Hi Sweet friends! Spring and summer are my favorite time of the year. Here are just some random summer shots around Bunny Rose Cottage :)
Hi sweet friends!! How are ya? I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July weekend! Ours was very nice. We had my parents and my grandma over for a yummy cookout. I think I gained five pounds, lol! My mom brought her McGregor cake and that is my FAVORITE!! I ate almost all of it myself, lol!!! Now I have to be good until the 25th when we go on our romantic getaway!
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This weekend, Chad also did a project for me that I have been wanting for years!!! Now, I must tell you that Chad HATES home improvement projects!!! He is a behind the desk kinda guy. So the fact that he did this for me means SO MUCH!! Thank you baby, your the best! He did such a good job on it too!
See how UGLY my backsplash was before?? Hideous blue, the same as the counter tops. Now, I love the counter tops. They are pretty soft blue with pink! But I dont like it continuing up the backsplash, I just think it looks tacky.
Now, my beautiful beadboard backsplash!!! I LOVE it! It really brightens up the house. My house is all open. You can see every room from every room. So this really brightens up the kitchen and makes it look much more cottagey. And it pops against the gorgeous maple cabinets. Some of you have suggested that I paint my cabinets white. That will NEVER happen, lol! I LOVE these cabinets. It is one of the reasons I bought the house! Maple is my favorite wood. It is so soft and pretty. And I think it DOES have a cottage feel! I don't think kitchen cabinets have to be white to be cottage. I always thought cottage style had no rules. I chose the wide trim because it goes with all the rest of the trim in my home. I have a lot of beadboard in my home also, so it all just flows now. I love beadboard. Nothing says cottage like white beadboard!
I have an entertainment center. Yes, one of "THOSE" entertainment center's. You know, the kind that is a big no no as far as decor is concerned. But you know what else I have? A wonderful, loving, kind, supportive, patient husband and five beautiful little boys and they all love their technology and entertainment. Truth be told, I am known for watching my fair share of t.v. also. Just sayin'! I also have limited space. Things hanging on the wall in the places I want them AND, "THE" entertainment center fits perfectly in that space! Okay, so, I am not going to take something away from my loved ones. But "THE" entertainment center doesn't fit in my decor.
See what I mean?? Talk about UGLY! I have searched and searched for a "shabby" white one that fits this space. I have not been able to find one in the right size.
So, I did the next best thing! I painted mine white. What a change!! I love it!
I distressed it and added some cute decals.
Hi sweet friends! It is me again. WOW, I never post this much, lol! In a couple weeks, I probably wont have anything to blog about, lol! Our second little cottage project was installed this morning. My hubby hasn't even seen it yet, lol! But I thought I would show all of you. Again, I have not painted the trim and stuff. That will get done Sunday along with some planting. My pink dogwood tree is supposed to be here this week! I cant wait to get him planted. But anyway, here is the second project! Another new door! This one is on the back and I just love it! Much more shabby - cottage - style. lol! Our house was new when we bought it but it had those UGLY 70's sliding doors. I hate them and am so glad to be rid of them! Please tell me what you think :)
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I forgot to take a before pic, so this is an old one from Christmas time, taken at night. But you get the picture, lol!
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Our walls aren't this yellow, they are more of an antique yellow. But it is very sunny today and they are showing bright yellow.
The yellow is about right in this pic. I think this looks so pretty in here! I have always loved french doors!!Hi sweet friends!!! How are you? It is officially SUMMER now!!! whoo hoo!!! I love spring and summer so much! Our home projects are coming along slowly. You know how it is, lol! They will be here Friday to install our gutters though. I cant wait to have them so I can tear out my other flower bed and get started on it.
How was your Father's Day? Ours was very nice! Chad got his new grill :) He used it to grill and we had my parents over for a cookout. The grill had the hamburgers done in five minutes! I wasn't even done cutting the lettuce and tomato, lol! I forgot to take a pic of him with it but I will take one tonight as he is grilling chicken. We had a nice time with my parents. Watched the movie the Dark Knight. Not my kind of movie but it was the guys night and they picked :) Heath Ledger was really good in it though. I got my dad tickets for him and I to see a baseball game and we will do that July 18th. We enjoy that. What did you all do this weekend?
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I have been double tagged! One by my super sweet friend Elyse of Cottage. She tagged me to tell six of my unimportant loves. These tags are so fun :) Okay, my unimportant loves in no particular order :)
I LOVE my Romantic Country Magazine :) But don't we all? I make it a special night when this comes in the mail. I curl up with my blanket and tea and read it cover to cover. I also have a basket full of all of them that I keep rereading. This is the best magazine!!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE my Diet Pepsi :) I cant live without it!
I simply LOVE clothes. I could/should actually start another blog about clothes! That would be fun! While I love clothes and love dressing up, if I am at home or one of my boys baseball games, the ONLY thing you will EVER see me in is a Victoria's Secret Pink sweatsuit!! They are the best! In fact I just bought the cutie above today along with the pants! So darn cute for summer with the watermelon!
Okay, the guys JUST left. I am starving, haven't done a thing yet but I had to show you our first completed Bunny Rose Cottage project!! New front door and screen door!!! I would say this is probably the smallest project we are doing but boy does it make a BIG impact!!! I have hated our front door since we bought the house years ago. It was so ugly!! Now it is so freakin' cute!! COTTAGE CUTE!!
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