Your ”Hope Cottage” she-shed is awesome! You both have put lots of love into it, and it shows! May all who enter and are blessed to stay as your guests feel the peace and presence of the Lord while within its walls. It reminds me of the Shunamite woman of 2 Kings 40 who said to her husband, “Let us make a little room for the Prophet Elisha to stay in when he comes to us.” How thoughtful and hospitable! May God bless your little guest house.💕🙏 Love it!
Awe! Paula thank you for reminding all of us His Powerful Word! We had built a lil shed/ cottage! But life happened and our attention took a turn! BUT it sits empty and it would be great ! I pray all that come to stay and don’t know Jesus, would have a meeting with The King, one true meeting they WILL be forever Changed! And His peace bring Sweet rest to all the weary travelers!
As my beloved grandmother would have said, “ you have the gift of dibs and dabs”, meaning you have the ability to take something as drab as a shed and turn it into a beautiful guest house using just the dibs and dabs you have found around you! Your shed is as lovely and welcoming as any of the $1,200 a weekend bed and breakfasts my husband and I have stayed in over our years of travel! Beautifully done!
My grandma had curtains for doors. She also had an outhouse. In summertime, we did the laundry outside with a wringer-type washer and hung our clothes on the line. During the winter, grandma rolled her washer onto the back porch, where there was a hand pump sitting over the well. Every morning, the school bus stopped in front of grandma's house to take me to school. After school, I would find a small plate of vanilla wafers, peanut butter, and coffee, waiting for me on the kitchen table. Those were the days! Your she shed is sweet. So inviting and cozy.
Me too! My grandparents had no indoor plumbing, just the outhouse and my grandma pumped water at an outdoor well with a hand pump in a pail and carried it in the house to her dry sink. They had electric but no heat, just a big parlor stove to heat their farmhouse in the Catskills Mountains, upstate New York. They were the best memories and I loved going there and sleeping over. It was so different from my house . It was like going back in time.
Nancy Parmelee I grew up that way. We didn’t get running water until the seventies. I can remember breaking ice on the water bucket in the kitchen. We had a double seater outhouse.
The perfect ‘Pout House’. When life gets too overwhelming I have to have an escape. No tv, no noise. A good book, my comfy jammies and a little junk food is all I need. This is perfect!
“There may be some more things we can do to it later on, but right now we’re calling it good.” I love the way he put it. The Guest house/She-Shed looks great. ❤️
I love every square inch! It is precious! People will be calling to make reservations! Keep a guest book for your guest to sign, it will be like a diary of their visits.
Lori and Danny OMG!! How cute your Hope Cottage turned out!! What decorators you both are!! And you worked together on it! It was a joint venture! I hope the many guests you enjoy bring you blessings as you give them a taste of peaceful country friendship!
It is so fun to hear you both describing Hope Cottage and doing the walk through - mostly because the respect and admiration that you both have for the other is so evident. You have joy in each other’s pleasure and that is such sweet love. Your guests are going to love staying in their own little cabin in the woods. Enjoy :)
Oh wow! This just turned out to be so BEAUTIFUL! I knew it would, though. Your cabin is so beautifully decorated, so I knew your little cottage would be, as well. And I was not disappointed! This just looks so cozy, and inviting! ANY family member or guest will LOVE being able to stay there. You and Mr Brown are an unbeatable team! GREAT work, guys! God bless you, both.
The perfect complement to my second cup of coffee this morning... Praise the Lord and pass the biscuits! 🙌 LOVE IT! Top 10 favorite things... 1. The Chiffarobe 2. The old door for the privy partition 3. The bed, turned out amazing! 4. The Amazing Grace plaque (and all of the other pictures that reflect your...our... strong faith in God!) 5. The Doily (and the sentiment of including Mama!) 6. The shelf and everything on it, especially that darling doll! Is that Battenburg lace on the skirt? 7. The little plant hanging from the antique scale. 😍 8. The old quilt and pillow cases 9. The little rocking chair 10. ALL THE REST! 😊❤️🤗 P.S. Don't kick Danny OUT to the she shed...you should run away to it! Just think....no cooking, no cleaning, no noises. Just a quiet respite for reading, relaxing and meditating. Why should a misbehaving hubby get rewarded with all of this? 😉😊
I just wanted to let you both know that I love your daily life videos!!! Im 68 and when I sit down to watch you, I want to curl up with my blanket and absorb all your stories. I was brought up listening to both sets of grandparents tell stories of the past and it helps to get through trying times listening to all peoples journies... Thank you.... Oh yes, even in Northern Idaho we still have an outhouse.....:)
I adore this channel, Miss Lori and Mr Brown. We're having the old ways taken from us and it's so valuable to have a place, even if it's virtual for we viewers, to appreciate them. 🙏💞
We love the name, "Hope Cottage." A lot of work and love went into making your Hope Cottage such a delightful place. As we look out the door into the beautiful wooded area it conjures up thoughts and feelings of peace and serenity, the sweet music of the birds, the green earth and blue sky. What a beautiful world Heavenly Father created for us to enjoy. You're good people. Thank you! Hope Cottage brought this scripture verse to mind: Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. Romans 15:13
I'm almost 69, and this brings back memories of the time I spent with my Grandparents. Sleeping under a tin roof on a cast iron bed, the old pictures on the walls, the furniture and the curtains for doors. Best memories of those days. No composting toilet, just a white 'pot' with a lid to use ONLY in the middle of the night when it was too dark to get to the outhouse. LOL This is beautiful. Thanks for the memories and I'm sure your family will make lasting memories in the Hope Cottage for years to come.
