The Latest Cabinet Makeover The latest project to hit Painted Cottage is a Cottage Chic Rustic Wall Cabinet Makeover. I purchased this small wall cabinet many years ago. Back in it’s day it was very stylish. It actually still holds a lot of charm but needed some freshening up. The …
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Fun Farmhouse Cottage Mason Jar Projects
Transform Your Old Mason Jars Who doesn’t love a great Mason Jar? With the following Fun Farmhouse Cottage Mason Jar Projects you will soon be transforming all of those leftover, abandoned, tired little jars into objects that will quickly become the envy of your friends. links will whisk you off …
Vintage China Cabinet Makeover
Vintage China Cabinet Makeover Quite awhile ago, while perusing Craigslist I happened upon a very lovely Vintage China Cabinet. This beautiful cabinet had lovely carvings and moldings and heck, she was dirt cheap. I felt the need to stuff yet another piece of furniture into my kitchen aka small dining …
Fresh Flower Place Cards On A Budget
Fresh Flower Place Cards I recently hosted my book club at my home and I wanted it to have a garden party theme. This of course would require fresh flowers. There is something quite elegant and heartwarming about fresh flowers, especially fresh flower place cards. You don’t have to be an …
Petite Wing-chair Makeover
Petite Wing-chair Makeover STOP! Don’t throw away your ugly chairs! No Skills to sew slipcovers or re-upholster? No worries! Read on my friends and transform those drab, outdated chairs into something you can be proud of. Otherwise I will be by your curbside to pick them up myself. By now …
French Display Cabinet Makeover
A Lovely french Display cabinet makeover You won’t believe this incredible French Display Cabinet Makeover. I picked up this little beauty as an afterthought. I had been keeping my eye on her on Craigslist. She started out a bit pricey and the seller was touting her as an antique. I could …
New Concrete Garden Art at Painted Cottage
New Concrete Garden Art Molds Please check out all of the charming Concrete Garden Art by clicking on the page link above. A few months ago I had a great opportunity to acquire several beautiful and unique concrete garden art molds from a wonderful artist who was getting out of the business. …
Beautiful Wood Carvings from an Estate Sale
Hello My Little Pretties – Beautiful Wood Carvings I can’t tell you how exciting it is to come across such beautiful wood carvings. I was at an Estate Sale just sort of browsing when I came across these little lovelies. So many pretty vintage wood corbels and wood onlays. The …
Shabby Chic Garden Rose Cake
A stunning shabby chic garden rose cake. Beautiful rose cakes always get my attention. The icing roses on this rose cake blend beautifully with the china painted roses on this endearing vintage plate. I have a small collection of mismatched plates, saucers and tea cups with lovely roses like these. …
Charming Cottage Porch Swing
Cottage Porch Swing – From Antique Bed to Perfection First of all, seeing such a fresh and breezy cottage porch swing makes me lighthearted, but alas, living in the city can have it’s drawbacks. One would be lucky to have a huge porch where such a decadent cottage porch swing could …