Cottage Keeping #24

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:

It’s time to do a little updating to the website! I’m going to spend some time this weekend tweaking and updating a few things so if you see some glitchy, weird things happening, that’s likely why! I hope that we all enjoy the new layout and changes.

dark wood stained square with snowflake etched in the middle sitting on a mantel with greenery around it cottage keeping

Anyone ready for cooler weather? I’m ready to decorate for Christmas and incorporate this Delicate Snowflake Winter Desk Art into my decor! Isn’t it pretty? What’s even better is True Stock Studios gave me a coupon code for you to use on their site. Just enter Yellow Cottage Living at checkout for 25% off sitewide! Go check out all their amazing wood decor pieces.

The kids survived their first week of school. I think it’s going to be a good year for my babies! Bailey has driven himself to school and navigated dropping Maverick off at the Junior High without any issues. Praise the Lord!

We were supposed to close on our TX house yesterday. Unfortunately, there was some issue with the appraisal being submitted in a timely manner so now we’re scheduled to close on Tuesday. Definitely bittersweet to sell that house since it’s where I did some of my very first and undocumented DIYs and really fell in love with design and decorating.

This week on the blog, I offered a few thoughts on how we can make the most of the days our kids are in school. You may also enjoy my other back-to-school posts for my DIY Back to School Wreath and how you can have stress-free school day mornings! Coming up, I’ll finally tell you all about the easy and budget-friendly curtains I hung on my back porch!

What the Cottage Keeper is Loving This Week:

This dreamy garage makeover has me inspired to go clean out my own garage!

I’m loving these DIY Cement Leaves! What a cool project. So many fun ways these could be used!

Want a She Shed, but have not shed? Check out this She Shed in a room!

Is it possible to have too many cake stands? This DIY Cake Stand is so pretty!

Are you ready to fall? I’m gonna go buy some velvet and get to work on these velvet pumpkins and imagine it’s 40 degrees cooler outside than it really is!

Also, be sure and stop by my friends who have created 11 Easy Home Decor Crafts for Fall!