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Our Sitting Room + Dining Room at the Poplar Cottage (How One Small Room Does It All)
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Our Sitting Room + Dining Room at the Poplar Cottage (How One Small Room Does It All)
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How We Made our Charming Café Curtains on a Budget
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The Poplar Cottage Upstairs Bathroom Reveal
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A Cute Cedar Fence for Our Cute Cottage
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Eek! We Started the Primary Bathroom Remodel
Eek! We Started the Primary Bathroom Remodel

an impromptu start to our long-awaited bathroom remodel!

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Creating a Lilac Hedge (+ a tip for using landscape fabric)
Creating a Lilac Hedge (+ a tip for using landscape fabric)

an easy-to-grow wind and privacy hedge

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Gardens & FlowersCathyJuly 5, 2021 Comments
Happy Friday 7/2/21
Happy Friday 7/2/21

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Happy Friday 6/25/21
Happy Friday 6/25/21

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You're Invited!

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Happy Friday! 6/18/21
Happy Friday! 6/18/21

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A Poplar Update + Our Plans for Finishing the Attic
A Poplar Update + Our Plans for Finishing the Attic

Sharing the plans for the finished attic at the Poplar Cottage…

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Happy Friday 6/11/21
Happy Friday 6/11/21

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Why We Still Haven't Refinished the Hardwoods in the Kitchen
Why We Still Haven't Refinished the Hardwoods in the Kitchen

and have no plans to anytime soon. Here’s why…

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Happy Friday 6/4/21
Happy Friday 6/4/21

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