Anchor Cottage Freshwater Decor Decorating Store

We offer decorating services in the Leelanau Peninsula. Our studio has fabrics, bedding samples and rug swatches. We offer lamp repair, shades, harps and finials with access to over 1,000 lamps. Furniture painting and repair. Wall paper books are available. Reach out to us at shop@anchorcottage.net.



Friday, May 1, 2015

Daffodils, Tulips, Lilacs And Poppies In a Blue Willow Teapot

Last November, Steve and I traveled to Findlay Ohio and visited Jeffery's Antiques.
I bought this Willow Ware teapot with a missing lid for five dollars, specifically, to arrange Daffodils in this spring.
The teapot's only marking is J Meakin. A better quality of cremeware than what is usually used for the Blue Willow transfer pottery. I have a feeling it is older than I thought, probably mid 1800s.

May has arrived.

Saturday, April 25, 2015

What Caught My Eye This Week

katelewisart.
Found on katelewisart.blogspot.com
DREAMHOUSE
Found on dreamhousecammy.blogspot.com
ℒ i n e n s
Found on favoriter.blogg.se
Romantic Domestic: For the Love of All Things Red
Found on romanticdomestic.blogspot.ca
Top 12 House Plans of 2014 | White Plains Plan
Found on southernliving.com

I feel a new home coming on. It may not be for a couple of years. In my minds eye the scheme is shaping up. Roof pitch and dormers, windows and light with clear, clean colors and lines.
I hope there is a tide chart in my future!

Take the weekend off.

Friday, April 24, 2015

Another Layer Arrived



The sweetest baby pieces came into the store today.

Soft, plush napping pad in a Fox and Hedgehog motif.
The little Fox hat, to wear for walks on Lake Michigan.

Searsucker dress, rolled neck sweater, sailboat blanket and plaid lined coat for your, "out east baby"!

Frame it or wear it?
Lily O's silk scarves.
 The colors on the silk are intense. 

Steve brought in his table that he built. Old Maple, harvested thirty years ago in Hoot's Holler. He did the legs in the Annie Sloan Chalk paint. Can't wait to show you the chairs I ordered to go around the table!

Anchor Cottage is getting new shipments in daily. As always,' it's a work in process", so they say. That just means the shop keeper uses her magic to work it into stock! We shall be bursting at the seams when the season starts.

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Pillows Pigs & Americana

Hung the Americana collection this week. Wouldn't the flags look great hung across a porch with a pine green painted floor and a long bench underneath?

It was more difficult, than I thought, to find the old flags. I believe the reason is that people dispose of the flags in the correct way which does not leave a lot of 48 stars or wool flags to collect and frame. 

Had to call the big guns in this week.

I still had pillows to make and ran out of time so I called Coco Sews. She did a fabulous job!

This room is turning out to be a favorite spot in the store! Any pieces that are not working are being placed in rug world and the eclectic mix looks fun!

These cushions are 26" square with navy wool piping and back. They are spectacular.

I did find time to make a valance last Sunday. It took 3 yards of voile, doubled, to make this 48" curtain. 

This picture is for my friend, Pat, as it is her home decor that has inspired me this season. Her bedroom is this blue and white and feels so fresh. I love her decorating sense.

Thank you Katherine, for making all the pillows in record time.

The fabric that has seduced me.

Pine Cone Hill has some great pillows to add to the mix.

What do they say in showbiz?

"That's all folks!"

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