When I started this blog nearly a year ago now I had not long moved into the Beach Cottage. There was a lot of work to do. But there was lots of potential. I knew that my unique combination of love of vintage furniture, the shabby old pieces that no-one else seemed to have a love for and the simple coastal decorating palette of white and neutrals would mean that I could have a quite nice, but still a bit tatty round the edges cottage, fairly near to the sea, on a budget.
I set about scouring the beachside suburbs to add to my already collected shabby old furniture, my mounds of vintage linen and tablecloths, my lovely old faded floral sheets and battered old suitcases, a lot of which I had brought with us from England.
I've always loved to search for old things and fixing up this old place on a budget was nothing more than a pleasure for me, inspiring me to find new ways to get the vintage beach look, the joy of hunting for time worn things that money certainly cannot just buy anda calculated move away from the incessant consumerism that can easily swallow us up.
Which leads me to this old table. A true trash to treasure story for sure.
I found her on the way for a paddle, my boys in the back of the car, Mr BC driving happily along, radio on. Get the picture? When suddenly I spy this old coffee table out on the road.
Me: Stop, I'm want that.
Boys: Muuuuuum!
Me: Look at the top it's been naturally weathered by errrm weather and time.
Boys: Don't we have enough shabby old furniture?
Me: Yeah but not that size, with those faded old planks to the top
Boys: The kayak is on top of the car.
Mr BC: I can get it on top
Me: It's sooooo perfect, I am soooo excited
Boys: not again purrrleeeaaase!
Mr BC: boys you need to learn a lesson about keeping women happy
So we strapped that baby on, Mr Teenage Beach Cottage, Mr BC and I struggled to get it on next to the kayak, the little one standing below just waiting for a paddle…
I painted the legs white and haven't yet gotten around to shabbying them up with a sandpaper attack but I am loving how it looks with my wish-I-hadn't-bought leather sofas, this room is certainly a work in progress, I wish a lot of things about it were different, the big old numero uno being those hideous patio doors, whoever invented them should be shot…and I'd love a bit of errrm character in here, my plan is to tongue and groove it, sometime very soon….here are the doors from the outside before, you can see what I was working with, hmm…
Today I added these hessian/burlap covered votive holders to add a bit of natural texture against the wood and to contrast with the white leather and walls and of course so that I could play along with Rhodas, burlap partay and Susan's Tablescape Event, make sure you go over and start clicking on the linkies.
Whaddya think? Ya like?
And just in case you might be needing a few more ideas for what to do with a burlap sack, hmmm, I think I can give you a few starters, being the hessian-queen lately *wink
and then there was the bucket bag, I made to hold my tiny collection of magazines and home books…and if you like the look of it I did a tutorial for it, too easy and too addictive, just click here
So that's it, I'm thinking my hessian phase may be over but yeah I said that last week …oh I just added a heap of new inpspirational pics to the beach decorating portal at Beachcottageinspiration.com, – no adverts, horrid little pop ups or anything just loaded with ideas tumbling out at ya – come surf on over with a pina colada!
You are seriously the BURLAP QUEEN…always inspired by you. Always expect something new and exciting! Thanks so much for allowing us to go on this journey with you…I am enjoying it SO much!
Just wanted to add that I love your leather lounges they look fab. I love the look of a bit of old mixed with new, also loving the oar on the wall, I have been thinking of doing that in my loungeroom and you may have just given me the inspiration to do it!
That coffee table is beyond gorgeous! It looks like one I would see in an expensive store, with a hefty price tag to match. I cannot believe someone set that out to give away, with all that great wood on top. They must set out giveaway furniture in Australia much more frequently than they do here in Texas. Great score.
Lovin’ every bit of it…you know i love how you just seem to “pick” up fabulous, old furniture..we just don’t find furniture on the side of the street like ya’ll do. Love that coffee table !!
xo bj
Why the big push on every post to view your inspirational pics?
Most of those pics have been done to death on every1 else`s blogs. Come up with a new refreshing concept but to just snag other peoples pics that have been around the block is, frankly my dear, old and boring.
