tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36124766.post2526978111461885977..comments2024-03-22T17:14:03.969-04:00Comments on The Cottage Nest: Monday MorningJen Kershnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16128661586028201160noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36124766.post-19595948894366218362015-02-02T09:30:11.488-05:002015-02-02T09:30:11.488-05:00it sounds like a perfect monday! kathleen kelly is...it sounds like a perfect monday! kathleen kelly is always great company! :) i'm glad you're loving your Day Designer. i'm trying out a new planner this year to see which i like best, but the Day Designer last year was so helpful to me as well!Kimber-Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868316866491561515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36124766.post-9748976058530610622015-02-02T00:12:55.851-05:002015-02-02T00:12:55.851-05:00Beautiful post. Even more so because of the conte...Beautiful post. Even more so because of the contentment in your voice. <br /><br />Your dining room looks fabulous!Vickie @ Ranger 911https://www.blogger.com/profile/12847126296813987337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36124766.post-10824392917796376872015-01-28T17:19:08.752-05:002015-01-28T17:19:08.752-05:00You're not weird. You are perfectly normal. Or...You're not weird. You are perfectly normal. Or we are both weird. I'm not sure which of these is true, actually.Jen Kershnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128661586028201160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36124766.post-16379223105973097522015-01-28T17:18:32.003-05:002015-01-28T17:18:32.003-05:00Kate, oh the dreaded boob light! Our dining room l...Kate, oh the dreaded boob light! Our dining room light is off center too. Plus I like to turn the table so that the settee is facing the fireplace so that throws everything off further. Plus we have LOW ceilings. The challenges are endless! I agree totally about exposed light bulbs. That's what is in there now and the light is harsh. We have it on a dimmer but that only helps so much. I don't have secret resources (wish I did!) but do like some things at Ballard Designs, Pottery Barn and School house Electric. I just don't love the prices or my inability to make a decision.Jen Kershnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128661586028201160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36124766.post-54775001902028448362015-01-27T20:19:43.990-05:002015-01-27T20:19:43.990-05:00beautiful home, beautiful post! so needed to read...beautiful home, beautiful post! so needed to read this. <br /><br /> i lit a fire in our tiny den today, fluffed the pillows on the sofa, changed from work-out shoes to big, toasty boot socks and settled in to read my book group pick for the month (Beautiful Ruins). i lasted five minutes until i started to feel like a guilt-ridden slug. jumped up and spent a couple of hours cleaning out a closet. you have inspired me to try again tomorrow :)!<br /><br />love the banquette and love even more the bargain! where did you find it?nannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929727558577488718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36124766.post-78431850833147609542015-01-27T20:05:12.831-05:002015-01-27T20:05:12.831-05:00i love the "l o v e" on your mantel... y...i love the "l o v e" on your mantel... you have such a sweet way of pulling everything together...oopsiemaiziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00624102500478268856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36124766.post-67024710961452336112015-01-27T13:05:12.300-05:002015-01-27T13:05:12.300-05:00Love that new settee! SO glamourous, yet functiona...Love that new settee! SO glamourous, yet functional too. I really like how you changed your letters up on the mantel to spell "Love!" How sweet. I am glad you have found more time for creative pursuits. You and your art are worth it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00214669651632289883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36124766.post-81727063546446866702015-01-27T11:50:36.039-05:002015-01-27T11:50:36.039-05:00I feel the same way about my house. There's al...I feel the same way about my house. There's all these rooms that aren't really finished, but not one of them that I don't love anyway.<br /><br />I love that painting in the first picture.<br /><br />xoRuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110133467260748245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36124766.post-25215200144088001732015-01-27T09:33:45.604-05:002015-01-27T09:33:45.604-05:00Your house looks so pretty! Love that baby blanke...Your house looks so pretty! Love that baby blanket you are working on there! So important to take time for yourself and I need remind myself of that too as am feeling a little bogged down in chores lately! Hope you have a great day!Jboohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08885993111102447005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36124766.post-19301096886088511982015-01-27T04:53:42.866-05:002015-01-27T04:53:42.866-05:00I struggle with accepting my house. I moved in alm...I struggle with accepting my house. I moved in almost two years ago to the house my new husband and his ex wife bought 25 years ago.<br /><br />Its a cute cosy little house.. but it was far from the blank slate I'm used to starting with. I'm working on making it mine, though. One little corner, one furnishing, one piece of decor at a time.<br /><br />Maybe some day I will feel like its mine.... maybe.BonusMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10230312091498599317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36124766.post-44997824887612950522015-01-27T00:36:10.181-05:002015-01-27T00:36:10.181-05:00Love the pictures of the light coming through your...Love the pictures of the light coming through your windows....<br />And your dining room so beautifulKellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04104100135764091440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36124766.post-14591491112236768972015-01-26T22:20:42.434-05:002015-01-26T22:20:42.434-05:00Awww, man! I just typed out a comment and it delet...Awww, man! I just typed out a comment and it deleted. <br />I commented that I can't wait to see what you choose for light above your dining table. I've got a gloomy "boob" light above my kitchen table, and it is, as most are, completely off center. So, I need something swag-able. The cute fixtures I find have exposed lightbulbs which have me seeing spots. Then there are the standard three choices...drum light, farm light, and standard chandelier pointing up or down. Do you have any fun resources or ideas? I'd love to see them. I thought of crafting a light fixture but I'm afraid I'd inadvertently use something flammable!! Yikes!