About curtains - Yes! at my great grandmothers in the TN hills, there were curtains in many areas of her home instead of doors! A string, like a yo-yo type of string, run through the curtain and tacked up on each end is what held it up. Your she-shed is soooo cute!
Lori, it looks awesome! I just love old stuff, not the reproduced farmhouse decor that is so popular, but authentic vintage stuff. I would feel right at home in your little guest house. Mr. Brown did a great job with everything. Hope you get many years of use out of it and some good memories too.
It is beautiful! You did a great job decorating, and Mr. Brown did a good job painting and helping hang the decor... it looks so comfy. You’re not only a great cook, but also have some interior decorating skills. God bless you both...😊
Your cottage is beautiful Miss Lori. You and Mr. Brown put a lot of love into finishing it. I think your visitors will feel at home when they come for a visit. Blessings for a wonderful day. Thank you for sharing.❤️
Loved the interior! Maybe, a front porch to sit in the summer. Could be screened in, to keep the bugs off you and out of the cottage too. It would be easier to enter Hope Cottage when it's raining; it would also, save that lovely rug from getting muddy or damp. It looks like a wool one. You do have a knack for design, I must say.
I love the guest house. The color you've chosen is perfect. It's soothing and relaxing and a perfect getaway. Makes me wish I was a relative so I could stay there.
That is so sweet! I remember some of the elders in our little community lived in little houses that were very much like your little cottage. It brings back so many memories and even though my great grandparents and grandparents had bigger houses....they still had the 'old time' look that is just so comforting. You two did a very good job!!!
What a charming little cottage! Congratulations! I love the way you have decorated it and thought of every little detail. Mr. Brown did a great job making a little bathroom!
Perfect guest house. Made with love and a lot of attention to detail. Love it! I grew up with an outhouse until I was thirteen. My two sisters and I took a bath in an old metal tub brought into the kitchen. We would get in that tub altogether when young. We always spent nights with my grandparents and they had a REAL bathroom and an outhouse in the shed going to the barn. But What I remember the most is that my grandparents outhouse was always so clean with beautiful tongue and groove wood on walls, ceiling, floor and the toilet seats. A curtain at the window looking out over the beautiful flower gardens in back of house. My grandparents were extremely neat people and I have taken right after them. But can’t help it, in my genes. 😃
I too have a guest house made from a shed!! 🙂 I also used OSB board on the walls, gives a nice textured look. I use cedar chips and pellets used for horse stalls, ‘pelletized bedding’, for my compost toilet. Your Hope Cottage is absolutely beautiful. 👍🥰
Your little cottage is adorable! I love the way you have it decorated too.❤ The lofts could have been used for a sleeping area too. Maybe instead of planter boxes you could make little shutters for the windows. That would doll it up!❤
Lovely guest cottage! You could always find some thrifted rolls of pretty floral or striped wallpaper and put it on the upper wall and ceiling, if you wanted to. Instead of flower boxes, you could just add some tin buckets outside, drill holes for drainage, put some gravel in bottom, add dirt amd wildflower seeds...it would be pretty and look great with the tin roofs. PS...inside of guest cabin, on ceiling, you could add leftover tin. It would give off a cozy reflecting glow at night. You could put rods like bathroom area and hang pretty thrifted soft, muted rose covered bedsheets up as curtains to hide what is up in lofts.
What an adorable little house of "hope" You and Mr Brown did such an amazing job....so homey and warm inside. ❤ I love it! Thank you so much for sharing it with all of us🌼 xx
Thank you for sharing and inviting us into your little guest cottage. You both put so much thought into every piece that went in there. May happiness all shine in your Hope Cottage 🐇🌷🌻🌸
It looks great! You guys make a good team, I love how she decorated it, I can do a little bit of both your guys type of work, but she did way better with those colors than I ever could have done, that’s a tricky thing to do.
Ohmyjeeeeeeeeeze!!!! What a beautiful Hope Cottage! I absolutely Adore it!!! You have inspired me. Me and my boyfriend are watching as we are eating our breakfast, and I told him I have to have one, and we can have a He Shed and a She Shed. You decorated it so beautifully!!!! I would just go ahead and move in if it was mine. Lol. Oh I just loooooooove it so much! So cozy and inviting. Love what you did with the bed and just everything!!!! Oh my! So beautiful!!!!! I'm super short, only 4'9" so I gotta look for older chairs. They are a lot more comfy on my knees. God Bless you both for all you do!!! #Farmhousegoals #Sheshedgoals
Mrs Lori Yall have done an amazing job on hope cottage!! it is just lovely! Mr Brown is as handy as a pocket on a shirt isnt he?! God bless yall real good. And thanks for sharing it with us. i really enjoyed it. the green is so pretty. anyone would be very comfortable in there i would think. keep posting please i also love your recipe videos! love from brunswick georgia :)
Love your new guest house. That toilet is such a great idea, even though there are woods all around. Deco is so nice, you two seem to have thought it all out. I have goose bumps.
