A Short Weekend At The Cottage
A Short Weekend At The Cottage
I know, I know, weve been going to the Cottage a lot.
Weve been workin hard and I have pretty much missed posting about a lot of Fall decorating....
because I havent done much.
because of all our trips to the Cottage.
In my defense, I did post about my Fall Mantel, a Fall Vignette in the Foyer and a Fall tablescape.
(just in case you missed them)
Ive decided to just skip over Fall decorating this year and head right on over to Christmas.
But first,
I have to give you another Cottage update.
Last weekend ( a week ago) we went up to the mountains even though we only had 24 hours to spend there.
We brought up a whole bunch of stackable bricks that were given to us by our next door neighbors.
I LOVE free stuff, dont you?
Mr. Fanatic and I stacked them all up to temporarily make a fire pit so that we can burn things that we would otherwise have to take back home or to the dump.
We tried out our new Lodge cast iron grill and had made some really tasty burgers. We only had a plastic spatula, so what does a diyer use to turn the burgers?
A metal paint scraper of course!
In our short visit, we also made a trip to Lowes to purchase supplies to frame the bathroom we are putting in the upstairs bedroom. Its a good thing that Lowes is only 20 minutes away from the mountain cottage. If you havent guessed, we go there A LOT!
Weve been workin hard and I have pretty much missed posting about a lot of Fall decorating....
because I havent done much.
because of all our trips to the Cottage.
In my defense, I did post about my Fall Mantel, a Fall Vignette in the Foyer and a Fall tablescape.
(just in case you missed them)
Ive decided to just skip over Fall decorating this year and head right on over to Christmas.
But first,
I have to give you another Cottage update.
Last weekend ( a week ago) we went up to the mountains even though we only had 24 hours to spend there.
We brought up a whole bunch of stackable bricks that were given to us by our next door neighbors.
I LOVE free stuff, dont you?
Mr. Fanatic and I stacked them all up to temporarily make a fire pit so that we can burn things that we would otherwise have to take back home or to the dump.
We tried out our new Lodge cast iron grill and had made some really tasty burgers. We only had a plastic spatula, so what does a diyer use to turn the burgers?
A metal paint scraper of course!
In our short visit, we also made a trip to Lowes to purchase supplies to frame the bathroom we are putting in the upstairs bedroom. Its a good thing that Lowes is only 20 minutes away from the mountain cottage. If you havent guessed, we go there A LOT!
Mr. Fanatic even had time to tear the sheetrock off the closet...
Then, he tore out the framing. We are putting in a 1/2 bath which will be only a foot deeper than the closet.
And thats where we finished up the weekend!
We still have so much work to do on the inside of the cottage, but I am definitely not complaining.
We are basically camping there, sleeping on air mattresses on the floor. They are quite comfortable because I bought 3" gel foam pads to go on them, which will go on the mattresses when we purchase them.
We also brought a couple of outdoor folding chairs, an outdoor side table, a couple of lamps and our old, small dining room table from when we were first married.
Thats all the "furniture" we have in the whole house.
Thats all the "furniture" we have in the whole house.
Mr. Fanatic says he feels like hes away at summer camp. I agree. We both love the place.
It is a lot of work, though, but whenever we need a break, we go outside on the porch with the view and just take in all of Gods gorgeous creation and remember how blessed we are.
Hope you had a wonderful weekend. Did you do anything fun or a diy project?
Would love to hear about it.
Pam
A Short Weekend At The Cottage