You should also familarise yourself with copyright/intellectual property laws and ask permission of the intellectual owner of each of those pictures before you use them, private use is a different matter but your inspirational website is not private, and to just acknowledge the source is hardly sufficient.
That table is gorgeous, I saw something similar (but not so nicely weathered) for $400 when we were looking for a new coffee table. We got one on Gumtree for £35 in the end, and it is a beast!
Council pick up week is my favourite shopping time. I just love stumbling on to treasures but if you think my home is overcrowded you are wrong. because many of the things I pick up I give away to friends who are so, so happy to receive them. Where do you get your hessian from please?
Oh Sarah – I love love love your house! The leather sofas look fine by the way Your photos are really inspiring to me as I’m on a tight budget too, and just need the kick up the backside to cover everything in white paint which I’ve been meaning to do for only FOUR YEARS now!! Keep showing us more of the same pretty please
Your house is so gorgeous. Who needs decor mags when we can just come here? That table is seriously fabulous. I wouldn’t have been able to drive by either! Nice nab!
Once again, you have scored big on the perfect treasure for the beach cottage!
And that is one smart man you are married to. His message to your sons…”Boys you need to learn a lesson about keeping women happy”…was priceless! Hmmmm…I guess that’s why my husband doesn’t say anything about all the pink and florals at my house! LOL.
OMG I love that table! I agree with what others have said, no-one leaves good stuff like that out near me.
Your site is an inspiration to me and as I am doing my house over on a budget, every visit is a joy, thank you so much.
Beautiful!! I love your style and I think your leather sofas fit in perfectly with your decorating. You have inspired me to decorate my back porch in painted white furniture with beige and blue. I have been yard saleing and have picked up some incredibly cheap (err, inexpensive) vintage arm-chairs. It is sooo much fun!! Love your ideas of ways to use burlap. I may have to copy them for my porch! Hugs, ~cindy s~
Yeah, Sarah! I think you ARE the burlap queen. Love your coffee table & the way you relay your stories are so much fun. thanks for playing today! I adore ALL your projects and pics.
I’m so jealous of your vision! You are incredibly gifted and I look forward to each and every post you do because your site serves as a constant source of inspiration for me!
Sarah – love what you’ve done with the burlap votives! They almost have an animal print feel. So cool. And, I’m so glad you rescued that table! It’s a perfect addition to all your shabby white lovelies. Your story sounds like mine that I posted today – please stop by and read it, I could use a little trash to treasure shabby help.
Blessings,
Marie http://emmacallsmemama.com
Looking good! I saw some burlap salt bags (Mediterranean salt) at a Vide Greniers the other day, and was forcibly reminded of you! I thought about buying some and having a go at some of your projects, but chickened out that time. Maybe next time… Thanks for your kind comments on my blog. I’ve just finished another bowl of cherries…
I love the table. So glad you stopped on the roadside to get it! I love all the creative ways you use the burlap. You’ve given me some great ideas. Thanks!
Traci
The coffee table is amazing. Perfectly weathered. Big bucks in a retail store for what nature can do! The curtains look so wonderful. Although I can’t see the no smoking sign anymore and it makes me sad. ha ha just kidding.
Tanya
You do have a way with hessian! Could have passed off those photos as clippings from beach cottage vouge. Guess we all have those vintage sliding doors to deal with but with a bit of creative inspiration like yours all kinds of things are possible.
don’t worry a second about getting the burlap to West Texas…I am in NO hurry..i am just thankful that you will share..I so appreciate it. Be sure to put your return address on so that I can send you a nice card…ok?
Been wondering if the Beach Cottage kids have white rooms, too!!?
hugs, bj
Goodness Sarah the process Tony goes through to make his timber look like the top of your coffee table – and here you are finding it on the side of the road!! – mind you I bet most would have driven past and not had the “vision” you did.
You’ve done a fantastic job, love the way it all flows together, not too overdone, not too sparse and clinical looking – just Perfect!
Hello again Sarah!
