tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191490968189022599.post2355572735334628029..comments2024-03-28T06:11:42.599-07:00Comments on The Gardener's Cottage: i live for beauty and elegancethe gardener's cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16447809353998632722noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191490968189022599.post-28100796034284498962015-02-08T09:37:10.637-08:002015-02-08T09:37:10.637-08:00A wonderful posting -- and have enjoyed all of the...A wonderful posting -- and have enjoyed all of the comments too! Perhaps consider adding a small black-and-white photo of the bride and groom to the desk top? The desk is just brimming with good memories and energy! Always a marvelous addition to any room -- and your room is perfect! Thanks again for sharing this memory and moment with us ....<br /><br />Jan at Rosemary Cottage Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191490968189022599.post-45451292995900719942015-02-06T18:12:32.862-08:002015-02-06T18:12:32.862-08:00Hi Janet,
Don't you just love being able to pu...Hi Janet,<br />Don't you just love being able to put something going to waste to good use? You continue to give me lots of ideas, but can I say just one thing, no offense please, but the only thing I find a little out of sync in your beautiful cottage are the print drapes. I guess because I'm a boring solid color type myself! I think at one time you did have solid white drapes, if I remember right, and I loved those.<br />As far as loving the lovely, have you ever been in a house where nothing looks good, you don't like anything, there is no special caring about "things"? Yuck. How much better to love and enjoy beautiful anything in our simple lives. That's who we are.Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03626014117822472550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191490968189022599.post-39479348210819855872015-02-05T21:37:13.396-08:002015-02-05T21:37:13.396-08:00Jack White is on Jimmy Fallon tonight--Thursday, F...Jack White is on Jimmy Fallon tonight--Thursday, February 5.Gail, northern Californiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606476543639979603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191490968189022599.post-72007788223350186112015-02-05T17:14:29.554-08:002015-02-05T17:14:29.554-08:00Janet,
I wonder if you took everything out of your...Janet,<br />I wonder if you took everything out of your cottage and then started all over again, what would be the "keepers" and what might you pass along? You are right to live with beauty and elegance.<br />pvepve designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03527745630303158002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191490968189022599.post-64064990145129855292015-02-05T15:07:15.435-08:002015-02-05T15:07:15.435-08:00Janet, that nude is beautiful, you have to find a ...Janet, that nude is beautiful, you have to find a place for her. and I love the desk, how great to re-discover an old treasure. I have not shopped for clothes at all but I made it up in house purchases. I did have a budget when I bought the house and I knew I will spend some, I did stick to it for major projects like renovating the bathroom and doing the floors but I let it be a bit fuzzy when it came to decorating touches and it kind of got out of hand, I am trying to get back on track now, but I still want this one last trinket... ajchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15697200294387151584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191490968189022599.post-27627218931043930662015-02-05T15:06:56.369-08:002015-02-05T15:06:56.369-08:00Dear Wind Lost.... How about 1. You should write ...Dear Wind Lost.... How about 1. You should write a book<br /> 2. You could write a beautif<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Dear Wind Lost, Perhaps you should have written ; 1. You should write a book. or 2. You could write a great book..........you get it.......Do you realize that you said a book by Janet would be damned by God.???? Sloppy, sloppy writing and offensive to many people. I read your blog too, and I am surprised and disappointed. Please be more careful.<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191490968189022599.post-18958150931619421402015-02-05T12:50:55.864-08:002015-02-05T12:50:55.864-08:00i would not be surprised with what you came away w...i would not be surprised with what you came away with. i know i am always stunned when i do a 100 things cleaning. i just did one the other day and it was not hard to find a bunch of junk and i barely have room to stuff anything! thank you for your comment kristien. hope you are doing well. xothe gardener's cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16447809353998632722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191490968189022599.post-41565875617741227312015-02-05T12:49:24.309-08:002015-02-05T12:49:24.309-08:00thank you darby. you know i do the same with cata...thank you darby. you know i do the same with catalogs. i only get 2 now but i like to look through them for inspiration and then i toss them. i almost always have something similar that they are using for a certain look and it is nice to repurpose things. i wish i could look in a closet and find some horse prints! i do a bit of restyling for my friend karen. she usually hires me at the holidays to decorate for her and freshen things up. i love it and would love to do it for a living!the gardener's cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16447809353998632722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191490968189022599.post-68572330356109446172015-02-05T12:46:26.064-08:002015-02-05T12:46:26.064-08:00terri you are tooooo sweet and kind. i don't ...terri you are tooooo sweet and kind. i don't have the know-how or whatever it takes to write a book so i guess this is the best i can do. i adore the title of this book and am planning to needlepoint it on a pillow. like you i don't miss the mall AT ALL. my weakness is 2nd hand which i suppose is a little better but still it needs taming. i can't save every item i see! anyway, you are a doll and again thank you!the gardener's cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16447809353998632722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191490968189022599.post-37903698411588027692015-02-05T12:44:05.179-08:002015-02-05T12:44:05.179-08:00i know right?! those words! so inspirational. i...i know right?! those words! so inspirational. i think when we came close to losing our business is when i got v serious about living a much simpler life. business is off right now so i'm re-committing to everything that worked for us during that period. makes sense re the organic food, so well put!the gardener's cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16447809353998632722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191490968189022599.post-21370413274931930442015-02-05T12:42:40.332-08:002015-02-05T12:42:40.332-08:00omgosh isn't he the best?! his wit is so shar...omgosh isn't he the best?! his wit is so sharp and right on. he needs his own tv show!the gardener's cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16447809353998632722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191490968189022599.post-74938820039184244602015-02-05T12:42:01.022-08:002015-02-05T12:42:01.022-08:00dear madeline, wow, what a beautiful compliment. ...dear madeline, wow, what a beautiful compliment. i don't feel worthy of such amazing words!the gardener's cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16447809353998632722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191490968189022599.post-50294214551904311132015-02-05T11:44:34.935-08:002015-02-05T11:44:34.935-08:00Love that you are going to journal about not shopp...Love that you are going to journal about not shopping. I have cut down tremendously-no longer window -shopping either. I am appalled that I used to shop for entertainment. You should see the garbage I came away with. <br /><br />I, too, have a small bungalow and rearranging furniture is quite difficult. I've been trying to simplify my furnishings, but realize that I am about at bare-bones. But I do get bored sometimes and wish for a little change. Your house is really an inspiration. I loved the series you did about your pantry. Kristien62https://www.blogger.com/profile/04141776821818167047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191490968189022599.post-68279038192052735492015-02-05T08:28:40.505-08:002015-02-05T08:28:40.505-08:00once again this year I am trying to spend less and...once again this year I am trying to spend less and use more of what I have in closet and home. i recently did a big culling of my wardrobe, got rid of things which were worn out, not comfortable or just did not suit me. however, I was shocked to see what I had purchased over the past year. i really do not need a thing more, but I know i will be tempted when I see something i want and convince myself i will stop with just this one item. but of course it never ends there. yesterday in my mailbox I received 4 catalogs from companies where i have purchased clothing in the past. I confess i did give a look but then this morning they went into the recycling box. i do the same thing with my home sometimes too. a couple of years ago i actually had someone come in and for a modest fee helped me to shop my house and decorate my living room with items from other parts of my home, including the closet. there she located a couple of hunting prints my daughter-in-law had found for me at a garage sale and were perfect of one of the corners. she also rearranged the furniture which gave the room a whole different look. the decorator also recommended a couple of small purchases which would complete the look. i usually like to do my own decorating but in the case the help was well worth it. actually Janet, you would be great at doing this. you a a wonderful eye. loved the way you styled that old desk, it's beautiful! <br />DarbyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191490968189022599.post-72948575848453843392015-02-05T06:03:26.233-08:002015-02-05T06:03:26.233-08:00What kind of soap/cleanser do you shower/bathe wit...What kind of soap/cleanser do you shower/bathe with? I am curious about all this because your skin looks so young. Wonder if you would do a post about your daily beauty routine again. That will be very interesting.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />Debra from SENC Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191490968189022599.post-77924306270655142032015-02-05T04:01:02.919-08:002015-02-05T04:01:02.919-08:00FF your comment about getting rid of stuff made me...FF your comment about getting rid of stuff made me think of William Morris's quote "have nothing in your life that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful". Rings true some 120 plus years later.Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01432089507602828735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191490968189022599.post-29318820315549383562015-02-04T22:01:47.837-08:002015-02-04T22:01:47.837-08:00hi janet, i just adored this post. you had me wit...hi janet, i just adored this post. you had me with the caption. i read it and said "me too!" and then my second thought was "janet is brilliant - she always nails it". you need to write a goddamned book, you're that incredible. i loved this post, loved the sam fuller LA times story - how terrible and how sad and how beautiful. what does one do? it makes my heart ache. i am glad that sam was able to beautify his life for so many years. it is a compulsion - he has it, you have it, i have it. some days i call myself a professional aesthete, but like you i am careful with my money and squirrel a lot of it away while living in a house we don't adore but that lives well. i find it hard to know what to do - i covet beauty but i am also trying to be thankful and put my money in the bank instead of pursuing "more and more and more". i am trying to be practical (balanced with some joy).