❤️Vintage Spools of Sewing Thread❤️

I have a huge stash of vintage sewing thread on old wooden spools and I am always rummaging in the containers trying to find the perfect color for a mending project and I am almost always successful. via

Built-in Cupboards and Drawers❤️

It would be fun to organize these cupboards but it would be a shame to close the doors and hide all of your beautiful things, wouldn't it? via

Great Before and After Renovation

This is so fabulous, isn't it?

I do love a great Before & After photo.

I found this cottage on Instagram

Christian Daw Design

Enjoy this larger photo and the weekend. xo

🐾 Dog Breeds That No Longer Exist 🐾

It's a dreary Friday here at my cottage. I spent the first two hours in a webinar for continuing education credits for my real estate license. The sun is supposed to come out later this afternoon and maybe I will rake some wet leaves.

I enjoyed reading this BBC fascinating article about dog breeds that time forgot. See link below:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211105-the-bizarre-dog-breeds-time-forgot

Listen to a 7 minute segment on NPR about Turn Spit Dogs. There is an illustration too:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/05/13/311127237/turnspit-dogs-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-vernepator-cur

🐾🐾Enjoy🐾🐾

Have a great weekend.

Historic Lodge in England

The Lodge, Greys Court, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England via National Trust https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/

HISTORY OF THE FAMILIES WHO OWNED GREYS COURT

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/greys-court/features/the-families-of-greys-court

This is a good read with photos♡

Enjoy. xo

🐾Two Lovely Paintings of Dogs🐾

Yes, please. 

I love the dog paintings and the chair too.

photo source

Sleeping Porch in A Grand Old House

 I have always loved houses with sleeping porches and this one is wonderful. I would feel very safe sleeping outside up high like this. I would be uneasy on the ground floor. What fun it would be to wake up there on a summer morning. Watching it snow outside in the winter in this seating area would be fun too. I copied this photo from the MLS.