Oh my what a great job y'all did. I love, love, love the crisp paint against the production staining on the ceiling! The decorating is perfect Lori! And the construction is fab, including your door wall. I just love it!
Love! I'm about to buy some land and it has a couple of sheds that this is exactly what I want to do with them. One already has a compost toilet, shower and fridge in one end of it which will service both sheds. Lots of work ahead but this is encouraging. It looks great!
What a charming place to make some memories! You did a great job of decorating it, too. Just goes to show one doesn't have to spend a lot to make a place a home.
HOPE COTTAGE 🌻🌹 is so beautiful. My grandparents had an outside toilet and my Granny would go outside with my cousin Laura and me for the potty trip for before bedtime and Granny had what they called a "slop jar" for potty needs during the night. I loved staying weeks with my grandparents at the Mossy Creek community. My grandparents house had lots of land, trees, and a creek running thru the land. It was safe for us kid to wonder through the woods and to the creek. Precious memories. They were married over 75 years. He died at age 96 y/o & Granny lived to be 91. I'm 72 years old and my growing up with my parents simple country living and the same with my grandparents and much of my family. Special love and simple life. I love the way y'all live and treat each other. Special love and life. Thank you for sharing your life with us♥️♥️🙏
I love your building! It’s so old time! I can just see some one back in the 1900s having a room just like this, except for the composting toilet, that would have been completely outside. I would love to spend a few nights there, sleeping in that wonderful space, visiting with y’all and eating your great home cooking!
The she shed is beautiful. What a good idea. Hope Cottage is a nice name. All the comforts of home for company. Ms. Lori, you did a great job decorating. The bed frame is so nice for $30.00. Hoping your company, who stays in your cottage really appreciates the hard work that was put into their hotel room.
You could not have made it any nicer. It’s perfect the way it Is. it reminds me of my life as a child back in KY. It’s so comfy looking , and has an inviting feeling to it. Good job , Mr Brown, and you too, Lori. God Bless 🤗🙏🏻🤗
Bobs girl I am in Kentucky my grandparents had a little house we kids staid in . My husband and I have a farm that has a little house made years ago for people who helped with the chicken house t stay and I still love that old old little house.
I love your taste in decor. You two compliment each other so perfectly, what one can’t do, the other can. Such accomplished people and together you two achieve such a beautiful life. Thank you for sharing with the world.
Beautiful guest cottage! We stay with relatives 'off the grid' with same setup and wouldnt change it for anything! You both have created a wonderful and inviting place to relax...enjoy the memories🤗💙
Good morning Ms. Lori! I am so excited for you. The She shed of your dreams. Oh the inside is just gorgeous! Thank you for sharing your dreams with us. It is more than I could have imagined. Mr. Brown you did an awesome job. Congratulations to you both! God bless you always. Where do I call for reservations? 😂 lol
Love everything about it! So adorable. I think it would look awesome to "whitewash"/drybrush that unfinished wood you don't want to stain dark. I think it would create the rustic look you're looking for but keep it light and blend in well with your accents and beautiful furnishings! I love wooden floors done also in this manner. Would also look great on the unfinished wooden ceiling!
I just love it. The idea of putting in the french door for a little wall was genius. Those LED lights are fantastic. A guest has everything they need for overnight. Beautiful.
love the underpinning ... sweet little cottage ... my daughter in law came from Hardy! we are in PA... the only thing i would think about doing in future is painting the plywood ceiling an off white.. would reflect light some also and finish the look... very quaint. great job Mr Brown
First off,I didn’t see a pee bucket setting at the foot of the bed. I love the bed. Just enough little flowers . I love green, the rug really goes good. Good job with the bathroom. Very good place for the old door. Good ideal. You and Mr. Brown have put a lot of thinking into this. God bless you as you continue with Hope Cottage.love ya
My grandparents had a thing that looked like a ‘white enamel ware, soup pot (appliance type of thingie)with a lid that they used all I can remember it being called was a ‘slop jar’ sorry for the crudeness of the name I remember I’m 71 and I was probably only 4 -6 years old at this time. My grandpa slept with what looked like a ball and cap/civil war type of hand gun under the pillow I think
Sorry” auto-correct-speller” took over, “slop jar, potty, , , lots of other names were used for this convenience that was put on the floor beside the bed at night only. Along with this modern convenience we had a role of toilet paper.
Adorable.. I could spend a few days there and be really comfortable and refreshed when I left. Decor is perfect. I remember back in our early days husbands dad built something similar at his home and Hubby and I would stay in it when we visited them. PaPa dubbed it the honey moon suite. Beautiful precious memories. ♥♥
Very cute. I would stay there. You both did a wonderful job. Reminds me of my grandparents place in NC. Love the thought you put into this guest house. AB&B.
Lori, I am heartened by the privilege of going inside of your Hope Cottage through the magic of your excellent video. I think that you and Danny are unusually gifted in the arts, crafts and trade skills. I have gotten so much encouragement, comfort and hope from visiting with and leaning from you during these difficult times. Your recipes, gardening, and stories take me right back to my grandparents' homestead in southwest Virginia way back in the day. Thank you for so much for sharing your lives. Love, Carol
I just love the pillow cases being different patterns. Reminds me so much of the old flour sacks Momma used to make our dresses. Gosh, you are an old soul. Love you both."HOPE" y'all have a blessed day.