<br />i love the beautiful desk from the wedding - what a beauty. i love your posts. you always seem to be saying and doing with integrity. we are all caught up in so much bullshit these days, all these false gods. i am working a lot on presence, on gratitude, wearing out my clothes, not shopping, seeing and savoring the things i have. it feels great. i haven't shopped for a couple of months and it feels wonderful. i don't miss the mall, though all the shiny things i see on the internet make me covet for a lush and luxurious life and for travel. oh i love to travel and dress well. and eat well. and too much. i need to go on a food diet next, not just a spending one. and i am working on my forever wardrobe too, although i can't find your gems here and not being very slim anymore nothing looks good on me like it used to. time to fix that. slowly. thanks for the life coaching you do here. i am serious, you need to write a book.<br /><br />xo terriWindlosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17014227226507484798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191490968189022599.post-5197198193596700912015-02-04T13:38:04.664-08:002015-02-04T13:38:04.664-08:00"I live for beauty and elegance" makes m..."I live for beauty and elegance" makes my heart sing as well. I had a shopping sabbatical that lasted almost 10 months last year. It was easy...my husband was out of work. I shop very little and wear what I have to death. I'm happy to read along with your progress. My downfall is food purchasing. I spend on organic food because what goes into my body is more important than what goes on it :))Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04723360304687997220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191490968189022599.post-12298625902457366142015-02-04T13:28:54.744-08:002015-02-04T13:28:54.744-08:00Love what you did with your furniture rearranging ...Love what you did with your furniture rearranging and the coat is gorgeous! Another score for Janet. :)<br /><br />I was cracking up at Stephen's comment about poor Edith! The picture does resemble her a lot and yes she does have trouble keeping a man in her life doesn't she?<br /><br />Have a great week!<br /><br />Linda<br />xo<br /><br />LRS4AMANDAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17312878555775487787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191490968189022599.post-47928195440510831312015-02-04T12:54:25.736-08:002015-02-04T12:54:25.736-08:00Haha so not true! But thanks nonetheless :) S, FF,...Haha so not true! But thanks nonetheless :) S, FF, & D-that is so nice, especially coming from three women I so admire! Okay now I'm going to go try on my white skinny jeans to deflate my egoStephen Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00657698116552267561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191490968189022599.post-73071119359169834242015-02-04T11:33:09.306-08:002015-02-04T11:33:09.306-08:00My parents certainly had a statute of limitations ...My parents certainly had a statute of limitations on how long we could keep stuff at their house after we had (technically) grown up and moved out. First came polite inquiries ("Do you remember you left [fill in the blank] here?") then not-so-polite interrogation ("When do you plan on coming and getting [fill in the blank]?"). Then either (a) my mother decided she wanted it and never mentioned it again or (b) boxes filled with dolls and stuffed animals would arrive day after day. Somewhere along the way I lost my Raggedy Ann doll, which my sister rectified by getting me one for Christmas. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191490968189022599.post-64993665918110126212015-02-04T10:53:27.344-08:002015-02-04T10:53:27.344-08:00That is what I love about your blog--You really do...That is what I love about your blog--You really do live for beauty and elegance. Your philosophy reminds me of the lovely European ladies that I admired when I was a student living in Europe in the 1980's. Lovely woman with a few treasured things who lived in tiny, elegant flats filled with inherited objects and a few good pieces of clothing that fit into a small armoire. Women with no excess, no things that they considered second rate just to clutter up a home. I was amazed how edited their homes and wardrobes were because they had such small spaces that they didn't buy or keep what they didn't need or treasure. Consequently, they had such great style because they knew who they were and what they liked. MadelineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191490968189022599.post-68122224337539633292015-02-04T10:46:36.283-08:002015-02-04T10:46:36.283-08:00Me too, holding onto those pennies, paying of bala...Me too, holding onto those pennies, paying of balances. Yet, when its a great find for pennies on the dollar it sure cheers a homes beauty when one works so hard to paying it off, or debts for that matter. When the home is paid for and the beauty in it is paid for enjoying ones accomplishments is grand. <br />I do love a great deal, a really great deal, because I don't feel guilty if I find another great deal that I Wan to replace something in my home in a short time of having the older pieces. I can just yard sale them back off and most of the time for more then I paid for them.<br />You are an inspiration to shopping, buying, and planning for a future.<br /><br />See you soon.<br />Ps. I found a beautiful white linen so new it never looked laundered Liz Claiborne ...man tailord long sleeved shirt for under 3 dollars it's very artsy looking layerd with worn tatterd jeans and a white tank or v-neck Tee !<br />We think alike here.<br /><br />Soon.<br /><br />Dore Burlap Luxehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16134718817693134037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191490968189022599.post-67282782483988947162015-02-04T10:30:17.611-08:002015-02-04T10:30:17.611-08:00yes, you are right wendy. the freshness of a new ...yes, you are right wendy. the freshness of a new year really can motivate me. good luck with the no shopping in nyc. :)the gardener's cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16447809353998632722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191490968189022599.post-85251487427589613242015-02-04T09:07:25.713-08:002015-02-04T09:07:25.713-08:00That's incredible Janet! Off to see what more ...That's incredible Janet! Off to see what more I can cull! Thank you. 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