January Cottage Cupboard and a Winter Lookback

Hello friends and Happy Weekend! For a few weeks in January we have a small bit of time that's totally dedicated to warm, cozy, and comfy. After Christmas and before Valentines Day; it's a time to relax in front of the fire, read a good book, watch a movie, and curl up in a soft warm blanket... without a ton of shopping, big meals to cook or a deadline looming on the calendar.

10 Favorite Vintage Décor Posts of 2024

I'm always a little surprised to see which posts were your favorites at the end of each year. Here are the top 10 favorite reader posts of 2024. If you missed any of them I hope you'll click on the title to read further.

My Tips to Transition from Christmas to Cozy Winter Decor

I can't really say that this collection of tips are mine alone. Because all you have to do is take a look on Pinterest to see that there are a bunch of bloggers who follow these same tips to change up their Christmas décor to a cozy, comfy, feeling of winter.

New Year Wishes and Family Celebrations

Hi dear Friends. I wanted to wish you all a most Happy and Blessed New Year. You know I don't post family photos much. But I really wanted to share a few since it is the holidays and we have a lot to celebrate and look forward to in the coming year. I haven't shared a recent photo of our granddaughter, "Miss O" for over a year. She's quite the animated little character and brightens our whole family's lives. She's our only grand and most probably will be our only grand. full stop. 

Christmas Scenes from the Garden Room

Hopefully, even though it's after Christmas, you can still enjoy seeing a bit more Christmas around my house. Before Christmas we were unexpectedly hit with some emergency home maintenance situations that required several days away from my already packed schedule. We had a roof leak that all the sudden required attention and that meant traveling around our area to view homes with roof options. I've learned that it's important to look at roofing at multiple "real life" residences. I've seen some big mistakes in roofing choices so we made sure which would work best with our taupe brick ranch before signing on the dotted line. I'm looking forward to the update. Our current roof is blah, blah, blah brown and does nothing for curb appeal. 

Merry and Bright in the Christmas Dining Room

This seems to be my favorite look for the Dining Room and easy to put together, since I've done some variation of this over the last 5 years that we've been at this house. It has my go-to elements like my Christmas plaid and burlap holly tablerunner combo, one of my lanterns, and my tried and true holly topiaries. 

The Garden Room Sitting Area and the Christmas Cupboard

This may sound a bit odd, but after years of bringing out vintage seasonal and holiday decorations, there are pieces that feel like old friends. My Tartan tins and vintage wool throws, nativity sheep and enamelware kettles, red transferware and ironstone; these are all things that I've grown to love and are basics for my "celebrating" the joy of Christmas.