Happy Anniversaries! Holy wow! Soooo many anniversaries this week. Three years ago, we said goodbye to the life we made, our family and friends, and the house we had spent so many years in. We ventured into the unknown with nobody at the other end but each other. But so far, so good! Jim movedContinue reading
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Time flies when you’re doing all the things
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Just Swingin’ It
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All Farmhouses Need a Porch Swing So, as usual, I hunted for a good deal locally. Because why buy something new when you can spend tons of time and money fixing up something used? After looking off an on, I came across a super cute yellow swing. And brought her home. Once again, I probablyContinue reading
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All decked out!
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OK…I know we moved to the country but OH MY GOD the mud that happens 9 months out of the year…combined with the dogs…at least my floors are good at hiding it. Anyways, shortly after moving in, it became evident that we needed more outside non-mud space. And a place to BBQ, of course. Originally,Continue reading
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Out with the old…
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And in with the new(ish)… We quickly realized that a lot of what fit at our old house in California didn’t really fit into the new house. Both size and style. What does that mean??? Shopping!!! I may or may not have started collecting things while living in the rental. To my defense, I onlyContinue reading
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A Few of my Favorite Things
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As parents, we aren’t supposed to pick favorites…but when designing a house? You betcha. Here are some of mine… Faucets Who would have thought 18 years ago when we got married that I’d be swooning over any sort of plumbing…not me for sure. But oh man. Should you ever get the chance to remodel yourContinue reading
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Shiplap!
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We are big Fixer Upper fans and consider ourselves pretty much like Chip and Joanna. We could totally have our own show. So needless to say, yep…we are doing the shiplap thang. Well not the real shiplap thing. But the fake shiplap thing. Believe me…it’s a thing. Pinterest says so. And before we shiplap all theContinue reading
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A Walk Around
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I just realized that I posted tons of pics of the inside, but not really many exterior ones. I really do love the house from all angles and how the windows look out at the trees everywhere. This picture really shows how much of a slope we were working with. The crawl space on theContinue reading
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Home Sweet Home
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Finally! Well, we didn’t have Jonathan and Drew to show us all of the wonderful things throughout the house or a big before billboard pulled apart by Joanna and Chip…but we did finally get to kick out the contractors and move in! And just to refresh your memory…the before: And the after: Just in TimeContinue reading
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From the Ground Up
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It’s defininitely been a long year anticipating the completion of the house. We set up our trail came to take a picture every day. I had plans to do this awesome post with a super cool video showing the progression. Then last month, Jim’s computer died. Along with our once a day photos. Cry. IContinue reading
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Breaking New Ground
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Finally! So after waiting for someone to move the mobile home for a month, we couldn’t wait anymore and told the builder just to demolish it. We had to wait a few weeks to get the permits through, but the new year happened and we were ready to roll! On the 2nd, they did theContinue reading
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Progress!
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Holy moly, this is hard! Who would have thought that building our dream house would be so hard to do? We’ve spent the last few months scouring affordable plans that we’d be able to build within our budget. We finally put four plans into a “we agree” board on Pinterest. Then we printed them allContinue reading