Loon Basket for the cabin

This past weekend at the craft show in Gaylord, I was pleasantly surprised to meet a blogger friend of mine - Pam from Baskets N Prims! Pam makes these beautiful handwoven baskets and no two are alike! Check out her site at Primitive Basketcase - she has some wonderful baskets for the upcoming 4th of July Holiday.

Pam gave me the Loon basket below as a gift! I was so touched and estatic at the same time! (You all know how I love my Loon themed stuff at our log cabin!) She is the 2nd blogger friend I've met and was just as sweet as I thought she would be. (Thank you again Pam!) I placed it on my counter near my Loon cookie jar so I can admire it everytime I'm in the kitchen.




Look at the Loons she painted on this!


P.S. I'm going to visit my puppy again this afternoon! More pics forthcoming! I will also be catching up with all of your blogs - hope your weekend was wonderful!

My "hope chest" for the Log Cabin

See this little pine cone lamp in the picture above? It holds a very special meaning to me and our log cabin. When Greg and I first started thinking about a log cabin 5 years ago, we talked about what it would look like and what we would do once we had it. It was in the early stages of dreaming. We weren't talking cost,mortgage, builders or any practical stuff.

One day we were in a small town shop and I saw this pine cone lamp. I told Greg I liked it and wouldn't it be great for our log cabin. And then I said, well, it will probably be a while before we can build a log cabin so no sense in buying this lamp right now. Greg grabbed it off the shelf and said let's get this honey, we will have a log cabin one day and this will go in it. This was the 1st item for our log home "hope chest" and now it has a permanent home. I bring this story up because a woman in one of my log home groups was talking about how they were years away from building a log cabin but she wanted to buy stuff for it now - I told her she should do it - the dream will come true and the road to get there makes it all worth it!

A focal point of the log home

I think the kitchen in a log home (or any home for that matter) seems to be a big social focal point in today's times. When you have an open floor plan, the "cook" can see and still converse with everyone in the family room area. And likewise, people can pull up a seat at the kitchen bar and converse with the cook and nibble on some snacks! It creates a family/friend connection and encourages conversation (a lot in my case! I talk too much!)

I've been picking up some odds and ends for our kitchen. I think it's coming together...



Pull up a seat! Can I get you a cocktail?











I love these kitchen towels. I told my husband he's not allowed to use them - just look at them.

I picked up this ceramic acorn candy dish. Would you like a chocolate kiss?

Fall begins at the Log Cabin

I can't wait another day, I have to start decorating the log cabin for fall! Plus I already have the hay in my backyard (for the grass seed - but it's still good hay!)



I picked up this beautiful wooden loon decoy in downtown Gaylord. I tried to haggle with the owner on price - but she said "it's signed by the artist, last one." How do I argue with that? Anyways, doesn't he look good with the fall foliage and pumpkin by him?










I have fall leaves and mini pumpkins spread out with my bird houses and other loons. There's great prices on fall decorations right now at Garden Ridge.












Couple pumpkins in the window....











Welcome to our Harvest Home!! (I still have to pick up a lot more stuff.....I need some of those scarecrow fellows!!)

My dream living room for a log home

When we were up in Munising for log home training, I got to snap some photos of Hiawatha's (our log home provider)log home studio where they are headquartered. I just love their living room with all the log accents in the ceiling,tall fieldstone fireplace, the way the track lighting is arranged and how the dormer windows add more space. Check out that huge wrought iron chandelier! Maybe in my next log home....