You may have noticed that I changed the name on the blog from Ivywood Cottage to Cobblestone Cottage. I will explain why. Our first house here in the mountains, we named Ivywood Cottage. We loved that house. When we had to sell it in 2004, we had been using that name so long it was hard not to. We tried naming our current house Ivywood Cottage as well, but after being here for 6 years now, it just isn’t Ivywood. It is Cobblestone Cottage and as such, I decided to change the name of the blog. However, my soap shed has now become Ivywood Cottage and so I will leave the address of the blog as ivywood.wordpress.com so those of you who follow this blog can still find it. Ivywood Cottage will always have a special place in my heart and so it seemed fitting to name my soap shed that. I have attached my original sign that used to hang in the arbor as you entered Ivywood Cottage, on to my shed. It is an appropriate name for my soap shed as I have ivy growing all over it.
As we have been working on the yard, we have been putting in cobblestone paths. I also noticed that our little cottage is the exact shape of several English cottages I have seen pictures of, or blueprints for. It seems to lend its self to that old, cobblestone English cottage design, so that is what we are going for. It is my plan to get the rest of the paths in this summer. Down the road we will then begin adding river rock to the actual house. Not sure exactly where on the house yet. Cost will be a big factor. I have seen pictures of stone houses in Ireland and love that look. Who doesn’t want their house to look like it just fell out of a Thomas Kinkade picture? Anyway, Cobblestone Cottage is a much better fit for this house. I am sorry for any confusion this has caused anyone.
Vicki