<br />Love your blog, as usual. Blessings to you and yours!Heather Jobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07000173102134907502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36124766.post-4633112630867479282015-01-26T18:59:05.552-05:002015-01-26T18:59:05.552-05:00I'm not the only one! I thought that I was we...I'm not the only one! I thought that I was weird because I'm so hesitant to take risks on buying things for our house now that I'm in a long term place. I find myself thinking & thinking, researching, deciding and then changing my mind. I thought that I'd know exactly what I'd want when we moved in!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36124766.post-51530406481253269482015-01-26T18:29:47.852-05:002015-01-26T18:29:47.852-05:00One thing I really love about your house is the be...One thing I really love about your house is the beautiful moldings around your windows. The windows in my face still all have that gross, ugly, cheap fake, brown wood (it's really plastic) around them. I don't want to replace it until we get new windows - which we desperately need! We did get replacement windows a few years ago for two of the bedrooms, but I want to wait until the whole house is done. I know I could prime and paint the molding for now, but do I really want to do that? Can't make up my mind. I just use a basic planner. I deliberated on getting the Passion Planner this year. Have you heard of it? Google it and check it out. What made me change my mind was when I read reviews, a lot of people said the cover was flimsy. And I wondered if I'd truly use it. I am still working on carving out time for creative pursuits. I'm all gung-ho when I wake up and think I'll get everything done in the morning - and I don't. It's like one little project or clean-up around here leads to another. Or, I have too many errands to run. Evening comes and sometimes I wonder if everything I did in the house all day was worth it! And then I feel mad that I "wasted" my time. Hmm, maybe I DO need a fancier planner! I thought I was the only one who couldn't make decisions on things to buy for the house. I spend so much time on the computer looking for the perfect rug or piece of furniture, etc. We bought a kitchen rug at Target for the kitchen last week and I didn't like it in there. So now I have it in the living room and though I like it, I keep thinking it's not THE perfect rug - that I could find better. Think I'm a bit of a perfectionist?! I *love* your banquette - it's gorgeous. I wouldn't look for a new dining room table...that white one with the white bench and chairs looks fantastic with the gray banquette. PS - love how you have your mantel decorated. The big LOVE letters are beautiful and whimsical. Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08659968511488397366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36124766.post-85191453631584185172015-01-26T16:32:43.820-05:002015-01-26T16:32:43.820-05:00I just love the light in your home, very lovely. t...I just love the light in your home, very lovely. thats great that you found a good way to stay organized, it can sure be difficult finding what works for each person. what a great deal on the banquette, it looks wonderful :) I like getting to see what creative projects you are working on, looks great.<br />Have a happy weekJennihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11019848441689274275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36124766.post-40889309844495941412015-01-26T16:05:58.296-05:002015-01-26T16:05:58.296-05:00Like you, I love my home and love looking at thing...Like you, I love my home and love looking at things that make me happy.<br /><br />I just wish we had snow days because it is so hard to be creative when the sun is calling. Yesterday Steve said we must play first and then do our work so of course no work got done. I made sure I did a little work before Lulu got her walk. And now, I need to get off the computer and get back to work in the yard that has been looking so sad.<br /><br />I love your beautiful dining room!Art and Sandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09070124859845536964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36124766.post-48031955544734012602015-01-26T14:20:11.458-05:002015-01-26T14:20:11.458-05:00The blanket is beautiful that you are making. Lov...The blanket is beautiful that you are making. Loving your mantel too with the Valentine touches!Sunflowers With Smileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02312609081449141785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36124766.post-21807072272256979282015-01-26T13:21:14.033-05:002015-01-26T13:21:14.033-05:00Oh, how I want to nest. Instead it's time to ...Oh, how I want to nest. Instead it's time to put our house back on the market. I have let it go for a month now and it shows. Hoping it sells this time.<br />Love your home.Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04242778760582160429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36124766.post-73035998825652042992015-01-26T13:19:49.462-05:002015-01-26T13:19:49.462-05:00I have a hard time making decisions about things f...I have a hard time making decisions about things for the house. I hate buying things just for the purpose of buying. Have a wonderful day Jen!Karhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09021895969293171339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36124766.post-43016290323911522672015-01-26T12:00:44.458-05:002015-01-26T12:00:44.458-05:00I think you dining room is perfection as is!I think you dining room is perfection as is!A Whole Lotta Magichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15416878913961474994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36124766.post-39524573362195787572015-01-26T10:55:54.347-05:002015-01-26T10:55:54.347-05:00Good morning my friend. I just poured myself a cu...Good morning my friend. I just poured myself a cup of coffee and was about to type up a blog post and saw you front and center on my sidebar. I do love our visits. My nesting mode has been slow to kick in this year. I suppose I did so much last year that I made a subconscious decision to sit the month of January out. So happy to hear you're happily nesting away. I love that new dining room upholstered bench and can't wait to see how everything evolves around it. I love the sound of a forever home. Have a wonderful day!Patty Markerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11556265449629529290noreply@blogger.com