Days and days and weeks and weeks. We kept searching, scrolling, and antiquing for a mate for the missing window right of the fireplace. From …
The Eyes Have It
Life On The Outside
When you visit the nature coast, don’t expect nature to change what it has been doing since alligators were dinosaurs to suit your modern sterilized …
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
When renovating an old house, any house for that matter, you must draw the line where history begins and ends. The last owner of this …
Rock the Coastal Cottage
The coastal town of Yankeetown has a decently recorded history. The most condensed version of this history we have found so far is in a …
Absence of Light
It’s hard to imagine what sorts of things went on in this tiny dark corner of the cottage. It wreaked of urine, the floors (and …
The 100 Inch Kitchen
Most people think “design” is all about making something pleasing to the eye. Although true, this is only half the soul of truly good design. …
June Lights Up
There’s no perfect way to begin, so just begin and see what happens next… Wayne the electrician has done an awesome job getting us ready …
Memorial Day Weekend 22
As Americans, we like to lay claim to our conquests by planting a flag on them. The moon, Iwo Jima, and even sometimes a cheeseburger. …
Dawn on the Daybook Cottage
There’s something about the sunrise when you’re on the coast that says, “today is full of possibilities”. When I look at this old craftsman-inspired cottage …