TweetSometimes people joke with me when they see pictures of the farmhouse and say “I want to come live with you!” and I always joke back, “Ok but I’m warning you there’s only 1 bathroom!” Old houses are super packed with charm but they can have some challenges too. We are lucky ours doesn’t have … [Read more…]
TweetThrough the magic of blog makeover reveals it may seem like I can get a lot of things done fairly quickly. But sometimes a room can take me quite literally months to pull together. That’s the case with my master bedroom. There was a lot of little furniture projects I had to do to pull … [Read more…]
TweetParents spend a lot of time in the laundry room. With 4 kids I spend A LOT of time in there. I feel so lucky to actually have a dedicated space to do my laundry. When we moved in it was pretty much blank space. Here’s a picture. But then I started doing some work … [Read more…]
TweetOur office is pretty hardworking – its my sewing room, craft room, office, Matt’s office, his photo editing space and the guitar room. Oh and its also the smallest room in the house. Typical. Matthew and I have always shared an office – even when we didn’t have too. We are just one of those … [Read more…]
TweetWhen I was younger, as most kids, I had pretty active imagination. I remember my favorite game was to pretend I was a gymnast. I would catapult and do flips off my grandma’s davenport (yes that’s what she used to call her couch and yes she was super lenient with me). I would also jump … [Read more…]
TweetYou know we have been having a lot of chats on my porch and it has occurred to me that I don’t have my porch on my farmhouse tour yet. So please grab drink of your choice and settle in for a bunch of pictures of the story of our porch makeover. Seriously we took … [Read more…]
TweetOne of my favorite things to do as a child was to read so I love watching my kids discovering the joy of reading as well. I really want to encourage it as much as I can. When I was younger I always loved to find fun spots to read in. I would climb trees … [Read more…]
TweetIn many homes the stairwell is a focal point – grand with beautiful banisters. But in a lot of old, hardworking farmhouses the stairwells weren’t there for looks. They were built to serve a purpose – point blankly to get you from one floor to the next. I would say our stairwell falls into … [Read more…]
TweetDisclaimer: This post is going to be a long one cuz I’m so crazy happy with how the kitchen turned out. With 4 kiddos most of the work got done after bedtime and we would work well into the night. We literally poured our blood sweat and tears into this one and I couldn’t be … [Read more…]
TweetIn a perfect world every house would be built with a beautiful full size mudroom. However most of us are lucky to even have this: And if you have kids there’s a good chance it looks something more like this: I realize the doors are off in this picture but come on – when … [Read more…]