Don't get side tracked by other peoples BIG ideas... use Hope Cottage's loft for 'extra storage' just like you originally planned. Best storage loft ever!! :)
I don't know how he doesn't weigh a ton with all of her amazing cooking. I love this channel. Hope is the word that my daughter got a tattoo of on her wrist and my daughter in law named her daughter when I was diagnosed with late stage breast cancer. It's absolutely beautiful! I live in a 30 ft one of these with a small porch and I've had my fill of living in one of these. It's perfect for what they are using it for. Much love from Kentucky!!!
Oh how I love your little cottage!! How peaceful and restful. It is so, so, beautiful! I love all of it. Your guests will be very blessed in this cabin made and furnished with love.
Fantastic job. Love everything you did Lori. And much thanks goes out to Mr Brown. Your family is going to be so blessed by this wonderful space you have made for them. Great choices you made. Your bed turned out so wonderful. I love that rug! Blessings always.
I think Miss Lori has made it very clear that she needs this for storage as much as she also needs a place for guests, so turning the temporarily unused loft into a place for children to sleep would defeat the purpose. And in reality how often would the loft be used by children. It is so quaint and peaceful almost like a little fairy cottage. The work that Mr. Brown has put into it really shows his creative style and unique way of doing things.
It's just beautiful, wow, wow, wow. Everything goes perfectly well together. All the love, labor and design has made this the complete picture of Hope Cottage.
I love your little hope cottage. It looks so peaceful and restful. If I lived close by you I would love to stay in it. It’s like a little retreat from the world with great neighbors. I can just imagine being apart of you family and enjoying all that great home cooked food. I really enjoy your videos! Best wishes to you and yours. By the way I’m 63 years old and love listening to the stories of your mama and Grandmama. Reminds me of mine. I live in Eastern NorthCarolina. Nice chatting with you. 😘
I really love your guest house, a lot of love and care has gone into putting your individual mark on it to make a lovely welcoming nest for your guests..Great Job Mr Brown & Ms Lori. 🕊️💞💞🇦🇺
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Your ”Hope Cottage” she-shed is awesome! You both have put lots of love into it, and it shows! May all who enter and are blessed to stay as your guests feel the peace and presence of the Lord while within its walls. It reminds me of the Shunamite woman of 2 Kings 40 who said to her husband, “Let us make a little room for the Prophet Elisha to stay in when he comes to us.” How thoughtful and hospitable! May God bless your little guest house.💕🙏 Love it!
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Awe! Paula thank you for reminding all of us His Powerful Word! We had built a lil shed/ cottage! But life happened and our attention took a turn! BUT it sits empty and it would be great ! I pray all that come to stay and don’t know Jesus, would have a meeting with The King, one true meeting they WILL be forever Changed! And His peace bring Sweet rest to all the weary travelers!
As my beloved grandmother would have said, “ you have the gift of dibs and dabs”, meaning you have the ability to take something as drab as a shed and turn it into a beautiful guest house using just the dibs and dabs you have found around you! Your shed is as lovely and welcoming as any of the $1,200 a weekend bed and breakfasts my husband and I have stayed in over our years of travel! Beautifully done!
My grandma had curtains for doors. She also had an outhouse. In summertime, we did the laundry outside with a wringer-type washer and hung our clothes on the line. During the winter, grandma rolled her washer onto the back porch, where there was a hand pump sitting over the well. Every morning, the school bus stopped in front of grandma's house to take me to school. After school, I would find a small plate of vanilla wafers, peanut butter, and coffee, waiting for me on the kitchen table. Those were the days! Your she shed is sweet. So inviting and cozy.
I stayed with my grandparents every summer, no electric and only bathroom was an outhouse outside Lol wish I could visit that time again
Me too! My grandparents had no indoor plumbing, just the outhouse and my grandma pumped water at an outdoor well with a hand pump in a pail and carried it in the house to her dry sink. They had electric but no heat, just a big parlor stove to heat their farmhouse in the Catskills Mountains, upstate New York. They were the best memories and I loved going there and sleeping over. It was so different from my house . It was like going back in time.
Honey, the way things are going, you may get that wish.......
Nancy Parmelee
I grew up that way. We didn’t get running water until the seventies. I can remember breaking ice on the water bucket in the kitchen. We had a double seater outhouse.
LOL all rest but not that outhouse. I was terrified of the outhouse.
@@nancyparmelee4161 such sweet memories.
The perfect ‘Pout House’. When life gets too overwhelming I have to have an escape. No tv, no noise. A good book, my comfy jammies and a little junk food is all I need. This is perfect!
You could have a mattress in the second loft with a folding ladder for a younger person to sleep. You both did such a great job!
“There may be some more things we can do to it later on, but right now we’re calling it good.” I love the way he put it. The Guest house/She-Shed looks great. ❤️
I love Hope Cottage, the sweet pillowcases, and Amazing Grace wall art!!
I love every square inch! It is precious! People will be calling to make reservations! Keep a guest book for your guest to sign, it will be like a diary of their visits.
I absolutely adore everything.. Mr. Brown ur funny "it runs right outta the pitcher into the bowl"😍😂😂
I know… made me LOL!😆 Both so super sweet!!
That little cottage is so sweet. Totally functional and just brings me joy to look at.