I loved your inspiration board
In your first photo – the skirt over the kitchen cupboard doors, I’ve seen it done with soft hessian (burlap) I’m probably not telling you anything new as I bet you’ve seen it done before too. Isn’t it interesting the different textures of hessian – I’ve seen a few wonderful real life creations, shall try and sneak my camera in and take some pics to send you
I am moving today to my new villa and let me tell you your blog is a constant source for inspiration. I also love your inspiration board. thanks for all that you share with us.
It is so pretty, Sarah. And I really like the view behind your couch too. That’s pretty good, you realize. When you can make the back look just as good as the front!
Brenda
Oh my dear!!! I love that table and you have just done it justice. Imagine your room without it now…It really beaches things up. I just love coming by to visit you. I always leave feeling rested with a smile on my face…thank you~
G'day! I'm Sarah, I live in a tatty old cottage, near the sea in Australia with a battered old deck & a big old fig tree out the back...stripped wooden floors, old sash windows & a jumble of vintage furniture. [Read More …]
G’day ladies, oooh have I got a good Beach Cottage recipe for you or have I got a good recipe for you. Â Well it’s actually not Beach Cottage, I cannot claim that… So, a couple of months ago I met up with a couple of blogging friends, AllConsuming and Mrs W for a lil [...]
G'day ladies, let's have a Too Easy Beach Cottage recipe yeah? Â The original place for Too Easy Recipes on the web ;-)
So, after my last salad went down a storm in my inbox, that's here if you missed it, I had to do this one seeing as I make it most weeks.
There is a problem with this salad and kiddos though...it looks, well, it looks, kinda yucky...but once they try it, they'll ask if and when they are next having it....at least that's what happens in this ratty old cottage...but I must interject here that my kiddos are 'good eaters'? ...they didn't get a choice in that ;-)
Now, stop, don't start running and hitting that next on your blog reading list, pulses are your best friend in the Too Easy Dump & Go kitchen for the busy mum, or busy anyone for that matter...that reminds me I must blog the garlic canneloni Go To for when you forgot to do dinner, feel like a bath but have three ravenous young Beach Cottage Kiddos on your hands...another day.
I am almost embarrassed to tell you how easy this is, we have it so much that I always have a couple, make that six, cans of lentils around and a jar of goat's cheese in the fridge...the great thing about this is that it's all too easy to get ready in just a few minutes, but it looks, tastes and seems like you did oh so very much more than that.
You can obviously too change it up a bit depending on what you have to hand in your kitchen, and I must say that is how I settled on this version...because one day when I made it I didn't have enough Parsley in the garden and so I chucked in some basil too, and liked the Summer feel it added.
I think of this as being a rather posh salad, not sure why, because it couldn't really be further from the truth...the great thing is that it works so well for an average run of the mill day, (when I did this for this blog post, it was a hot Sydney Sunday and I did it just simply to go with Rosemary & Garlic stuffed pork, you can see that pork here),
...but just as easily it works on a regular old Wednesday night when you have lost all enthusiasm for rustling up yet another meal, or indeed on Saturday night, when your friends are on their way over for dinner and you my friend, are in your new vintage inspired clawfoot bathtub (that's me in a few weeks time, k?) without any clothes on, a tipple and no idea what to cook for dinner...
I have a complicated and ever-changing relationship with goat's cheese...it never fails me in its performance and it never fails to impress me (you can find out a bit more on what I like in food here if you like) and I kinda collect it...because it's very easy to collect and has a fairly long fridge-life, I love trying out different ones and there's not many things I love more than goat's cheese on sourdough...but I think the best thing about it is not thinking about it exclusively in the toast/salad department...I've stuffed it in chicken and all sorts of things as a last minute and it's been fab.
But let's get down to the nitty gritty of this super salad that makes you look like an angel who has been on her knees all day scrubbing the front step when really you are in the digital world and spent most of ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, howdy, howdy howdy today for a Beach Cottage Too Easy recipe.
If you like cake, cream, sugar and chocolate, make this.
