This past weekend, I finally got to visit my godmother’s new house that she and her husband recently built… coincidentally (or not at all) right across the street from my parents’ new house 🙂  Alice is super talented at furnishing on a budget, and I just love what she chose to use for one of their kitchen “tables”:

It’s her grandmother’s old washing bench.  Their place is right on the water, and it’s very Maine cottage-y, so we both thought it fit in beautifully with the house’s interior style.  Plus, since there’s only two of them, it’s the perfect size for a quick little breakfast or lunch together.  So resourceful!

And as if the inside of the house wasn’t pretty enough already, check out their outdoor surroundings:

Can’t wait to get to spend some weekends here again this summer!