Cottage Visit
I stopped by my cottage the other day to grab some folders, turn the compost and move some furniture around. I also took a few shots of some changes…
I love my pathway at the bottom of the hill, with the hillside greenery creeping in. I'm thinking about planting moss around the edges of the pavers.
Hanging in the tree are the mission style solar lanterns I hung about 2 years ago. They hang from bird feeder hooks and just dangle in the trees. Because of the energy efficient LED lights inside, they cast a strong glow still at night. They should last for another 8 years!
I had an entire square tray filled with glass bottles that's been shot for everything from Country Home to Martha Stewart's Body + Soul magazine. I thought it was time for a change, so I took apart the display and put the bottles on the fireplace mantel.
I had A LOT of bottles, so more went into the outdoor tiered wall holder. They are begging for cuttings, aren't they?
And my horse shoe ribbon wreath! I love this wreath, but it was time to move it from the upstairs to the living room since I moved the driftwood mirror that once hung here to my other house. It adds a punch of color, doesn't it? I'm still looking for horse show ribbons at flea markets. My friends who did compete in horse shows says these ribbons aren't exactly 1st place prizes… but who cares? I love it.
Great way to us the ribbons! I may have to attempt this using soem of my ribbons I have from winning at the local aggricultural fair. Beats having them stack up in a box!
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I love the pathway and the solar lanterns! I never thought to hang them up instead of sticking them in the ground.
Love the wreath! Wasn’t it just featured in a national magazine? It seems so familiar…
I just love old bottles. There is something about old thick glass, and thinking about who might have used these bottles, and the fact that the bottle survived. Thanks for sharing.
I know exactly what tray you are talking about! I saved that article from body & soul magazine…or was it a different mag? natural home perhaps?
anyway…i love that article. i’ve done some repurposing and eco articles myself on my biz blog and my design blog. come on by and check them out everyone!
blessings,
Amy
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I like your new bottle display a lot better than the one that appeared in all those photos. You get to see more of them than their necks. And you can actually use your coffee table if you want.
The latticy-thingy (window box?) adds something to it too.
I too have a bit of a bottle fetish and being short of space, I’m starting to hang them from my balcony ceiling as sort of suncatchers, along with glass windchimes and other gewgaws I’ve been given over the years. I just kink a piece of coat-hanger wire around the neck of the bottle – sometimes I add a bead or two – and suspend it from a light chain or a length of copper wire. And add cuttings, of course. It’s urban rustic.