Opening Up Sweet Tea Cottage

Until yesterday, the doors to my Sweet Tea Cottage had been closed since

last fall.  I had planned to have it all decorated for Christmas, but then I

became ill and spent 45 days in the hospital, and Christmas never happened

for me.  

I wasn't sure what I would face when I went inside, so I let David take

a peek and see if everything was fine.  My big concern was that a

snake may have taken up residence, but no snakes thank goodness.

Every thing was just fine!

It is so good to get back into this little cottage.  It's like a vintage 

playhouse for grown ups ~ and that would be me!  

It was such a beautiful day yesterday, so I opened up the windows to give everything 

a good airing.  I noticed that the windows need to be cleaned, but somehow the little

windows are more fun to clean than the big ones on our house.  Dusting is more

fun in a little cottage too.  It's more like playing.

I have been thinking about what to do about the interior walls.  I finally

decided to wall paper the walls and paint the supporting beams white.

I found a vintage looking wallpaper I love and ordered it online

yesterday.  The weather has been so lovely that this will be a good

time to get going on that project before the heat returns to 

South Texas.  Oh, and I also found a red and white check rug for

the floor.  It's so cute!  Can't wait to show you!

So that's it for the interior.  I started doing some clean up around

the little garden outside of the cottage.  I was very pleased to see

that many of the plants survived the winter, including most of my 

herbs.  I purchased some ground cover roses, a first for me of that

variety, and plan to get them into the ground today.  I'll keep you

posted.

Have a wonderful Monday!

Love,

Susan and Oliver