Hello everyone,
I am glad you stopped in today as I have more pictures to share of our little Gardeners Cottage that this time of year becomes The Christmas Cottage. I have had fun decorating it for our Christmas house tour coming up on December 10th..
Each year I like to give it a little different look. So this year it is more of a french country theme.
The quilt on the bed is Marie Antoinette -a taupe and cream toile.
I bought these old skates at a thrift shop and gave them a coat of grey stain.
The tree and all the decorations where Dollar Store or thrift store finds.
The cupboard in the corner was built for me in the summer and now holds my cream dishes with some greenery for the season.
These chairs were also a second hand store find a few years ago but I did have them recovered.I gave the wood a wash of ivory paint.
A closer look.
The netting over the bed was also a yard sale find-it adds a romantic touch.
Some gifts under the tree-aren't they cute???
I am joining French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday and My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday where there is lots for you to enjoy.I am also joining Haken for Show Off Saturday.
I hope you enjoyed a peek inside The Christmas Cottage.
Take care,
Carolyn
70 comments:
What a beautiful room,,, I just adore it all.... I never tire of looking at all your lovely photos of your home a garden... thanks for sharing.
Have a wonderful weekend
Hugs;
Alaura
Wonderful job Carolyn.. it looks so inviting. Your guests on the tour will think they are in Heaven. Take care..
Wanda
Spectacular! Your little cottage is adorable and so beautifully decorated.
The cottage looks perfect and is sure to be a hit for your tour! I love it all, especially the bed, and the new corner cabinet!
I love your blog, I think it's my favorite of them all! I especially love when you use your red transferware- I have a small collection as well, and never tire of looking at them in my cupboard. Thanks for sharing all the ideas!
I entirely forgot that I was in the Garden Cottage, Carolyn! Everything is just so beautiful. I won't need to buy another Christmas mag this season...I'll just keep coming back here! Lol
The tour is going to be so exciting! How many homes for the holidays will be open to the public?
Wishing you a beautiful weekend,
Linda at Beautiful Ideas
It's just beautiful and restful. What a lovely spot for reading and sipping some tea!
Dearest Carolyn, You have outdone yourself! Absolutely love your decorating touches! The colors are so soothing and I think it's awesome what you have done.
PLEASE make a Calendar! PLEZZZZZZZ.
Have a sweet week and God bless.
I know your Open House will be delightful. Wish I was there! Pics are the next best thing,
d
Words escape me! I've never seen anything more gorgeous!! WOW!!!!!
Your cottage is exquisite Carolyn! I want to come hole up in your Christmas cottage. PRETTY please??? :-)
Hugs,
Judy
Love the skates and the cream and white room, beautiful! Laura
Hi Carolyn... just discovered your blog for the first time, and I am loving your beautiful cottage and garden. Looking forward to following along.
Oh, and I love your name too :)
I think this is the prettiest the cottage has looked! I love all the creaminess and every sweet detail. Wish I could see it in person!
I want o live in it! Gorgeous!
Leann
This must be a lot of work - it's really beautiful!!
HI Carolyn! Oh, I just love your little space and it's so magical and charming! You decorate so beautifully.
Be a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
I love the Christmas cottage. Just love it. I'd love to spend a sweet Christmas night there, dreaming amid all the enchanting beauty. Thank you for sharing, dear Carolyn. Great job! Susan
Yes, I enjoyed looking around your delightful christmas cottage...the monochromatic color scheme makes a very elegant statement; all the varied textures and subtle hints of color provide great visual interest as well.
Simply breathtaking! Your little cottage is wonderful. I would love to have a lovely spot like that to play in.
Hugs, Jean
Hi Carolyn, I love your new theme for this year! It's charming and sophisticated at the same time.
So glad to be able to enjoy your decorating as I doubt I will get to it this year. Beautiful job as always.