Both my grandmas had curtains for doors, one bathroom in the entire house, my aunt had an outhouse, hand pump and no modern amentities and we survived
Lori and Danny OMG!! How cute your Hope Cottage turned out!! What decorators you both are!! And you worked together on it! It was a joint venture! I hope the many guests you enjoy bring you blessings as you give them a taste of peaceful country friendship!
Love,love your Hope cottage, I want to pack a bag and come stay in your sweet cottage.. Beautiful job...💗
It is so fun to hear you both describing Hope Cottage and doing the walk through - mostly because the respect and admiration that you both have for the other is so evident. You have joy in each other’s pleasure and that is such sweet love. Your guests are going to love staying in their own little cabin in the woods. Enjoy :)
Thank you so much Melissa, xoxoxo
Oh wow! This just turned out to be so BEAUTIFUL! I knew it would, though. Your cabin is so beautifully decorated, so I knew your little cottage would be, as well. And I was not disappointed! This just looks so cozy, and inviting! ANY family member or guest will LOVE being able to stay there. You and Mr Brown are an unbeatable team! GREAT work, guys! God bless you, both.
The perfect complement to my second cup of coffee this morning... Praise the Lord and pass the biscuits! 🙌 LOVE IT!
Top 10 favorite things...
1. The Chiffarobe
2. The old door for the privy partition
3. The bed, turned out amazing!
4. The Amazing Grace plaque (and all of the other pictures that reflect your...our... strong faith in God!)
5. The Doily (and the sentiment of including Mama!)
6. The shelf and everything on it, especially that darling doll! Is that Battenburg lace on the skirt?
7. The little plant hanging from the antique scale. 😍
8. The old quilt and pillow cases
9. The little rocking chair
10. ALL THE REST! 😊❤️🤗
P.S. Don't kick Danny OUT to the she shed...you should run away to it! Just think....no cooking, no cleaning, no noises. Just a quiet respite for reading, relaxing and meditating. Why should a misbehaving hubby get rewarded with all of this? 😉😊
Love your colors nice and relaxing
I enjoyed the tour of Hope Cottage so much I had to watch again. You may notice I edited my comment to include a few more of my favorite things! 🤗
Hortencia Brees comment sums up my thoughts perfectly. I “ditto” everything she said. 🥰
Your comment made me laugh :-) Very sweet.
I absolutely love Hope Cottage. Y’all did a wonderful job on it.
Thank you Karen God bless
I just wanted to let you both know that I love your daily life videos!!! Im 68 and when I sit down to watch you, I want to curl up with my blanket and absorb all your stories. I was brought up listening to both sets of grandparents tell stories of the past and it helps to get through trying times listening to all peoples journies... Thank you.... Oh yes, even in Northern Idaho we still have an outhouse.....:)
I adore this channel, Miss Lori and Mr Brown. We're having the old ways taken from us and it's so valuable to have a place, even if it's virtual for we viewers, to appreciate them. 🙏💞
You both really have a knack for making everything beautiful. I love how it turned out. I would feel at home there. Great job.
We love the name, "Hope Cottage." A lot of work and love went into making your Hope Cottage such a delightful place. As we look out the door into the beautiful wooded area it conjures up thoughts and feelings of peace and serenity, the sweet music of the birds, the green earth and blue sky. What a beautiful world Heavenly Father created for us to enjoy. You're good people. Thank you!
Hope Cottage brought this scripture verse to mind: Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. Romans 15:13
Amen
A very comfortable place to rest. Gods Blessings to you always.
It's beautiful
What a blessing and testimony you two are !!❤️
Sharing your faith with humble hearts ..
I love you two ❤️
The lettering is beautiful! It has a vintage feel just like the rest of Hope Cottage, which is also beautiful! Y’all did a fantastic job!
Thank you so much, xoxoxo
Thank you for being a comfort to us during crazy times.
Thank you Robin for watching
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I'm almost 69, and this brings back memories of the time I spent with my Grandparents. Sleeping under a tin roof on a cast iron bed, the old pictures on the walls, the furniture and the curtains for doors. Best memories of those days. No composting toilet, just a white 'pot' with a lid to use ONLY in the middle of the night when it was too dark to get to the outhouse. LOL This is beautiful. Thanks for the memories and I'm sure your family will make lasting memories in the Hope Cottage for years to come.
Thank you Cindy, yes, we grew up with a outhouse, danny threatened to build one! Xoxoxo
Sounds just like my grandmothers house. 😁
Yes, same here when I stayed with my great aunt and uncle in the countryside. Best memories, best days.
@@WhippoorwillHoller you could rent this out to a single person who just wants a secluded getaway for a few days if you wanted to. 😉
We had an outhouse until 1962 and a chamber pot in a closet for at night.
Fellow Arkansan here. It's so pretty and looks so cozy!! You both did an amazing job!
About curtains - Yes! at my great grandmothers in the TN hills, there were curtains in many areas of her home instead of doors! A string, like a yo-yo type of string, run through the curtain and tacked up on each end is what held it up. Your she-shed is soooo cute!
Lori, it looks awesome! I just love old stuff, not the reproduced farmhouse decor that is so popular, but authentic vintage stuff. I would feel right at home in your little guest house. Mr. Brown did a great job with everything. Hope you get many years of use out of it and some good memories too.
What a sweet lil spot for a rest.. Just as cute as it can be! Great Job!
