A DIY Beach Cottage Christmas Wreath for a Dollar
   I have to say I never thought, five years ago, in the midst of a cold run-up to the festive season in the Old Country that I'd be sitting in shorts and singlet revelling in making a Christmas wreath from a bunch of shells.  Furthermore I certainly didn't think that said wreath would be thrifted.  Or that I would be taking photos of it. That is not to say I have anything in the slightest against thrifting or decs beach style.   Far

Brown Paper Parcels Arrive at the Beach Cottage Post Box
 G'day, hope you are all well.  It's hot here.   Hot and good. It's not too much of an exaggeration to say that I am becoming more and more attached to my camera and enjoy more and more taking photos.  There is something so grounding to me about it and more than taking those snaps of the kids which surely I like to take, I'm finding that camera-love and blogging has really made me sit up and take a good old look around at

A Beach Cottage and Coastal Living
I was recently contacted by Coastal Living asking me if I would like to do a review. Hmm I can think of worse jobs in life! However my November copy got lost somewhere across the ocean and I only last week received my copy, so better late than never...To be very honest, which I think is what you've come to expect here at abeachcottage.com I was hoping that it wouldn't be too, you know 'themey'.  It wasn't and it certainly delivered.  The best thing about it, other than the thing

Being Thankful at the Beach Cottage & a Few Festive Decs
G'day, I know a whole lot of you are celebrating Thanksgiving, so best wishes for a lovely day. I am thankful for many things this year, mostly that we survived getting re-trenched and in fact I'm in a very strange back-of-the-mind-way thankful for this - oddly been a blessing in disguise...we are far from out of the rough waters yet, but we're getting there.It certainly has not been easy, and some nights we've been to bed wonder

Taking a Trip to Sydney
 I've always loved going to the city, London as it was in the Old Country and Sydney here now.  When we were thinking about our SeaChange, considering all manner of locations, we couldn't quite believe while on our Reccie to Australia, that we could live in a busy little town by the sea and have access to all that is offered by a city.  And