THE SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS - PART 6 - A CHRISTMAS COTTAGE TOUR - 2019

I promised someone

 I would showcase 

the master bedroom and bath 

way last spring 

when the Secret Garden was presentable,

 but the garden was kind of

 neglected this year, 

so it never came to pass.

  What better time than Christmas 

to keep a promise?

I know 

you might find it hard to believe 

that I could enjoy a 

calm and serene Christmas space,

 but let me show you one

 that offers only a simple and...

"SILENT NIGHT"

Joseph Mohr and Franz Xaver Gruber

The world premier was performed on Christmas Eve, 1818 in Austria

"Silent Night

Holy Night

This room is very small

 and we are not able to have 

more than a double bed 

so - comfy, cozy are we,

 but that's another song.

This is a new bedspread 

which I thought was so beautiful

 when I saw it 

on the website of Antique Farmhouse, and 

I still do think it very pretty, 

but every time I walk into the room 

I see those ruffles and

 they look like something that needs to be

 fluffed and straightened. 

 I am a person who 

always has to be smoothing out

 the couch 

after it has been sat on. 

 Don't know 

how long it will last!

Plus the bed,

 there is barely enough room 

for two dressers...

...a stove,

 which is our second source of heat

 for the Cottage, and

 works very well in keeping that 

comfy, cozy feeling...

...a small painted table 

as my nightstand and 

a tiny hall tree 

that serves as 

the Captain's nightstand.

Because the room is so small 

but has a high ceiling,

 I decided to emphasize that fact 

by using a dark and busy wallpaper

 with a darker paint color on the ceiling.

  It also lends more 

of a masculine touch

 to the room.

A patterned carpet 

that is very different from the wallpaper 

but in the same color scheme.  

I really think it is fun 

to mix patterns together.

In order to offset the darker colors,

 we painted all the trim 

a bright white and,

 like most of the windows in the Cottage, 

there are lace curtains.

All is Calm

All is Bright

The master bath 

is almost bigger than the bedroom, 

which is the reason 

we chose this part

 of the Cottage 

as the master suite.

When we bought the Cottage

 there was a make-shift closet

 in the bedroom 

where the stove now stands. 

 We enclosed part of the back porch 

to make a larger closet 

off of the bathroom.

We added this vanity,

 which we purchased from Costco,

 when we remodeled the bathroom.

We are fortunate to have

 the original footed tub.  

It was in pretty good shape 

but we did have it resurfaced.

We found some old wainscotting for sale 

and installed it around the room 

and the companion wallpaper

 to that in the bedroom.

This room was done

 about twenty years ago and 

ate up the last of our budget at the time. 

 I had wanted 

a black and white tile floor 

that was comparable to 

the age of the Cottage 

but the funds didn't allow for that 

so we had vinyl flooring installed. 

 It was supposed to be temporary

 but it has held up so well and 

is so easy to clean,

 we still have it.

Sleep in Heavenly Peace

Sleep in Heavenly Peace."

It won't be long now 

until the big day is here.

  

I will see you 

in a day or so 

for the Grand Finale of 

The Sounds of Christmas. 

 Hope 

you will join us 

then.

...Judy...

P.S. Just a short note to let you know that I am leaving my thank you's at the bottom of each post under your comments to me. Something is really messed up and it is the easiest way to do it. I'm sorry, but hope you will come back to see it as I will thank everyone always.

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