Smart idea using the glass door for a wall, that way you still have light... Great decorating and it looks solid! Great job, ya'll!!
It is beautiful! You did a great job decorating, and Mr. Brown did a good job painting and helping hang the decor... it looks so comfy. You’re not only a great cook, but also have some interior decorating skills. God bless you both...😊
Your cottage is beautiful Miss Lori. You and Mr. Brown put a lot of love into finishing it. I think your visitors will feel at home when they come for a visit. Blessings for a wonderful day. Thank you for sharing.❤️
I think the old tin you used outside on bottom would look great on ceiling inside. Maybe he can find another bus pick up ☆☆☆☆☆
Beautiful! The lettering goes perfectly with the decor. You all are so thoughtful.
Loved the interior! Maybe, a front porch to sit in the summer. Could be screened in, to keep the bugs off you and out of the cottage too. It would be easier to enter Hope Cottage when it's raining; it would also, save that lovely rug from getting muddy or damp. It looks like a wool one. You do have a knack for design, I must say.
I love spending time with ya'll. I'm building a tiny home and you help me so much with practical ideas.
I love the guest house. The color you've chosen is perfect. It's soothing and relaxing and a perfect getaway. Makes me wish I was a relative so I could stay there.
That is so sweet! I remember some of the elders in our little community lived in little houses that were very much like your little cottage. It brings back so many memories and even though my great grandparents and grandparents had bigger houses....they still had the 'old time' look that is just so comforting. You two did a very good job!!!
Thank you Nina, xoxoxo
What a charming little cottage! Congratulations! I love the way you have decorated it and thought of every little detail. Mr. Brown did a great job making a little bathroom!
Perfect guest house. Made with love and a lot of attention to detail. Love it! I grew up with an outhouse until I was thirteen. My two sisters and I took a bath in an old metal tub brought into the kitchen. We would get in that tub altogether when young. We always spent nights with my grandparents and they had a REAL bathroom and an outhouse in the shed going to the barn. But What I remember the most is that my grandparents outhouse was always so clean with beautiful tongue and groove wood on walls, ceiling, floor and the toilet seats. A curtain at the window looking out over the beautiful flower gardens in back of house. My grandparents were extremely neat people and I have taken right after them. But can’t help it, in my genes. 😃
Good times! I was raised the same, outhouse, metal tub
Summertime, we bathed in the creek
Xoxoxo
Very cute. Cozy. Love the decorating and upcycling the furniture. Love the old pictures.. a very 1920's - 30's feel - nostalgic. Love it!!
I too have a guest house made from a shed!! 🙂 I also used OSB board on the walls, gives a nice textured look. I use cedar chips and pellets used for horse stalls, ‘pelletized bedding’, for my compost toilet. Your Hope Cottage is absolutely beautiful. 👍🥰
Your little cottage is adorable! I love the way you have it decorated too.❤
The lofts could have been used for a sleeping area too.
Maybe instead of planter boxes you could make little shutters for the windows. That would doll it up!❤
Great idea!!
Lovely guest cottage! You could always find some thrifted rolls of pretty floral or striped wallpaper and put it on the upper wall and ceiling, if you wanted to. Instead of flower boxes, you could just add some tin buckets outside, drill holes for drainage, put some gravel in bottom, add dirt amd wildflower seeds...it would be pretty and look great with the tin roofs. PS...inside of guest cabin, on ceiling, you could add leftover tin. It would give off a cozy reflecting glow at night. You could put rods like bathroom area and hang pretty thrifted soft, muted rose covered bedsheets up as curtains to hide what is up in lofts.
What an adorable little house of "hope" You and Mr Brown did such an amazing job....so homey and warm inside. ❤ I love it! Thank you so much for sharing it with all of us🌼 xx
My thoughts too, you used just the right words, wish you were my (close) best friends or close family members.
Hi Robin hope you and your family are doing ok and well thank you
Oh Miss Lori, how delighted I was to see your she shed while having my morning coffee. Brought tears to my eyes. I love it.
Thank you for sharing and inviting us into your little guest cottage. You both put so much thought into every piece that went in there. May happiness all shine in your Hope Cottage 🐇🌷🌻🌸
It looks great! You guys make a good team, I love how she decorated it, I can do a little bit of both your guys type of work, but she did way better with those colors than I ever could have done, that’s a tricky thing to do.
Thank you
Ohmyjeeeeeeeeeze!!!! What a beautiful Hope Cottage! I absolutely Adore it!!! You have inspired me. Me and my boyfriend are watching as we are eating our breakfast, and I told him I have to have one, and we can have a He Shed and a She Shed. You decorated it so beautifully!!!! I would just go ahead and move in if it was mine. Lol. Oh I just loooooooove it so much! So cozy and inviting. Love what you did with the bed and just everything!!!! Oh my! So beautiful!!!!! I'm super short, only 4'9" so I gotta look for older chairs. They are a lot more comfy on my knees.
God Bless you both for all you do!!!
#Farmhousegoals #Sheshedgoals
Mrs Lori Yall have done an amazing job on hope cottage!! it is just lovely! Mr Brown is as handy as a pocket on a shirt isnt he?! God bless yall real good. And thanks for sharing it with us. i really enjoyed it. the green is so pretty. anyone would be very comfortable in there i would think. keep posting please i also love your recipe videos! love from brunswick georgia :)
Love your new guest house. That toilet is such a great idea, even though there are woods all around. Deco is so nice, you two seem to have thought it all out. I have goose bumps.
