chair or a comfortable sofa that has seen better days is, without a doubt, a mad skill to have. It takes time and patience to acquire but, once you master the basics, you open yourself up to a world of immense creativity and satisfaction.
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Happy weekend, dear friends! After sharing a small before and after of our living room on Instagram, I received several questions regarding the roller shades I chose for our windows, so I thought I’d do a little post about them, in case you’re on the market for some lovely, yet inexpensive window treatments. The short of it is that they’re from Lowes, and I absolutely LOVE them. They were the product of my indecision, meant to be a temporary solution while I figured out the design plan for each room, but I ended up liking them so much that I’ve since bought one for every window in our home!
