Dreaming Preview

Hello Friends.

Ohhhh I cannot say it enough.  We are so over winter here in the midwest.  Old Man Winter needs to leave!!! More snow due for us on Wednesday.  Ugh!!!  Enough is Enough!!!!

I thought I would show you the little bit of progress we have made on the backyard.  As I showed before the backyard was a mud pit since they put in the garage and driveway.

Yep here it is.  We had to put wood planks down to walk out there because of all the mud.  What little bit of grass we had needed to be torn out.  Not good.

After dodging Old Man Winter we finally had a few nice days last week to lay down some new sod. 

That orange cable is the new cable that needed to be put back in since the landscaper guys cut the old one roto tilling up the ground.  Ugh!!!

I was without any TV, internet etc. for 48 hours until they could get a new cable in.  Now they have to come to bury it when the weather is a little nicer.

Where this river rock is there is going to be the new deck.  Terry and I are going to build that ourselves. 

I want to use the newer composite planks that do not need any staining or painting each year.  We have pretty rough winters and with all my flowers and watering our decks always take a beating.  I heard the new composite decks are wonderful and maintenance free. 

So as soon as there is no snow in the  forecast we will begin the work on the deck.

Dreaming of having a deck area for my lounge chair and flowers like I had at the old house. 

I cannot wait to get my flowers going and have the backyard filled with lost of pretty flowers.  Right now I am just dreaming of a pretty summer backyard.

In the meantime while we wait for Spring to arrive and winter to finally leave.  Terry is taking me away for a week for my birthday.  

We are headed to one of our favorite area's in Michigan.  The South Haven, Saugatuck area on Lake Michigan. It is one of the nicest areas to visit.  Lots of shops, great restaurants in quaint little towns.

One of my favorite shops is The Found Cottage.  Liz Marie from LizMarie blog is part owner.  You can visit Liz at her beautiful blog here.  Liz and her hubby have rehabbed an old farmhouse.  It is gorgeous.  If you would like some beautiful inspiration please visit her blog.

So many fun treasures to be found in her wonderful shop.  I cannot wait to visit.

This is the little cottage we will be staying in.  It is the sweetest little place.  It is called the Quaint Cottage and it truly is.

I am hoping we can use the bikes and hit some of the pretty trails.  Not sure with the crazy weather here.  Hoping by next week the temps will climb and no more SNOW!!!!

This is the front living area in this sweet little place.

It has a cute little kitchen for our coffee in the morning.

A pretty bedroom area.

A sweet little private hot tub off the deck area.  It is nice to be in the hot tub at the end of a long day of hiking and walking the little towns. 

To sit out under the stars in the hot tub.  I love it! When it is cold outside to sit in a hot tub at night is heavenly. 
So that will be a benefit of the chilly temps going on.

Here is a sneak peek at the new wallpaper I put in my office.  I just did one wall and it looks pretty neat.  I am kind of getting into wallpaper for focal points in some of my cottage rooms.

 I will be off for awhile from blogging.  I am turning 60 this coming weekend.  Yikes when did this happen?!!!!  Have a party planned with my daughters and girlfriends on Saturday.  Terry is treating all of us to nice spa pedicures and a lunch after.  Should be fun.

Then we leave next week for Michigan.  I cannot wait to get away.  Just hoping and praying the weather will be decent for us.

I will be back in a few weeks and will hopefully have some new decor crazy reveals on the guest room/ office area and living room area.

Have a lovely week.
xoxo
Kris