A little about my life and loves on Cedar Creek Lake …
My husband and I live in the beautiful piney woods of East Texas on the banks of Cedar Creek Lake. We love watching and being a part of all the seasons and changes that happen on the lake.
We moved here 28 years ago … and began the mammoth task of renovating our “tired” and “brown everything” lake house that was originally built during the early 70’s.
Slowly, with each wall we knocked down, each remnant of shag carpet we removed and the many gallons of white paint that we applied … our brown house began to disappear and the “Cottage Green” we had envisioned began to emerge.
It still seems like we are always working on our “nest” but we love seeing every result and improvement we make.
My love of decorating and crafts …
When our kids were younger, I worked for an Interior Design Company decorating and accessorizing homes. I also gave weekly classes at Michael’s and was paid to teach other’s how to make holiday bows and wreaths…flower arrangements…seasonal door decorations…and girl’s hair bows. I love making crafts and from early autumn until two weeks before Christmas, I would sell my decorations at the local Craft Fairs.
Through the years I’ve continued crafting and decorating, but mostly for our own home, for our family and friends, or for custom orders.
I was blessed with a full music scholarship to college and pursued a double major of both music and education before I left my Junior year to marry my sweetheart … or as Anne of Green Gables would say … “my kindred spirit and dearest of dear husbands.” His name is Richard.
We have been married for 44 years and he still makes my heart skip a beat whenever I catch his eye across a crowded room.
We have been blessed with 2 children, a son and a daughter, and we now have 3 dear grandchildren who are running in the same footprints our children did … and we’re still making memories at our cottage on the lake.
I hope each recipe, tablescape, decoration, arrangement, landscaping idea, and the whimsical way I like to decorate our home … Cottagegreenonthelake.com will inspire you … 4 the seasons!
From my cottage to yours ~ Trenda
Cottage Green on the Lake 