This is, rather than a recipe, a putting it together...as you know I am no dessert maker, but, I do make quite a few sweet things, because, somehow I have ended up with kiddos, who in their roles as offspring, believe that part of the deal, is that not only do I feed them a home-cooked meal with a few homegrown ingredients in there, yes, they also believe that dessert and not the kind that comes out of a packet is included too in this All-Inclusive Deal they call Parenthood.
So, this, for sure, is no culinary masterpiece, but if you are looking for something that is so very easy, dump-able, uses everyday ingredients and at the same time makes you look like you spent hours pulling things together plus tastes good....well, then this is for you.
Best though, you don't make this for yourself, if you have spent the most part of your week sitting on your derriere reading blogs...this my friend ain't low in the calories department...if, however, you are treating yourself to a delight in a mason jar, this is so for you.
I first had a version of this when at dinner back in Old Blighty with a girl, I once, in another life, caught the train up from our village to London with...she was a funny thing really...I am not quite sure how we got on...she was kinda prissy and a bit bothered by too much...I would run to the train flustered, having got up late, and she would have a spreadsheet on the train times, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, a few years later when we both had bambinos, I bumped into her again and we met up for playdates and dinner sometimes....this particular night, after a lovely meal she served up little bowls of creamy, cakey fruity stuff topped off with chocolate flake...it was delicious!
She didn't serve hers in little jars like this, hers were in a champagne glass and not quite so layered as these ones, plus she used tinned fruit not fresh or frozen.
Years later when said offspring kept requesting dessert, one day I wangled together somehow these from what was around in the fridge and they've been with us ever since.
Most likely, if you ever come here for dinner, and shock horror, you dont' bring the dessert with you, this, if you are lucky, will be what you will get.
Throw it all together, sprinkle a lil bit of chocolate on the top and the blog reading past-time you so rudely left in order to make this, is my friend, your oyster.
Beach Cottage Too Easy Layered Raspberry, Cream & Sponge Dessert
1 small maderia or butter cake or a pack of cupcakes (or of course make your own)
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
8 tbsp fruit
1 x chocolate Flake or chocolate bar for grating
 1. beat the cream cheese  until it is soft
2. Â whip the cream until soft peaks form
3. combine & add the sugar through
4. cut your cake into portions
& layer into the bottom of your jar
5. add a tablespoon of fruit
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6. layer on top the cream combo
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7. repeat
8. grate chocolate or Flake on top
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*Beach Cottage Recipe Notes : this is just a guide really, you can use any cream that you have on hand...I have made this with clotted cream (don't even go there unless you want to seriously get these babies on your thighs), with double cream and I have even, in desperate times squirted in that, ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, well I thought it was time for some blogging tips here today, alongside a few nice flowers and shells ;-)Â
I was recently part of a blogger discussion group over at Kidspot and a couple of hours later had a few questions from girls who couldn't make it to the live chat, one was on my Facebook page and one via email, the Facebook one I will deal with in another Real Girl Blogging Tips post...the email one asked me what essentials do I think every blog needs?
Well I have been around here for a while now doing the blogging thing, so I should know this, yeah and I mused this on my walk by the sea this morning I thought well what do you only need?
...I think it is really very easy when blogging, whether or not you are blogging up there in the lofty heights of the Super Bloggers or you are just dipping your toe in the water, to get side-tracked by 101 million different things that are 'essential' to your blog and if you are someone like me who actually gets a thrill from reading blogging tips then you are in an even worse place because you will find yourself literally buzzing with these essential things to add/do/implement on your blog.
However, walking along, gulping down that brisk sea air today (no sunshine & clouds) I thought you actually don't need any of that professional blogging stuff to be successful...but there are a few things that are pretty much crucial ...and once I started to think about it I got it down to about 5 - these are the only things that you need to concentrate on...once you have read through take a look at some of the big girl's blogs...you'll see that actually they don't have bundles of stuff on their blogs...but they do have all of these...
So here are my top things that your blog must have
1. About Page
There are all sorts of About Pages out there, and if you search on it there are many different tips and ideas for what to have on yours
Whatever blogging platform you use, adding an About Me Page is easy, quick and simple and will do everything to grow your blog.
