Fall is my favorite season of the year. The weather, the colors of the season and the food are all things that I find comfort in. Even though things are going to sleep in the fall, I have a sense of renewal and awakening on morning…
I’m so happy to report that the barn renovation is about 97 percent complete! It’s been a long six months since the start of this project but we can see the finish line now and have started cleaning all the dust off things. There’s still a…
I’ve never built a space from the ground up. Any renovations we did before moving to this house were all done within the constraints of the walls in previous houses. So, until now, I’ve never been able to design a place from start to finish. Sure,…
I’ve been over here dragging my feet on a barn conversion update because it felt like there wasn’t much to see yet. But now that I go back and compare where we are to where we were, it’s incredible to see the progress that’s been made!…
We moved the girls and Mr. Basil into our Horizon Structures chicken coop a few weeks ago and so far, they are loving life out there. Due to our crummy weather this spring, we weren’t able to move them out until they were about 8 weeks…
I have a hard time buying really expensive décor and then buying something new for the next season. I’m sure if Kevin read that line, he wouldn’t believe it, but it’s true. Since we just moved here these last few months have already been expensive and…
Just over 16 years ago, I was a younger reporter in the middle-of-nowhere Illinois who thought she might someday change the world with her words. I thought I might be on the front lines of a war covering heroic tales from the front lines, knee deep…
This post contains affiliate links. It finally feels like summer here in West Michigan and I couldn’t be more excited for what the promise of this first summer in the farmhouse brings. Aside from wrapping up the barn remodel later this season, I’m looking forward to…
This is the week, everyone! The barn renovation is starting, and you can feel the excitement and nervous anticipation in the air. Neither my not I have ever done anything so big or so complicated. To date, the inside farmhouse renovation is the largest renovation we’ve…
Okay, the time has come for my baby girls to move out of the house and into their gorgeous chicken coop from Horizon structures. Our 12 little chicks have grown up so fast into chirpy teenagers and I’m ready for them to get into a space…