I can tell your she shed is decorated with a lot of thought and love. It’s pretty Lori!
i really like the round table. might the other loft make sleeping space for children? the little rocker is a ladies sewing chair.
Perfect she shed, for me I would just need a treadle sewing machine. God bless you both.
Oh my what a great job y'all did. I love, love, love the crisp paint against the production staining on the ceiling! The decorating is perfect Lori! And the construction is fab, including your door wall. I just love it!
Love! I'm about to buy some land and it has a couple of sheds that this is exactly what I want to do with them. One already has a compost toilet, shower and fridge in one end of it which will service both sheds. Lots of work ahead but this is encouraging. It looks great!
Just a thought Lori, be careful with your pictures you have stored in your cottage you don't want the humidity to damage them.
What a charming place to make some memories! You did a great job of decorating it, too. Just goes to show one doesn't have to spend a lot to make a place a home.
That old quilt is what is known as a cutter quilt! My husband used to have his own auction & had an auction every Friday & Saturday night.
HOPE COTTAGE 🌻🌹 is so beautiful. My grandparents had an outside toilet and my Granny would go outside with my cousin Laura and me for the potty trip for before bedtime and Granny had what they called a "slop jar" for potty needs during the night. I loved staying weeks with my grandparents at the Mossy Creek community. My grandparents house had lots of land, trees, and a creek running thru the land. It was safe for us kid to wonder through the woods and to the creek. Precious memories. They were married over 75 years. He died at age 96 y/o & Granny lived to be 91. I'm 72 years old and my growing up with my parents simple country living and the same with my grandparents and much of my family. Special love and simple life. I love the way y'all live and treat each other. Special love and life. Thank you for sharing your life with us♥️♥️🙏
Oh my goodness! You two really outdid yourselves! I just ADORE the Amazing Grace pic.! One of my favorite songs! TYFS!
I love your building! It’s so old time! I can just see some one back in the 1900s having a room just like this, except for the composting toilet, that would have been completely outside. I would love to spend a few nights there, sleeping in that wonderful space, visiting with y’all and eating your great home cooking!
Me too!!!
That’s a good name for the cottage. The view is so beautiful & peaceful.
The she shed is beautiful. What a good idea. Hope Cottage is a nice name. All the comforts of home for company. Ms. Lori, you did a great job decorating. The bed frame is so nice for $30.00. Hoping your company, who stays in your cottage really appreciates the hard work that was put into their hotel room.
Thank you so much, My little cottage, she shed was named after my dear friend who passed away recently, xoxoxo
You could not have made it any nicer. It’s perfect the way it Is. it reminds me of my life as a child back in KY. It’s so comfy looking , and has an inviting feeling to it. Good job , Mr Brown, and you too, Lori. God Bless 🤗🙏🏻🤗
Bobs girl I am in Kentucky my grandparents had a little house we kids staid in . My husband and I have a farm that has a little house made years ago for people who helped with the chicken house t stay and I still love that old old little house.
I see a few of those as a B & B..
I definitely would stay there and eat your wonderful food and company. Absolutely beautiful 🙂😁
That sounds wonderful. Where do I sign up!
A great way to earn extra money in retirement. Go for it.
Lisa Cook great idea ! or retreat for cooking lessons!
I love your taste in decor. You two compliment each other so perfectly, what one can’t do, the other can. Such accomplished people and together you two achieve such a beautiful life. Thank you for sharing with the world.
Thank you!xoxoxo
Beautiful guest cottage! We stay with relatives 'off the grid' with same setup and wouldnt change it for anything! You both have created a wonderful and inviting place to relax...enjoy the memories🤗💙
Good morning Ms. Lori! I am so excited for you. The She shed of your dreams. Oh the inside is just gorgeous! Thank you for sharing your dreams with us. It is more than I could have imagined. Mr. Brown you did an awesome job. Congratulations to you both! God bless you always. Where do I call for reservations? 😂 lol
Love everything about it! So adorable. I think it would look awesome to "whitewash"/drybrush that unfinished wood you don't want to stain dark. I think it would create the rustic look you're looking for but keep it light and blend in well with your accents and beautiful furnishings! I love wooden floors done also in this manner. Would also look great on the unfinished wooden ceiling!
Hope Cottage looks so comfy and peaceful. Y’all did a great job with it! Your hard work has paid off! Thank you for the video. God bless you both ☺️
Thank you, xoxoxo
I just love it. The idea of putting in the french door for a little wall was genius. Those LED lights are fantastic. A guest has everything they need for overnight. Beautiful.
love the underpinning ... sweet little cottage ... my daughter in law came from Hardy! we are in PA... the only thing i would think about doing in future is painting the plywood ceiling an off white.. would reflect light some also and finish the look... very quaint. great job Mr Brown
First off,I didn’t see a pee bucket setting at the foot of the bed. I love the bed. Just enough little flowers . I love green, the rug really goes good. Good job with the bathroom. Very good place for the old door. Good ideal. You and Mr. Brown have put a lot of thinking into this. God bless you as you continue with Hope Cottage.love ya
Chamber pot! My grandmother had one...no indoor plumbing until they talked her into moving out of the old homestead.