Wishing you a cozy weekend. xo – g
What a cute little cottage! LOVE it! Your Christmas decor is beautiful. Love those skates ;)
Love all the white dishes! You decorate so beautifully. Glad the garden is asleep so you can show us all of these lovely pics! I think you are busy all year long! ;-)
Nothing sort of dreamy. What a lovely place--hardly looks real!
So beautiful!!!
Bye,
Marian
It is so beautiful !!...love from me.............♥.. ♥... ♥....
Beautiful !!!
Oh my....so gorgeous!!!...I scrolled through the photos at least a dozen times...thx for sharing this cottage...you are very talented and have fabulous taste...I MUST have the cream and taupe quilt!!...going back to look again...lol...xo, Mariaelena
Einfach wunderschöne Fotos!!!
Man weiss gar nicht,wo man zuerst schauen soll,so zauberhaft.
Andrea
Carolyn, lovely bedroom, it's so romantic. Cozy photos!
kisses,
Cristina
Have a nice weekend!
So so pretty Carolyn..Just gorgeous..the last photos ties it all up:)
How wonderful, this post is a dream! Anna
HI DEAREST CAROLYN I AM FINDING A DALING POST OF CHRISTMAS BEAUTIFUL FRENCH LOOK I LOVE IT EVERY BEAUTY HAND PICK BY YOU ,I TAKES TIME TO DO IT YOU ARE SO CREATIVE .THIS IS A MAGICAL POST THANK YOU FRIEND..HAVE A MAGICAL DAY .BLESSINGS ...
Wow, just incredible!!!! I want to live there. I can see all the love and hard work you have put into this project, it shows :)
you always leave me speechless...wow!!! Looks like a Winter Wonderland.....
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Fra
WOW
when can i come visit your Guestroom
incredible beautiful and magical
as comfortable and as for a princess
love your blog
Have a nice Weekend
PS: do you have snow already?
Stephanie
ooooohhhhhhh......it's all so beautiful....!!!!!
giovanna
Oh Carolyn,
Your cottage looks so romantic! I have been scrolling through your photo's several time now. There is so much to see on each one of them. You must have been at work for days, making it all look this beautiful. I didn't know you did Christmas tours as well. It sounds like so much fun!
Wish you a happy weekend!
Lieve groetjes van Madelief
Quite beautiful. You did a lovely job of decorating it. V
So lovely, Carolyn. Just love looking through all your photos. Such an inspiration! Love all the creamy whites ~
Sooo sooo gorgeous!! I just adore this room~ how beautiful! Sharing it on FB- thanks for linking up at Feathered Nest Friday! :)
Love these images. Staining the skates was a brilliant idea. I often see interesting things, but I sometimes bring them home before I have a plan.
Your cottage is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing!
Hello Carolyn!
I'm gazing at this beauty! if I were dreaming of a beautiful home for Christmas I would dream that something very much like your home!
You did a great job, you're really smart! Even the artist's touch of gray shoes for brushing the ice!
I do not get if you painted shabby style the Christmas tree ......
is really all incredibly nice and made with great attention to detail, I love it all!
I think that your will be a wonderful Christmas! Great!
Happy weekend!
Simply heavenly! I am adoring each and every detail. Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful cottage!
So lovely! I wish I lived close enough to take the Christmas House Tour.
Cindy
Absolute magic, Carolyn! It really is!
I've been looking forward to seeing more since your little sneak peek.
It's so hard not to plunge into Christmas, here, but, it does, indeed seem so strange to do so until after next Thursday and Thanksgiving. At least, I can go Christmas shopping and I'm trying to clean the house with a fury!=]
Still, living vicariously through you....;)
Love, Katy Noelle (yes! My middle name is Christmas! =]) xo
Dear Carolyn,
I know you have enjoyed your Thanksgiving Holiday but I just wanted to wish you another Happy Thanksgiving from the USA...I'm sure you will enjoy the day in your beautiful home.
