Cottage gardens have their origins in the more functional gardens of old which incorporated vegetables and herbs added with flowers for decoration. It was an informal design with every square inch being used. Some have said it looked like “a vegetable garden taken over with flowers”. Pinterest While I do love most of the elements …
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Well, it’s that time of year again. I can’t believe how fast time passes these days. I know I have several favorite posts from the past year, but I thought it might be fun to see which posts you liked best. Your six favorite posts were: #6 Cottage Style Decorating – Choose Your Own …
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Every year about this time, I notice that several bloggers choose a ‘word of the year’ instead of making New Year’s resolutions. I have never been much for New Year’s resolutions and I thought the concept of choosing a ‘word of the year’ was a great idea, but just never got around to doing it. …
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Merry Christmas from Cottage Style Decorating to you and your family. Hope you have a wonderful day!
We’re continuing our tour of the Meeker Mansion in Puyallup, WA. We took the staircase from the downstairs kitchen up to the second floor hallway at the back of the house. From the hallway there was one bedroom which would have been one of the servant’s rooms. It was currently decorated with this Christmas tree, …
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Ever since we moved to this area I have wanted to visit the Meeker Mansion in Puyallup, WA, especially during the holidays when they decorate the Mansion for Christmas. We finally made it this year and it was well worth the wait. The Meeker Mansion is a 17-room Italianate Victorian Mansion. It took three years …
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I always like to stop at Watson’s Nursery sometime during the Christmas season. They have a huge gift shop that I enjoy looking through, but I especially like all the decorated Christmas trees. I like the red and green ornaments on this one. I used red poinsettias on my tree last year. Maybe I should …
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One of my favorite pastimes is shopping at antique stores and malls. It’s sort of like a treasure hunt and I find it very relaxing. I usually don’t have anything in particular in mind, but you never know what you will find. I seem to be writing about antique and gift stores this week, but …
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One thing I like about living in Washington is all the small, quaint towns, especially Sumner, which is only about 10 minutes from where I live. Mr. CSD and I enjoy driving over and looking through the antique and gift shops and then stopping for lunch at the cute little cafe in town. I thought …
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One of my favorite places to shop for plants is Watson’s Nursery in Puyallup, WA. Not only do they have high quality plants, but they have a huge gift shop where they display their products in what I call “room vignettes”. Here are a few things I liked the last time I was there. With …
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