The shop is still enjoying these last few days of Autumn! We will be closed on Wednesday, November 23rd as we work hard to transform the shop into a winter wonderland. Kathleen of Faded Charm will be setting up her pop-up shop full of vintage and antique Christmas goodies. It's going to be such a fun weekend! More details to come.....
xoxo-Darci
It's been a while friends! We are starting to adapt to our new routine (with the shop) and it feels so good to be back to baking and cooking, tending to the yard and cleaning my home! Last Friday night I hosted an Herb Gardening Class. We planted container gardens, shared tips and tricks and enjoyed rosemary + grapefruit water and lemon thyme shortbread cookies.
The lemon thyme shortbread cookie were so good! Something about the hint of sweetness with the lemon thyme.....yummy! I thought I would share the recipe! And FYI, I made a double batch so that we could enjoy some at home and they freeze beautifully.
Lemon Thyme Shortbread Cookies
Ingredients 2 c All-purpose flour 1 c Butter, unsalted, room temp. ½ c Powdered sugar 1 Tbsp Thyme, finely chopped 1 Tbsp Lemon zest ½ tsp Vanilla extract ½ tsp Lemon extract ¼ tsp Salt Lemon Icing 1 lbs Powdered Sugar 2.5 Tbsp Meringue powder 1 - 2 tsp Lemon extract ¼ - ½ c Water 3 - 4 drops Yellow food coloring Get Ingredients Instructions Lemon Thyme Shortbread Cookies Preheat oven to 350 °F. In your mixing bowl beat room temperature butter until it is creamy. Add the sugar and mix thoroughly. Add thyme, lemon zest, vanilla extract, lemon extract, and salt and continue to mix until ingredients combine. Add the flour 1 cup at a time until the mixture just starts to come together. Create a ball of dough and flatten it slightly before wrapping it in plastic wrap and chilling it for 1 hour. Remove dough from refrigerator. Lightly flour your surface and roll the dough out to ¼ inch thick. Use cookie cutter to cut out cookies. Place cookie cut-outs on a parchment paper covered baking sheet. Place cookies in the refrigerator for 20 minutes. Remove from refrigerator and bake for 8 - 10 minutes, or until cookies are golden brown. Let the cookies cool completely and then ice them. Let icing harden before serving. Lemon Icing In a mixer combine powdered sugar, meringue powder, and slowly add water while mixer is on low until you reach the consistency you want. Add lemon extract and food coloring and mix thoroughly. recipe from www.homemadeinterest.com
Enjoy!!!
So sorry for no posts, this week has been a busy one!
Getting the cottage ready for a long term {anywhere from 3-8 weeks} guest, design consultations, selling paint, and playing with my girls.
Next week I hope to have some 'project pictures' to post!
In the mean time, have a wonderful day!!!!
Matt and I have been married 11 years. It really does seem like we were just married…..time sure flies! When we were newlyweds, our heated discussions were usually about family, work or money. Geesh, I was a selfish young bride! Thank goodness those heated discussions are pretty few and far in between. Do you know what most of our heated discussions are about now?
Homes and spaces.
It sounds really shallow. Like maybe that's the only thing we are passionate about. But, I assure you that's not the case! I could really get into boring details here, but I will spare you.
A few days ago, we had heated discussion….it went a little like this.
Me : What do you think about me painting the interior doors {at the new house} black? And maybe adding some pretty glass door knobs?
Matt : I don't think you should paint them. If I have time, I would like to make new doors. INSERT me rolling my eyes.
Me : When are you going to find time to just widdle up 8-10 interior doors. I think painting them would look great.
Matt : It could look great, or REALLY BAD. If you don't want me to make them, then I think we should buy new doors.
Me : I think that's a little over kill, do we really need to buy all new doors? I just wanted to paint them and add pretty hardware.
Matt : What do you mean 'add pretty hardware?' You started out with wanting to paint the doors.
Me : Yes, but you can't paint them and not add new hardware.
Matt : OK, well that is going to get expensive. So, if you don't want to do ANY OTHER improvements, we can buy new doors and hardware.
Me : Are you talking about buying doors made of solid gold? What do you mean we can't do ANY OTHER improvements?
Matt : If we are going to do it, I want to do it right.
Me : Well, what if we buy 1 door and handle set at a time? We can change it out as I finish {decorating} each room.
Matt : No, if I am going to have to paint or finish doors, I want to do them all at once. Plus, I want to change out all of the hardware at once.
Me : How about you don't worry about it and you just let me do my thing.
Matt : Under his breath 'it's going to look like cra*'.
Me : I don't need your help. I was just being polite by asking your opinion. I will do it ALL myself.
Matt : You know how to change out door knobs?
Me : Yes, plus I have my own tools, I can figure it out.
Matt : You know what? You are right, we can just do 1 at a time. You can try painting them, and if you don't like how they turn out, we can just replace them one at a time.
He is a good man.
Pictures to follow, after we move in ;-)
Have you painted your interior doors a color other than white?
Owners of MD Haney & Co., Matt and Darci Haney, are a husband and wife team who love architecture and beautiful spaces. They have a passion for what they do and believe that is evident in all of their projects. MD Haney & Co. is a design/build company that specializes in design, renovating homes, custom cabinetry and furniture re-finishing. MD Haney & Co. is also a Chalk Paint® decorative paint, and Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint stockist. Besides refinishing and repurposing worn out pieces, they sell decorative paint, re-purposed furniture and offer monthly painting and creative workshops.