Kindredly,
Shirley
Amazingly beautiful!! I could look at your photos all day long! LOVE it!!
Adorable, absolutely beautiful room, I love all:-)
Hugs, Biljana
wow, your tour guests are in for a real treat! I think they will be talking about this little cottage for a long time! It's BEAUTIFUL, XO Christie
Stunning! The cottage is simply divine. I love it!
... Thank you for sharing :)
Greetings from Australia♥
I wouldn't get out of bed if that was my room, snug under the blanket enjoying every corner of your beautiful room.
Last year's picture of the cottage is a perfect postcard view.
Happy Holidays.
Hugs,
Angela.
Hi Carolyn
That looks so cozy, I could just move in :o).
You did a great job!
Take care
Alex
Hello Carolyn,
You always do a beautiful job decorating. I am so glad you share with us - for those who will not be able to come to your tour - someday - I hope, I hope!
The first word that came to mind was serenity! I hope all goes well for you!
Blessings,
Kathy
It's just magical.
I like the mirror with the iron shutters. xx
Wow what a beautiful bed you made up Carolyn. I love that taupe toile quilt. Where did you get it? And don't say the thrift store~lol! The cottage is christmas perfection!
I think you would like the movie "The Christmas Lodge" - by Thomas Kinkade. I notice that alot of Hallmark movies are actually filmed in Canada. The lodge is like his painting "The Christmas Cottage" Your cottage is always so lovely and I agree - it is fun to try things in new places.
So very lovely.
Tasteful, elegant
Hi Carolyn,
I just came from your Christmas blog, and am amazed at the transformation!! Your French Country Cottage is Stunning and so elegant!!
I never would have thought to stain my old skates, what a fun idea!
Hugs,
Bella
Carolyn, This is so beautiful it takes my breath away.
I jusr found you from Amy at Maison Decor. We were talking about my bedroom redo, and she said to look at your blog, and especially your quilt - and... omg... i'm pretty sure that nothing is prettier than the little christmas cottage, and that bedroom! the whole thing is breathtaking, i'm sooo going to use ideas from this room in my bedroom. If you don't mind divulging where you got that quilt, i would die and go to heaven... either way, i will be following your blog now, and i can't wait to read all your posts...
Cindy
Carolyn, I've always been one for color but in this case...you've won my heart over for the whites and neutrals with the grey. Breathtaking doesn't describe this! I would LOVE to be the guest in that cottage. You'd never see me though as I'd relish in just 'being' in that room! I adore the skate finish as well...actually I noticed that right away and thought she had to have done something to make them look so great...and yet you can still see the 'vintage' in them! Really lovely! I have a pair of black skates that I hang on the door every year over a wreath...hmm I'm thinking they may need a little spruce up now! =)
I don't see an email link on your blog as I'd like to chat more about a giveaway. You can email me at:
nancysellstransferware@gmail.com (on my sidebar, upper right side as well).
I so enjoy every visit to your beautiful blog,
Nancy
What a magical place...a Christmas Cottage sounds and looks perfect for the holidays!! Absolutely gorgeous! Have a Blessed Holiday Season!
Miss Bloomers
Your Christmas cottage is absolutely stunning. I love the neutral color pallette you used, so calm and serene.
The ice skates are wonderful and love the toys under the tree.
It is all very lovely.
hello Carolyne,
i love your pictures! Thanks sharing with us! greetings from the Netherlands
Heidi
I LOVE the beauty in this room. I am also a lover of taupes and creams and whites. I have whiteware too and it just goes so nicely with any decor.
Your decorating takes my breath away. I simply adore your blog!
Linda @ Truthful Tidbits
WOW What can I say that hasnt already been said about your lovely home? Outstanding.Thank you
Deidre~
Http://simplysimplisticated4.blogspot.com
You have a great eye for country chic/shabby chic and you have make your space a little romantic haven! Great job and continue having fun!
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