Love and Thank You.

Hello Sweet Blogging Friends.

Just a few little items to post about today here on the blog.

Thirty Eight Years ago today this great guy and I got married.
I found my best friend and the love of my life.

He has blessed my life in so many ways.  Together we had two beautiful daughters.
I am the luckiest girl and love my life with this man.
Happy Anniversary to my friend, life partner and handyman!
xoxo

Now on to a big thank you.  Cil my friend I have met through blogging is not only a beautiful person but she can SEW!!!! Yes sir she can sew and she creates the most beautiful creations.

I got a shower curtain and had some lace pieces and sent it to her and she came up with this beautiful shower curtain for me.

I love that I had saved all these pieces of lace off of clothing and other items.  Cil then with her creative soul attached them and sewed them beautifully.

Love you Cil.  This is so gorgeous.  The pictures do not do it justice.  Hard to get a good picture in this bathroom with no window or natural light.

 Cil gifted me a beautiful pillow for a House Warming Gift.  She sews but she also does cross stitch.  Thank you sweet friend. I love the curtain and the pillow.

 Hope you have a great rest of the week.

Hugs,

Kris

Living Tiny

Could you live Tiny?  

Would you be comfortable with ordering your Tiny Home on Amazon.com.

Here are some tiny homes you can actually buy on line.

Let's begin with this cute tiny house.

It is on wheels so you can move it onto a newly bought property lot or you can move it around like a camper.

Has a good size bedroom.

Nicely appointed kitchen.  I love that it has full size appliances.

Lot's of windows for natural light.

Good size shower space in the bathroom.

It has double sinks!!!!

This is another home you can buy on line.  It is a cabin style home.

Great option for vacation or permanent living. 
Get yourself a piece of land for this sweet home to be delivered and ready to move in.

They all seem to have full size appliances and lots of storage.

The Cabin comes with a couple of different options for the kitchen. 
This one is smaller and the above option has the larger area with a bay window.

This is another configuration you can get in your Cabin home.

I love the cute window boxes on this one.

Another tiny house for permanent living or vacation home.

The stairs are for climbing to the loft bedroom but also are used for storage.

This modern tiny home comes with several different fronts and configurations and a garage.

This is one version of living space you can get in this modern home.

Another version of the modern tiny house.

A very nice size bedroom.

Could you live in a Shipping Container?
  This is the new trend in living small.

You can buy a shipping container and then fix it up any way you want or order it with all the furnishings done for you.

Great Master Bedroom in the Shipping Container House.

Lots of windows make these tiny homes feel bigger and lets more natural light in.

The use of beams make the ceiling seem higher in a lot of these homes.

Another home on wheels. 
If you like to move around the country and put roots down for a short time this might be a great way to live.

The shiplap walls and beams make this home feel bigger and brighter.

They have large bathrooms.

Many of the tiny homes have loft type bedroom areas.

So many choices of Tiny Home Styles.

This one has a Key West vibe.

This one is beautiful set up in the hills.

How about a home that is literally on the water!

So do you think you could live in a tiny house? 

 Could you see buying one of these on line and having it delivered to a piece of property you have purchased for a vacation spot? 

These seem to be catching on quickly and a lot of people are opting to go this route to live.  

Many young couples that do not want to be bogged down with a mortgage love this idea.  

People that have a nice piece of property on a lake or in the mountains like these for vacation homes.

People that have a large piece of land with their  home might like this to put on the property for a guest house.

Retires that want to move around in different area's of the country to live for short periods of time might like this option too.

I was amazed that there are so many of these tiny home options that you can buy on line.

I live small and in a tiny house but mine does not have wheels to move!

  I think we will stay put in this house and enjoy our neighbors and community.

Have a great rest of the week.

Hugs,

Kris

Cottage Kitchen

Hello sweet blogging friends.

Another week almost over.  

Time is really going by quickly.  Fall is beginning to show it is on its way.

I am sad to see summer leave.

 Ugly tree to the left.  Almost all the way dead.  Long branches with long annoying needles. 

This poor cottage home was a rental before we bought it.  She needed someone to buy her and make her pretty again.

This tree needed to come down. 
I am not one that likes to cut down anything in nature especially a tree that has been there a long time. 
Since it was almost all the way gone it needed to come down.
All it did was left branches and long dead needles everywhere when the wind blew or we had a rain storm.

I almost became a day drinker when I saw them climbing this tree to cut huge branches to come tumbling to the ground!!!! 
They were very careful and did not hit my new picket fence thank you very much!!!

It is all down and into the chipper. 
We want to replace the old tree with something new. 
I am thinking something that flowers.
The grass needs some help.
Again with this being a rental nothing was well cared for.

Ok now onto the kitchen.

I found this lovely french bench on FB Market Place for a steal.  Guess what I am keeping it in the pretty wood.  No white paint on this pretty.

It looks sweet with my old french window.

We added a new dishwasher.

This kitchen is a work in progress.  As soon as that window is replaced with a new one,
 and I find a new farmhouse sink and possibly new counter top I will share that with you.

Terry put in new flooring to cover the old cracked ceramic tiles that were pinky beige from the 70's!
Love these new floating floors that look like real wood.  They go right over your existing flooring so you do not have to be making a huge project mess removing the old floor.

I was going to do open shelves and I still might do that but for now I need these cabinets for storage.

I made a little coffee area on the other side of the kitchen near the refrigerator.

The pantry that Terry built for me gives me more storage and a coat closet and place for our shoes and boots.  Ugh! a necessary evil with living in the midwest!

This is my first indoor plant that has not died on me.  I am good with outdoor plants but indoor not so much.

When I got this it was in a tiny pot and very little.  Look at her now.  I transplanted it into a bigger pot and she is growing like crazy.

Well that is my kitchen progress so far.  I have more I want to do in this space but I need to give it some more time with all the other projects in the works.

I hope to do more in the winter months when I  am shut in the house.

Right now we are working on the outside as much as we can before winter sets in.

Hard to believe we have been here only a couple of months.  We really have accomplished quite a bit.

Working on the office area next.
Have a great weekend.
Hugs,
Kris