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.



Sunday, March 10, 2024

Stepped Outside

Sitting at the computer, this morning, looking at the photos on my camera download from this week. My sweet little Snowdrops in the corner of my garden.


Took a walk on a brisk early afternoon. Saw the North Manitou Shoal Light Station across the way. I looked up the proper name. We always call it "the lighthouse".


Turned around and there she was! Devils Elbow at the old Sugarloaf ski resort. I can't even tell you how many times I skied that run.


Around the corner is Pyramid Point.


So close to South Manitou Island.


The bluest, coldest, rockiest piece of shoreline in the county!
That's just my opinion.


On the way back to the Jeep. 

Today is a snow day, everything is covered in white. Turned my clocks ahead and now I'm late! Time for breakfast. If I ask my husband, really nice, if I can have pancakes this morning, what do you think he'll say?

"Do you want sausage?" "Yes I do!! Thank you!"

 

Sunday, March 3, 2024

Life Is Too Short To Miss A Beach Day

Look at all the stones under the water! Didn't have my waterproof boots on so I went looking for a piece of driftwood to help scoop them toward shore. 


You would think that there would be enough stones along the shoreline to search out some winners to put into my pockets!


I mean look at them all!!


Found a stick to wiggle that five pound hard head into shore. I put it in my hood of my jacket to carry it back down the beach.


Look up from the stones and you can see forever.
 

It was still, not a ripple on the surface of the water.


What a day! Walked up to the car fifteen pounds heavier!
A rock in each pocket and one in my hood!

 



 

Thursday, February 22, 2024

The Sun Is Out!

The sun is shinning today. Hooray!
 

My all time favorite lamp and fabric combo! The fabric, I found, in a resale shop. It was only eighteen inches wide and nine feet long. I was able to match the pattern and make these twenty two inch pillows for Steve's sofa. The, Dana Gibson, lamp I sold in my shop at one time. 


 The two Chinese pillows, that I made, are some of my favorites. When you only have three feet of trim and a quarter of a yard of your hoarded fabric this is how you do it!!

The bright sunlight makes everything perk up. 


If you are a "color" person and you like your color primary, give me a call. Nothing pleases me more than mixing it up. Patterns and colors galore!

It's all about the sunny day.

 

Thursday, February 15, 2024

Fourteen Years Of Blogging!

In the blue light of the early morning.


Hoot's Holler heeds storming.


A cover of snow to make everything cozy!


With boots up to my knees and coat sleeves pulled down tight I make my way into the light.


Feeding the birds their breakfast delight. Suet and seed and whatever else they need! This was a wonderful surprise when I opened my eyes! All the trees coated with a frosting of snow. 

So, on February 15, 2010, I posted the first blog, in this journal, of Anchor Cottage.  Fourteen years later I still have something to say!!

 

Thursday, February 8, 2024

Looking Forward To My Purple Garden!

Never got around to posting these photos!


Giant Allium bulbs in a row.


Purple Petunias.


New Guinea Impatiens.


Tri Color European Beach Trees.

I never planned on having a "purple" garden. I had planted the Allium about five years ago. Then, I planted the Beech Trees to help, visually, heal the gouge in the side of the hill where we excavated dirt for a project. The purple Petunias were the brightest color at the garden shop that day! I had to move the pots of Impatiens to a brighter space for maximum blooms. 

By the end of the summer I had the ultimate "purple" garden. That may be why I waited to post these pictures, because, I was waiting for the end of summer shot! I forgot to take it!! The blue Hydrangeas were spectacular last summer. 

Cannot wait to see if I can recreate this garden even better. I was always a red Geranium/yellow Petunia gardener in my former summers. LOL



 

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