It’s open house time at my perfect beach cottage AND it’s the bluwaterlife blog anniversary! Come in and take a tour! So excited to share the finished cottage AND a fresh new look here on the bluwaterlife site. It’s a two-fer for the blog anniversary. 🙂
In my mind I own ocean-front property, and the quintessential beach cottage. Unfortunately, neither of those things are actually true at the moment. My miniature “perfect beach cottage” is the alternative for now ~~~
The DIY cottage kit was a gift from Bluwaterguy and his sweet mom. I had never done anything like this, so the entire project was a fun DIY learning experience. It’s a combination of stuff I bought new, things I reused from other places, and things I made or reinvented from other random bits. Pretty much the way I would furnish an actual cozy beach cottage. 🙂 It’s called “bluwaterescape” and has all the beach cottage must-haves ~ from porch rockers and an outdoor shower, to our cute cottage doggie, Sandy!
The cottage is decorated for the end of summer, as we are enjoying the Labor Day Holiday weekend. It’s great to share it here on the newly spiffed up bluwaterlife site AND here’s how bluwaterlife came about ~~~
Now here’s the open house tour ~ click to start the slide show and enjoy!
Catch up on the series from the start ~~~
perfect beach cottage ~ part one
perfect beach cottage ~ part two
perfect beach cottage ~ part three
perfect beach cottage ~ part four
perfect beach cottage ~ part five
perfect beach cottage ~ christmas
perfect beach cottage ~ part six
Hope you are enjoying this 4F holiday ~ family, friends, food, fun {and on this kick-off weekend, football!} I appreciate that you stopped by to visit. Our bluwaterpals have been such an important part of the journey since we started. Now it’s time to kick it in gear for the rest of the weekend. Yes, this is life enjoyed!
Fran says
Bobbi….
You are an extraordinary woman! I loved every second of the tour and the well chosen music. You MUST be an interior designer, that is where your talent lies!!
Have a great four-F weekend, safe travels and fingers crossed our teams win.
May the sun always shine,
Fran
Bluwatergal says
Thank you so much Fran ~ I’m glad you enjoyed the tour 🙂 We had fun putting it together! The cottage project has been great for using things from my craft stash and the endless stash of tear-sheet photos. Now if we could just win the lottery and build that REAL beach cottage ~ I’ve had plenty of practice on the miniature version. You’re an original bluwaterpal and I so appreciate your support! {{Hugs}} to ya and hope you have a happy holiday. Now it’s game time! See you soon! Bwg ~~~
Jean Wheeler says
There are no words to describe how perfectly adorable your beach cottage is. You have such talent and I just can’t believe how every little room has so much detail. I can’t wait to show this video to Madison. She will love it like I do.
Bluwatergal says
Hi Jean ~ I’m glad you enjoyed the cottage tour! You are very sweet to visit and comment. 🙂 It’s been such a fun project. I love hearing that you’re going to share the video with Madison. That gives me smile thinking of you both watching it together. Be careful ~ we laugh about pictures and kits being the gateway to the miniature habit. Brad says that he hooked me with the $40 house kit, and I had to build a whole craft room around it! You could end up building one for Madison ~ and if you do I’ll be on stand-by to help! {{Hugs}} and see you soon! Bwg ~~~
Judy Hartranft says
Your tour is super. Reminds me
Of times in Florida. The cottage was made with love and talent. Have you posted it on u tube? Maybe it will go viral !?.
Bluwatergal says
Hi Judy! We have the video on our YouTube channel 🙂 Bluwaterguy took care of that! The tour took a long time in coming, and I remember your visit that started it all. Thank you for the gift and inspiration. Hope you are having a happy Saturday! {{Hugs}} from us both! Bwg ~~~