Published and made the cover!

Published and made the cover!

Published and made the cover of Ottawa at Home magazine Summer 2018

Such exciting news for my small business!

If you are in Ottawa you can pick it up at Farm Boy, Bridgehead Coffee, Tagalong Toys, Tamarack Model Homes, Chapters, etc… and also apparently it is in the Globe and Mail as an insert.

Click here to read it online.

I’ve also written a few posts with more detailed information on our renovation of the cottage. Click here to read about the living room transformation and here for the bathroom reno.

It’s getting there

Thought I’d share a Monday update on our cottage bath renovation.  It certainly moves slowly when you are doing the work yourself and only have the weekends to work on it.  But we are getting to the end…..

In case you forgot here’s some before shots.  What you can’t see is the rotten floor and vanity from water leakage.

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Just a little dated.

Here’s my mood board for this bathroom. I changed the light fixtures from my first board, the original ones were going to stick out too far.

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Anyways, here’s a few peeks at what we’ve  my dear hubby has been up to.

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This shows the subway shower tile, river rock floor, and the wood look tile floor.

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This is the library table that is being converted into a vanity.  I used Fat paint on the legs in Benjamin Moore’s Van Courtland Blue and then a light coat of antique wax, followed by clear wax to protect the finish. For the top I sanded and then just used clear wax.  I have baskets that will be used for storage on the bottom shelf and hubby has just finished cutting out the top for the square sink that is to be installed.  The walls have been painted in Woodlawn Blue.

Now, everything is at a standstill as we wait for the glass shower edging to come in and some strong guys to help my hubby install them.

Once that is done there is just the shower and sink fixtures to be installed, trim to be finished and accessories added.  So excited to actually have this bathroom crossed off the list.

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Woodhaven – An update

My hubby and I have been very busy working away at our new cottage (named “Woodhaven” by the previous owners).

However, now I actually have some progress to report.  I mentioned a few posts back about putting up my Grandfather’s ice saw from the days when most people used iceboxes and not refrigerators.

My Dad brought it over to us during the holidays.  He had it tucked away in his workroom but he thought it would look great at our log cottage. And he was so right.  Thanks Dad!

Here it is in place in our sunroom.  (Sorry for the bad exposure, it is very hard to take a picture in this room, the light is very intense during the day and then at night, the lamps do not light up the high ceiling).  Santa, I need a better camera…..

My Dad is very happy that his Father’s ice saw has found the perfect home.

The sunroom is where I had originally envisioned putting some vintage oars that I had but this is much better.  Also, one of the vintage oars mysteriously disappeared during the move ;-(    But, I still have some old water skiis that I need to find a home for.

My Father also brought over a sicle that my Grandfather used on his farm and my Grandmother’s iron, the kind that you would put on the wood stove to heat up.  It makes me very happy to have these items, with my family’s history in them.

Do you have items that you display that showcase your family’s history?