They are commonly called a gazunda in some parts of Australia.... I have seen a few that are beautiful...😀😀
My grandparents had a thing that looked like a ‘white enamel ware, soup pot (appliance type of thingie)with a lid that they used all I can remember it being called was a ‘slop jar’ sorry for the crudeness of the name I remember I’m 71 and I was probably only 4 -6 years old at this time. My grandpa slept with what looked like a ball and cap/civil war type of hand gun under the pillow I think
Sorry” auto-correct-speller” took over, “slop jar, potty, , , lots of other names were used for this convenience that was put on the floor beside the bed at night only. Along with this modern convenience we had a role of toilet paper.
I had one with the black rim.
Adorable.. I could spend a few days there and be really comfortable and refreshed when I left. Decor is perfect. I remember back in our early days husbands dad built something similar at his home and Hubby and I would stay in it when we visited them. PaPa dubbed it the honey moon suite. Beautiful precious memories. ♥♥
I love it! Y’all did a fantastic job! It looks cozy and antique, perfect!
It's absolutely beautiful I was raised in a small log cabin with no running water. This brings back beautiful memories God bless😀
HOW BEAUTIFUL! LOVE HOW CUTE YOUR HOPE COTTAGE IS! YOU&MR BROWN ARE SO CREATIVE!
She shed is adorable!
You gave a talent for cabin decorating.
A place for many memories. 😊
Thank you! 😊
That shed has such a nice feeling about it now. Congratulations.
Absolutely LOVE this. I'm doing a "Snoopy Happy Dance" for yall!
Very cute. I would stay there. You both did a wonderful job. Reminds me of my grandparents place in NC. Love the thought you put into this guest house. AB&B.
Lori, I am heartened by the privilege of going inside of your Hope Cottage through the magic of your excellent video. I think that you and Danny are unusually gifted in the arts, crafts and trade skills. I have gotten so much encouragement, comfort and hope from visiting with and leaning from you during these difficult times. Your recipes, gardening, and stories take me right back to my grandparents' homestead in southwest Virginia way back in the day. Thank you for so much for sharing your lives. Love, Carol
Mr Brown, you did a very ingenious job with the compost toilet. The light is so nice in the toilet. Like, I said earlier, all the comforts of home.
I just love the pillow cases being different patterns. Reminds me so much of the old flour sacks Momma used to make our dresses. Gosh, you are an old soul. Love you both."HOPE" y'all have a blessed day.
I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THE COTTAGE......AND "HOPE COTTAGE " IS THE PERFECT NAME....GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY !!
Don't get side tracked by other peoples BIG ideas... use Hope Cottage's loft for 'extra storage' just like you originally planned. Best storage loft ever!! :)
The guest house is wonderful!!!! You did a magnificent job from start to finish!!!!! Love love love it !!!!
Thank you sweet Lady, xoxoxo
You both did a fantastic job! Its a beautiful “work of art”!!!
I love the needlepoint
Imagine the hours and hours someone spent making it with care.❤
Possibly by coal oil lamp or candle.
I don't know how he doesn't weigh a ton with all of her amazing cooking. I love this channel. Hope is the word that my daughter got a tattoo of on her wrist and my daughter in law named her daughter when I was diagnosed with late stage breast cancer. It's absolutely beautiful! I live in a 30 ft one of these with a small porch and I've had my fill of living in one of these. It's perfect for what they are using it for. Much love from Kentucky!!!
Thank you Tina, God Bless, xoxoxo
Oh how I love your little cottage!! How peaceful and restful. It is so, so, beautiful!
I love all of it. Your guests will be very blessed in this cabin made and furnished with love.
Everything looks sooo nice!!! Mr Brown has lost a lot of weight.
This is so cute, you both done a great job. I want one! Lol
I've been considering buying a shed for the last couple of years and am inspired to take the plunge now! You did a beautiful job.
Absolutely Beautiful. Purfect colors, & decor. Just SO peaceful. God's peaceful cottage. Thank you.
Fantastic job. Love everything you did Lori. And much thanks goes out to Mr Brown.
Your family is going to be so blessed by this wonderful space you have made for them.
Great choices you made. Your bed turned out so wonderful. I love that rug!
Blessings always.
I think Miss Lori has made it very clear that she needs this for storage as much as she also needs a place for guests, so turning the temporarily unused loft into a place for children to sleep would defeat the
purpose. And in reality how often would the loft be used by children. It is so quaint and peaceful almost like a little fairy cottage. The work that Mr. Brown has put into it really shows his creative style and unique way of doing things.
It's just beautiful, wow, wow, wow. Everything goes perfectly well together. All the love, labor and design has made this the complete picture of Hope Cottage.
I love your little hope cottage. It looks so peaceful and restful. If I lived close by you I would love to stay in it. It’s like a little retreat from the world with great neighbors. I can just imagine being apart of you family and enjoying all that great home cooked food. I really enjoy your videos! Best wishes to you and yours. By the way I’m 63 years old and love listening to the stories of your mama and Grandmama. Reminds me of mine. I live in Eastern NorthCarolina. Nice chatting with you. 😘
I really love your guest house, a lot of love and care has gone into putting your individual mark on it to make a lovely welcoming nest for your guests..Great Job Mr Brown & Ms Lori.
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