Can I live here?

[catherine]

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSaz8VdaocEdPaoh-JVnEZ0CAN5GVUXgHVR0q_p15gCMxxnwbYt

That little house is so adorable, and surrounded by all those beautiful flowers!!

[Rosemary]

Love it!

[Stella]

Cute!

[Mrs-M]

Yes! It has me written all over it! A clothesline off to the side, and I'd be set!

[Zoebird]

that is very cute. :)

i love our little cottage, and have started talking to DH about getting it sorted and pretty over the next year. It will involve a lot of work -- painting, decluttering (well, I'm a minimalist and I feel overwhelmed), and some good organization work for what we do have.

and, i want to really get the garden rolling out.

on the positive side, the lavender in the front part is doing well, but i'd like to by 3-5 more plants to put in there. and the side garden on the other side of the door and fence, it needs some work too. I'm thinking mono-planting along that side as well (more lavender) and underplanting with either creeping thyme or periwinkle. (I'm thinking periwinkle).

i want to move the clothes drying into the "green house" -- as more sunlight will dry things faster -- and then also plant that greenhouse a bit with herbs for the winter. In spring, I think I'd like to work on the side garden some more. . . the side by our landlady and then the back by our gate.

Then I want to start on the interior.

[happystuff]

This is very cute. I should find a copy of that magazine and put the cover on my fridge for inspiration!

[jania]

Yes Cathy, you can live there! I have a card with a copy of Gustave Baumann's "Grandma Battin's Garden (http://www.postersofsantafe.com/products/view/7/21) and it has always been an inspiration for me. My home looks nothing like it, but the idea of the picture has guided my landscaping. I do have a little old wooden chair sitting by my front door that I saved from the alley and painted.

[Mrs-M]

That is lovely, Jania!