Cottage Keeping is my weekly post where I talk about my week and share my favorite DIYs, home decor, recipes, and other great posts from around the web.

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The Cottage Keeper’s Thoughts:

My apologies for the absolute silence I provided last week. We had a mentally exhausting few days and I just wasn’t worth much of anything and definitely didn’t have any creativity flowing from anywhere.

Why was the week mentally exhausting? It began with discovering the house we were building’s (were is the keyword in this situation) foundation was framed facing the wrong street! We had never been informed that the plan we had selected would not fit on the lot we selected facing the right street! So we spent a few days trying to figure out how we were going to remedy this situation.

The builder’s representatives have all been extremely apologetic and basically, let us start all over again. So this week we chose a new lot, a new plan, and selected new interior finishes. We are really pleased with that new setup and view this all as a blessing in disguise.

In addition, I was anticipating a pretty life-changing phone call or email that came late Friday afternoon. I will be starting a new full-time position as an Accounts Payable Accountant in a few weeks. You can read all about this development here on the blog!

With that news out in the open, I’ll be closing up my in-person organizing services around October 13 and will take a few days off before I start my new venture on October 18th. But don’t worry! I’ll be ramping up my organizing posts here on the blog and will still operate my facebook group!

I’ve mentioned before that I am working on a pretty big update to the website. I have done a little bit of work on it, but have a ton more to do before it’s ready to go live.

Quite honestly, that’s about all I’ve had going on, other than working with clients, for the past couple of weeks. You can read all about my plans to do a major purge of my current home before we move into the house we’re building next spring.

Coming up soon, I’ll be tackling some shoe organization ideas and I’m working on a few posts related to organizing the abundance of kid stuff – clothes, toys, crafts, etc – that seems to accumulate in our homes.

What the Cottage Keeper is Loving:

Since it’s officially fall, I’ve been craving Panera’s Autumn Squash Soup so I can’t tell you how excited I am to try my friend Stephanie’s Copycat Panera Autumn Squash Soup!

Want to know how to add shine to your pumpkins and gourds? Sweet Pea is dropping the deets for your shiniest pumpkins and gourds to display this fall.

How amazing is this DIY Fall Wall Art?

These Pumpkin Snickerdoodles are a fall favorite at our house! Can’t wait to whip up our first batch soon!

Start getting your kitchen ready for all your holiday baking and entertaining by decluttering these 20 things from your kitchen!

Building a Christmas Tree Collar for one of my smaller Christmas trees is on my to-do list for the next month or so. Check out this simple tutorial from Ana White.

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