Visit the Cottage

Thanks so much for visiting my blog here at Skies of Parchment!

I’m honored to have you drop by!

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We are a husband & wife fixer-upper team – Ben does the lumber/remodel part of things, and I do the painting and decor. We love working together, and thankfully, most times agree on the style that we’re working toward! :)

However, we do not think that beauty is an end in and of itself. We only desire to share a bit of the Beauty and Creativity of our Creator God!

Edith Schaeffer said it well:
a Christian, above all people, should live artistically, aesthetically, and creatively…
If we have been created in the image of an Artist,
then we should look for expressions of artistry…
There should be a practical result of the realization
that we have been created in the image of the Creator of beauty…”

That is the motto that we attempt to live by as well!

Feel free to look through our home with these links.

Before & After

 

Cottage Kitchen

Cottage Kitchen
Living Room

Living Room
Dining Room

Dining Room
Powder Room

Powder Room
Music Room

Music Room
Cottage, exterior

Cottage, exterior

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What it looks like at Christmas…

Christmas 2010
Christmas 2012
Christmas 2013
Christmas 2014

 

Featured

We’re also so honored to have been featured several places:

The Pottery Barn blog

The Southern Belle Magazine

Life Made Lovely blog – Home Made Lovely Series {this one is a tour of our home}

Style Me Pretty

Tiny Prints

 

And to have our back patio featured on

Southern Living

Better Homes & Gardens

House Beautiful

 

Thanks so much for visiting! Happy day!