Friday, April 13, 2007

Will It Ever Be Spring????

I have so very much to do to the outside our our little tiny cottage, but the weather just will not cooperate....Need to paint, plant, and hopefully, build a little porch....I love this pic for inspiration...as you can see by the pic of my cottage on the sidebar...I have a very long way to go!

I need to turn this.............


Into this.................



Or this............



Wish me luck...I will need it!
(Disclaimer...if my wannabe pics are your house....thank you for the pic...can you please come help me???)

13 comments:

Cape Cod Washashore said...

Our weather won't cooperate either! For every day of sun, we have five days of brrrrrr and clouds!

Sugar Bear said...

I too need to spruce up our curb appeal. Good luck! Wouldn't it be nice if the weather would cooperate for us all? The forecast is for snow here on Sunday - ahhh!
Karla

smilnsigh said...

Oh go for it! For any of them. Lovely ideas.

Mari-Nanci

Merci-Notes said...

Hi, Your post is sooo great! I love it..especially the end comment! i vote for the second house ( has more windows=more light) with the arched door from the first house! my front door is actually Yellow! I love it but I could post someone else's door to show my dream door!!! (too bad that door doesn't lead to Hawaii!!!)
I will be back! I will have to look up fox lake.
With Kindness,
mary

Unknown said...

The houses you are using for inspiration are very cute indeed. I really like the yellow, the porches, the white picket fence. I know that if anyone can perform a transformation it's you, but I know it must be daunting to think of what you want and where to start. Thanks for sharing your plans.

allie from minneapolis
www.mycozyhome.typepad.com

PurpleFlowerFairy said...

Sounds like the weather here. It's the middle of April and we had snow AGAIN! Love the "after" photos, how pretty! Have fun =) Amazing what some paint and flowers can do... Some of our landscape blocks need some MAJOR help - LOL! It all needs redone at our house... Happy Spring, Debbie

Jules of Whimsicalnotions blog said...

i think you will do it ,your house looks like it has the basis to become your dream,good luck with it,and i am the same i took inspiration from a darling pink house in our town i finally have the picket fence and little gate i like you dreamed over now i need the climbing roses etc.Like your bllog
Jullie

Sarah and Jack said...

Hello again! I don't see an email link on your blog and I need to get your mailing address for the Pink and Green swap. Can you email me at daisykins514@yahoo.com please? Thanks.

Cape Cod Washashore said...

Thank you for your sweet note on my blog this evening! =) Yes, we are in the middle of a Nor'Easter and I hear we may get 5 inches of rain overnight and have horrible flooding. This is one time I am glad I don't live TOO close to the ocean! =)

Design.by.Kina said...

I can see it... just keep doing things little by little and someday you'll be amazed:-)

Of course, the weather is a problem... !! But today's looking pretty nice:-)

Design.by.Kina said...

By the way, I think we're almost neihbors... Fox Lake is near Chicago, righ?

Janet L Christian said...

Arlene I have that same picture of the yellow house on my dream board. Great minds think alike.

Sadie Olive said...

very cute post! I too am trying to spruce up our home's exterior. It started as a pumpkin orange stucco house! yuck! I am slowing getting somewhere, but it has been at least six months since we started! I wish you speedy success on your project!