A Storybook Life - Creative Home and Garden Ideas From Our Cottage in The Woods

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Web Name: A Storybook Life - Creative Home and Garden Ideas From Our Cottage in The Woods

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I have lots of Pinterest ideas for you! I m not sure if you ve had a chance to peek, but I ve created lots of great Pinterest boards for you filled with all things home, garden, farmhouse kitchen, cottage decorating, how-to, DIY, recipes, trash to treasure, and more! You can find me by clicking on this link: Pinterest Ideas From A Storybook LifeI love looking at what others have done, not so I can simply copy their ideas, but so it can be an inspirational jumping point to get creative juices flowing for my own projects.As you take in ideas from so many people and places, you might hear different voices saying things like you can t do it that way, you should always do it this way, you need to go buy these items, or you can t use those colors together, etc. I think we have to be very careful as we take in SO MANY ideas, that we try to stay true to the style that is uniquely us. If we don t, we all start looking the same and what a boring world that is!I always tell my children in life, we need to eat the fish spit out the bones. What do I mean by that? Simply, as we take in ideas, keep the bits we love let go of the bits that don t belong. It s nearly never a whole image that inspires me the most, but rather the little bits here and there that become the best Pinterest ideas for me. They may even be things that others don t even notice! Perhaps it s a little item on a bookshelf, a pattern on a piece of cloth, or a particular plant in a whole garden bed of flowers. The most important thing when creating your home space is to surround yourself with things that you and your family love, and a space that feels like it gives you a hug every time you walk into it! Bird prints, vintage Audubon prints botanical prints are some of my favorite things!The sad thing is, vintage prints, especially bird botanical prints, are sometimes very difficult to find. I ve been keeping my eyes open while treasure hunting through the different shops in our area hoping to find something anything! On a recent trip to one of my favorite little shops not far from our village, I was going through a pile of linens, when all of the sudden, my eye caught what looked like a pile of vintage prints. Could it be? I quickly put down the linens, and made my way passed the baskets, plates other goodies, so I could take a closer look. To my surprise utter joy, it was a beautiful pile of vintage prints taken from a Birds of America book. The book is a collection of prints by naturalist and painter John James Audubon. It was first published as a series in sections between 1827 and 1838, and has been in publication since. I recently saw the book brand new in the bargain section of Barnes Noble for $18, but it s so much more fun to find some vintage versions with a bit of character. I thumbed through the pile, picking the birds that I love most those that I might see at our own feeders in the cottage garden. I also picked birds that had some blue in them, since I would be using them to decorate the dining room, it is currently dressed in blue white for the new season. Having my prints in hand, I was excited to come home begin the gallery wall project. The first thing I did, was to lay them all out on the harvest table, to see how I wanted them to look on the wall. I had a piece of reclaimed barn wood in the basement, my husband cut it into three pieces for me. On both ends of each piece of wood, we screwed a black screw to make it less noticeable.I took a piece of garden twin, tied it to each screw. I made sure to get it as tight as possible, and to leave a piece hanging for some extra character. After we had each of the three pieces strung, we measured how far apart we wanted them, and used screws to hang each of them on the wall.Then I hung each vintage bird print on the twin with a black mini clothes pin, being careful to space them evenly. Here are some close ups of the individual bird prints.Indigo BuntingBlue BirdFlorida JayWhite Throated SparrowHouse Wren (I liked the blue berries in this one

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