Cottage Update

Seven months a terrible thing happened to our little ski condo.  We walked in to find that there had been a leak from the upstairs unit which had created so much damage that the mitigation company had gone in and basically torn down half the walls, ceilings and floors without our knowledge!  The cottage was a disaster.  All of our things were piled up in one room without any order or care.  It's been a long slog with insurance companies and rip-off contractors, but we're almost there.  We managed to spend a couple of days out of the relentless Salt Lake City heat enjoying for the first time in over seven months our little peaceful place.

Here's a picture of our bedroom looking all cottagey with a museum patchwork quilt from Pottery Barn and a patchwork mirror from Sundance.

The mirror is yet to be hung, but you get the idea.  I'm looking forward to it being finally finished.

Changes at The Cottage

We spent a lovely few quiet days over New Years up in Park City at our little condo/cottage/cabin/condage/cobin. The weather was lovely, but it really needs some snow up there!  We've had to make a few changes at the cottage in preparation for renting it out this year. The main thing we had to do was change out most of the furniture in the boys' bedroom. That was a super sad day for me because we had to get rid of a lot of the kid stuff, including the two beds and their table and chairs. Sniff, sniff.

Here's how the room looks now.  

I reused my old bed from my house.  The white dresser and red dresser were already in the room.  The mirror, lights and rug I bought from Sundance and were no longer being used in my house.  The only things I had to buy were the mattress and bedding.

Here's how the room looked before when it was the boys' bedroom.

And this was our walk the day after New Years Day.

I told you we desperately need snow.

Happy 4th of July!

This is what we're doing this week-end.  How are you celebrating?