Uniquely ella

I have been neglecting my blog and also my bloggie community and I so enjoy it too. I can't wait for things to get some what back to normal but I'm also enjoying remodeling our little cottage. I forgot to share these pics from our first visit to our local botanical garden. We can wait to visit again, maybe for Christmas.   

When I first found this house, I had no idea what part of town this house was located. I soon found out she is right in the middle of the historic part of this charming little southern town. We knew then and there this was our home. Mind you, she is in much need of some TLC. We instantly fell in love with this neighborhood, maybe because I have always lived in a large city.  Our little cottage has been left in disrepair for many many years. We're trying to bring new life to this old Alabama cottage.  The cottage has lots of little period touches and I would love to keep as many of them as possible, like the doors and this beautiful farmhouse sink that I love, chip and all.  

I have been wanting to update my blog a bit, so I tried changing the wall paper and then it happened. I thought I lost all nine years of blogging fun. I was able to get the blog back up, but can't seem to find some posts on the renovation of our little cottage. Going to try and find pictures of the progress. But for now, let me share the front mudroom entrance. I'm loving all the light and brightness. My vision is to create a shabby cottage/farmhouse look, can you see it? Now I'm off to visit some of my bloggie friends, I need to see what everyone has been up to. 

Loving the farmhouse light fixtures . This one is a reproduction but, it's just what I was looking for. The front door was replaced and I'm loving all the light. Will be putting up some kind of shabby window treatment??? Once we exposed the ship-lap I knew It had to be white.