I like a long-ish About Page, I am inherently nosy and I like to know a bit more about the person but at the least you should have on it your name and where you are located. Â I also think a photo is good too...over the last year or so I think this has become more important in blogging - if you are hesitant about that as I was, you can try using sunglasses or a behind shot until you get comfortable.
There is nothing worse than stumbling upon a new blog and going to find out more to only be faced with a piddly little one liner About Me Page...well there is something worse, not having one at all!
2. Contact Page
The chances are someone, somewhere will want to contact you and you will be surprised what lands in your inbox once you put yourself out there on the world wide web with a blog.
Many bloggers also use this page to include details for PR's/brands that may want to contact them and some bloggers put their stats on there too.
A short, to the point and simple Contact Page works really well...whenever I have wanted to contact another blogger I am often very busy and have limited time so I don't want to hang around sifting through information looking for an email address, so concise and clear ...
G'day lovely Beach Cottage lovelies.
So, yeah, so on a roll people, so on a roll.Â
I feel kinda home accessory wired right now.
I am always telling people, if anyone ever listens, that blogging is all about passion, not that sort of passion, but about passion that makes one tick.
Things like this make me tick tick boom.
I love finding things that suit my budget and let me treat my home but look amazing too.
So without further adieu I introduce you, ladies of the beach, to the blue vintage glasses that I have been stroking for about a week or two now...
These glasses are from a little boutique I sometimes happen upon, this boutique sells also pet accessories, carpet cleaner, bras and compost...it's quite unique though.
And, thanks to my friend Marnie (she blogs over here, go take a look at her praying position, interesting), who just so happens to be one day having me over for a lil' Greek dinner, has let me in on the fact that we call Kmart....The KMart...with an accent ....as in 'I love The KMart'...just like her MIL does. Â Oh yeah. Â Love that.
So I have had my eye on reproduction vintage glass blue wine glasses and being trying to find real true vintage blue glasses for like ever.
Oh yes I have spied them in Frenchy boutiques, I have lusted after them in stores that I shouldn't even enter and I have put them back pretty quickly in those shops with the hand-written price tags. Â C'mon, you know the ones.
And, though all of the above have tempted me, muchly, really, even with my wardrobe stashing skills I just thought that, actually, I'd rather be saving that casherooni for our next trip overseas..
Hello The KMart.
Tick Tick Boom
Vintage style blue wine glasses.
Do not come to my old place and think you might pick up one of these and smile with pleasure at their handblown quality, their weight, and be secretly jealous that my wine glasses cost more than your car...friend, that would not happen...these do not feel like that...indeed these in a funny way reminded me of my baby girl, she was a tiny little thing, with stick legs, the tinsssssssiest ankles and wrists you ever did see, she slept sideways in her cot wedged in between rolled up blankets and would only settle attached to Mr Beach Cottage or I or a (dirty) pj top of mine scrunched up under her nose...the first few times I picked her up to cuddle, being used to Honeymoon Baby who weighed in at 9lbs at birth and has never really stopped growing, I nearly threw her little bird-cum-rat down covered body over my shoulder.
These glasses are like that...be careful or you might lose your wine down the front of your shirt.
But oh baby, we are not talking picking up here, we are not talking quality, we are not talking house accessory snobbery.
Beach Cottage ladies, we are talking aesthetics.
And this is what I need in my cottage.
Blue vintage style glass, paired with coastal / nautical / beach stuff on my deck.
It's The KMart.
Tune in tomorrow, tomorrow, I have more budget foofing for your home, or maybe it will be the dress that wraps me up in supermarket-chic and makes me feel like me again.
Good Day to you my friends, wanna come hang out on my deck, talk house accessories, The KMart and drink some wine from blue glasses?
Sarah
You are seriously the BURLAP QUEEN…always inspired by you. Always expect something new and exciting! Thanks so much for allowing us to go on this journey with you…I am enjoying it SO much!
-Kennesha
http://www.menmyhouseblog.blogspot.com
Cute votives! The entire room and all of your “burlap” inspiration is gorgeous!
