Excuse me while I gush....

My sweet little darling is 6 years old today...

Never ever would I have dreamed having a little girl could be such a sweet addition to life.

Born 8 years after her oldest brother and a short 18 months after her younger, she has fit right in, and imagine...

wrapped us ALL around her teeny little fingers..

Reagan Marie

My brown eyed fawn..

Im so happy you are a confident young lady..

 and the apple of your Daddys eye.

by far the smallest little thing I gave birth to at 6.4..compare that to Finn at a whopping 10 lbs..

Two peas in a pod, nonetheless..

(this photo melts my mommy heart!)

You have rounded out this family perfectly..

,

Thank you for your sweet disposition and perfectly persistant attitude.

you, my dumpling, are sure to go far in this world..

Happy 6th Birthday

to our little angel--

xxoo

mama (and daddy, too)



I adore.........repost from March 2008 :)

This dude, here. My man " BobVilla" I call him honey for short. He is my reason for, well.. walking around while he works. It amazes me how he can be so awesome with his hands. I could really not build anything like this. Not good enough with fractions and measurement.. a hem... Should have paid better atttention in school, bv says. I digress...

He is also a former Marine, so he can still do these awesome tricks.

And turn this...

Into this...

Thank you up there, for letting him see me, and love me.

Lisa

coastal nest...

From my brain to my mans hands..

He is something else, my love..

I explain to him what I would like...

and no sooner, well..give it a day.

voila!

3 beautiful gorgeous kitchen shelves..

I am a lucky lucky ducky.

Those hands of his are scritchy and scratchy, rough and ready, and oh, so handy.

Belly up to the bar, peeps!!

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the kitchen.....

The man gets out the big tools...
--here we go again!!

Spring to do list..

Adorable, no??

 We have started  a lovely fence with square lattice all across the front of home, I really want to have a cute little entry like this, eventually. Its perfect. I love it.

Then there is the sweet adorablness of a gardenshed, workspace, artroom, mama retreat, playhouse...

I could have a heyday deciding..My man said that the garage called, they want their "man" back..

Just my luck!!

Maybe one of these could do for me.

Better yet, we could make a few and have a commune, wanna come along??

kitchen magican..

We are gearing up to go cabinetless in the kitchen, at least on the top.

Its a gutsy move for the Coastal Nest. Think I can do it? Im also painting out the yellow and adding a little darkwood.

Exciting. ...I am going to use stair treads.

wait and see!

a room for laundry....

Except for the large mop board install under the sink, and a little more cieling paint, this is the finished product.

Im sorry its taken me sooooo long.

So, there you go.

not such a bad place to spend most my day....

If it has to be laundry, I can do it here.

thank honey, your all aces in my book.

Love you!

They call it mellow yellow....

Hello and Happy Friday!!

As a few, or maybe most of you know.. Coastal Nest has been searching and searching for a color suitable for her lovely home..

I think I might have found it. My home isnt a darling little frenchy like this sweet home (estate)--GAH!!

But, its got lots of character and was built in 1927, she is a wonderful vintage English Tudor with scratch shingles and leaded windows..Ive been looking through my photos to try and find a picture to post..cant find one! But, trust me- I will go and take one and add it a bit later today for you..

Coastal Nest wants all the good advice you all can give her. The ever trusty and always foxy handyman, you know him as BV, thinks he loves it.Which, these days, is half the battle..

What do you think???

Guess what time it is!?!

Hello and how are ya?

My man and I have been toiling away...on our knees, no less...

although one of us got dressed for our job, self..however, no.

I do my best work in my pjs..
Can you believe how I could go from head shop girl one day..to pajama-clad laborer the next?
Heaven help a girl on the un-enployment..
~
it aint pretty...
what does that Oprah call a girl like me?
shlumpadinka?
oy...

at least Im a front-loadin,
Clean pj-wearin,

mama-on-a-mission..

to get this project done!

(its almost time to paint the house!!)

xoxo
Coastal Nest

:)

Can a sista get a hell yea!?!

Well, It looks like you all made out alright without me whilst I was on holiday.

The little Coastal Nest family had a very nice respite..

The second leg of the sabbatical took us to our cottage at "our" beach, where, you gals, we had a cozily terrific time together.
It mostly rained and poured, we waited around a little bit and then the weather decided to
blow and snow. OY! Its been a spring break to remember.
We are now home, and enjoying the gas fireplace and the cozy sofa..


Here are the drop cloth curtains if you were wondering about them at all. Still looking good..in fact, I love them a whole bunch.



The Coastal Nest is experiencing a run of great fortune in the Vacation Rental Pool. We are truly blessed to say that the idea of renting this little diamond out has proved to be a wondrous thing. Instead of us (me) wringing my hands with the thought of foreclosure we are happy to make vacation dreams come true for people on a smaller vacation budget and giddy when the opportunity lets me make the mortgage payments to boot.







Cozy, no?





Anyway, if your within driving distance..and want a great Relaxing time come on out!
We'd love to have you!