Higgledy Piggledy Garden

While it has still been raining quite a bit, we are keeping a sunny attitude at Ash Tree Cottage. So, in between the raindrops, I am showing you our "higgledy piggledy" garden off the back porch. It is surrounded by herbs, perennials and some annuals thrown in for color. Everything is truly just happy and living in harmony.

There are miniature twig chairs and shabby chic planters. There are annuals still waiting to be planted.

There are perennials opening up in front of daisies and feverfew that just grows wild around the cottage. Oh and look ... down a flagstone path are snowball bushes surrounding a little stone bench. Their branches are heavy from so much rain.

The rain and wind has knocked off their tiny petals of white. Well thats our brief tour of the little higgledy piggledy garden just off the back porch. Let's hope the sun will shine a bit again soon.

Bentley, lets hurry inside, looks like more rain!!

Love,

Susan and Bentley

xxoo

Transformed Cabinet on the Back Porch

This Monday I am joining Susan's Metamorphosis Monday over at her lovely blog Between Naps on the Porch, Rhoda at Southern Hospitality for Today's Thrifty Treasures and Cielo for Show Off Your Cottage at her blog The House in the Roses. Here is a little cabinet I found at a thrift shop. I liked it because of it's shutter doors.

It's really a simple little piece that has a few shelves inside. I thought it might make a nice cabinet to store fabric stashes for quilting. Today I decided to give it a shabby chic finish, so I took it outside to paint.

Bentley usually follows me where ever I go, so of course he had to investigate. He brought his "mini me" along. "No Bentley, there are no treats in this cabinet".

I gave it a light coat of white paint and changed the knobs to glass ones.

I hung it up on my back porch and here is a peak inside ... to the left and ...

to the right.

Now I have a place to store fat quarters and a couple of jars with buttons and thread and some fabric trim too. I have room to keep a small sewing basket on top and an antique spool holder on top.

Thank you for visiting me today. Don't forget to stop by and visit Susan, Rhoda and Cielo too for great thrifty transformations in charming cottages!!

Love,

Susan and Bentley

xxoo