I am in love with your coffee table it looks fantastic! and am loving the burlap as well it looks great.
Just wanted to add that I love your leather lounges they look fab. I love the look of a bit of old mixed with new, also loving the oar on the wall, I have been thinking of doing that in my loungeroom and you may have just given me the inspiration to do it!
Grabbing my Pina now and headinh over!
That coffee table is beyond gorgeous! It looks like one I would see in an expensive store, with a hefty price tag to match. I cannot believe someone set that out to give away, with all that great wood on top. They must set out giveaway furniture in Australia much more frequently than they do here in Texas. Great score.
Lovin’ every bit of it…you know i love how you just seem to “pick” up fabulous, old furniture..we just don’t find furniture on the side of the street like ya’ll do. Love that coffee table !!
xo bj
I always feel like I’m right there visiting with you, when I come to visit your blog. It feels so homey and I love your beachy decorating!
I adore everything you do. You just have a way……
Thanks for allowing me into your home everyday.
Well, I for one looooove the newly acquired coffee table. You can’t beat that natural weathered look.
Hugs ~ Kerryanne
LOVE that table! My goodness, the things you find by the side of the road!
another awesome BLOG…Isnt hessian such a versatile fabric???
it looks classy..yet is cheap…can be easily printed on..made to look ragged as well…
frames easily (re kids handprints some 100 yrs ago in my case!)…
Love the fact that your house is a work in progress…very interesting..& exciting..
xx andrea
Why the big push on every post to view your inspirational pics?
Most of those pics have been done to death on every1 else`s blogs. Come up with a new refreshing concept but to just snag other peoples pics that have been around the block is, frankly my dear, old and boring.
You should also familarise yourself with copyright/intellectual property laws and ask permission of the intellectual owner of each of those pictures before you use them, private use is a different matter but your inspirational website is not private, and to just acknowledge the source is hardly sufficient.
That table is gorgeous, I saw something similar (but not so nicely weathered) for $400 when we were looking for a new coffee table. We got one on Gumtree for £35 in the end, and it is a beast!
As usual, your room is a breath of fresh air and makes me want to throw away all of my stuff. Lovely!
Council pick up week is my favourite shopping time. I just love stumbling on to treasures but if you think my home is overcrowded you are wrong. because many of the things I pick up I give away to friends who are so, so happy to receive them. Where do you get your hessian from please?
Sarah great post and sensational photos. Thanks
Alison
Oh Sarah – I love love love your house! The leather sofas look fine by the way
Your photos are really inspiring to me as I’m on a tight budget too, and just need the kick up the backside to cover everything in white paint which I’ve been meaning to do for only FOUR YEARS now!! Keep showing us more of the same pretty please 
Your house is so gorgeous. Who needs decor mags when we can just come here? That table is seriously fabulous. I wouldn’t have been able to drive by either! Nice nab!
That coffee table is nothing short of deeeeevine!
love everything.
Robin
All Things Heart and Home
Love your new little votives..how chic!
You are always such an inspiration to us all…thanks for all you do!
Once again, you have scored big on the perfect treasure for the beach cottage!
And that is one smart man you are married to. His message to your sons…”Boys you need to learn a lesson about keeping women happy”…was priceless! Hmmmm…I guess that’s why my husband doesn’t say anything about all the pink and florals at my house! LOL.
I love everything. It’s gorgeous…especially the burlap votive covers. Very creative!!!!
OMG I love that table! I agree with what others have said, no-one leaves good stuff like that out near me.
Your site is an inspiration to me and as I am doing my house over on a budget, every visit is a joy, thank you so much.
Beautiful!! I love your style and I think your leather sofas fit in perfectly with your decorating. You have inspired me to decorate my back porch in painted white furniture with beige and blue. I have been yard saleing and have picked up some incredibly cheap (err, inexpensive) vintage arm-chairs. It is sooo much fun!! Love your ideas of ways to use burlap. I may have to copy them for my porch! Hugs, ~cindy s~
Your boys sound like mine… NOT AGAIN MOM! LOL… finding FREE stuff is DIVINE… ENJOY!
