{"product_id":"lakeside-cottage-in-spring-40-50-cm-square-drill-diamond-painting-kit","title":"Lakeside Cottage in Spring — 40×50 cm Square-Drill Diamond Painting Kit","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is nobody in this picture. No figure on the path, no boat on the water, nothing to make you wonder what they are doing there. Just a cottage, a lake, a swan, and a great deal of quiet to fill in by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stone walls sit right at the water's edge under a terracotta roof, and spring light comes in low and warm across them. Cherry blossom drifts over the path in pinks that shade from almost-white to deep. A weeping willow leans out toward the lake, and one white swan holds the middle of the still water, which is the only place the composition asks you to look. The reflections are where the square drills earn their keep.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSquare drills sit edge to edge, so a finished area shows no canvas between the beads and the surface reads as continuous tile rather than a field of dots. On water and on stonework in particular, that flat mosaic is the difference between a reflection and a texture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinished size 40 x 50 cm (approx. 16 x 20 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull coverage, square drills\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePre-printed, pre-glued canvas sealed under protective film, with a color-coded symbol chart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull set of color-sorted square drills, with a few spare of each shade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrill pen, sorting tray and wax caddy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNumbered color legend matched to the symbols on the canvas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrame not included; the finished canvas is ready to mount or frame as you like\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStraight talk\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoughly 20 to 25 hours, so a few weeks of evenings rather than a season. Square drills are less forgiving than round ones: a bead set crooked shows immediately, and the fix is to lift it out before the adhesive sets rather than to live with it. Peel the film back a section at a time so the rest stays tacky, and press finished areas under a clean book to settle them. Welcoming to a newer maker who is willing to go slowly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNobody arrives, the swan does not move, and the light stays exactly where it is. That is the whole offer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jeanne Argent","offers":[{"title":"40×50 cm \/ Square Drill","offer_id":61977212158322,"sku":"DP-LAKECOTTAGE-4050-SQ","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/9215\/5250\/files\/Screenshot2026-06-24at5.20.31PM.png?v=1782336305","url":"https:\/\/www.jeanneargentatelierllc.com\/products\/lakeside-cottage-in-spring-40-50-cm-square-drill-diamond-painting-kit","provider":"Jeanne Argent","version":"1.0","type":"link"}