Fifi
Yeah, Sarah! I think you ARE the burlap queen. Love your coffee table & the way you relay your stories are so much fun. thanks for playing today! I adore ALL your projects and pics.
I love the planks on that table- they are perfect!
I’m so jealous of your vision! You are incredibly gifted and I look forward to each and every post you do because your site serves as a constant source of inspiration for me!
Many Blessings,
M.
I like the table very much
I really admire how you always come up with great ways to make old, unwanted pieces look pretty and loved 
Kelly @ DesignTies
Sarah – love what you’ve done with the burlap votives! They almost have an animal print feel. So cool. And, I’m so glad you rescued that table! It’s a perfect addition to all your shabby white lovelies. Your story sounds like mine that I posted today – please stop by and read it, I could use a little trash to treasure shabby help.
Blessings,
Marie
http://emmacallsmemama.com
Absolutely gorgeous! Your home looks so peaceful and relaxing it makes me want to vacation in Australia.
Looking good! I saw some burlap salt bags (Mediterranean salt) at a Vide Greniers the other day, and was forcibly reminded of you! I thought about buying some and having a go at some of your projects, but chickened out that time. Maybe next time… Thanks for your kind comments on my blog. I’ve just finished another bowl of cherries…
I love the table. So glad you stopped on the roadside to get it! I love all the creative ways you use the burlap. You’ve given me some great ideas. Thanks!
Traci
It looks fabulous! I just love how you make such wonderful somethings out of what other people call nothings.
I’m in love with your “new” coffee table! It’s SO incredibly perfect! Fabulous find!
Blessings,
Rachel
The coffee table is amazing. Perfectly weathered. Big bucks in a retail store for what nature can do! The curtains look so wonderful. Although I can’t see the no smoking sign anymore and it makes me sad. ha ha just kidding.
Tanya
I think that you must be the queen of burlap! Amazing things you’ve done.
You do have a way with hessian! Could have passed off those photos as clippings from beach cottage vouge. Guess we all have those vintage sliding doors to deal with but with a bit of creative inspiration like yours all kinds of things are possible.
Lovely and beautiful!
don’t worry a second about getting the burlap to West Texas…I am in NO hurry..i am just thankful that you will share..I so appreciate it. Be sure to put your return address on so that I can send you a nice card…ok?
Been wondering if the Beach Cottage kids have white rooms, too!!?
hugs, bj
Goodness Sarah the process Tony goes through to make his timber look like the top of your coffee table – and here you are finding it on the side of the road!! – mind you I bet most would have driven past and not had the “vision” you did.
You’ve done a fantastic job, love the way it all flows together, not too overdone, not too sparse and clinical looking – just Perfect!
I keep telling ya – you’ve got it!
Hello again Sarah!
I loved your inspiration board
In your first photo – the skirt over the kitchen cupboard doors, I’ve seen it done with soft hessian (burlap) I’m probably not telling you anything new as I bet you’ve seen it done before too. Isn’t it interesting the different textures of hessian – I’ve seen a few wonderful real life creations, shall try and sneak my camera in and take some pics to send you
Have a lovely beachy weekend!
Well, what can I say than what I always say: Awesome!!!!!!
Oh wow! Stunning photos!
Greetings from Italy,
Federica.
I am moving today to my new villa and let me tell you your blog is a constant source for inspiration. I also love your inspiration board. thanks for all that you share with us.
Sarah,
I just wanted to stop by to say that I have not been able to stop thinking about the person who bashed you for your inspiration page.
I love going there to see new ideas! Thanks for putting them in a place where they are easy to find and collected so tastefully.
Hugs,
Gina
O so serene
Tami=)
simplytami2@hotmail.com
It is so pretty, Sarah. And I really like the view behind your couch too. That’s pretty good, you realize. When you can make the back look just as good as the front!
Brenda
Oh my dear!!! I love that table and you have just done it justice. Imagine your room without it now…It really beaches things up. I just love coming by to visit you. I always leave feeling rested with a smile on my face…thank you~