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Behr Bit of Sugar: the Perfect White Paint Color for Trim, Walls, and Exterior
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Behr Bit of Sugar: the Perfect White Paint Color for Trim, Walls, and Exterior

Today on the blog I’m sharing with y’all the most perfect white paint color you’ll ever find: Behr Bit of Sugar! One of my most…

How to Build a DIY Fireplace for an Electric Insert From Scratch
DIY's and Projects

How to Build a DIY Fireplace for an Electric Insert From Scratch

Our DIY farmhouse fireplace project is officially done y’all!!! We built this DIY fireplace for an electric fireplace insert from scratch!! This was a really…

My Visions and Plans for our DIY Farmhouse Fireplace Project!
DIY's and Projects

My Visions and Plans for our DIY Farmhouse Fireplace Project!

The last time I wrote about this chippy mantel here on the blog, I shared a few photos of fireplaces that I love and find…

Inspiration and Ideas for Our Farmhouse Fireplace Project
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Inspiration and Ideas for Our Farmhouse Fireplace Project

If you’ve been here for some time… You may remember this amazing antique fireplace mantle we bought a little while back! I had and still…

9 Things We Got Right During Construction
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9 Things We Got Right During Construction

Today on the blog, I want to share 9 things we got right during construction. We totally re-built our family’s farmhouse, and it was a…

Managing The Construction Budget
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Managing The Construction Budget

The construction budget is an extremely important topic to anyone building a home, renovating, living in a fixer upper… you name it! No matter the…

Ten Ways To Save Money During Construction
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Ten Ways To Save Money During Construction

Whether you are building a new house or remodeling your current home, expenses add up quickly! So today, I thought I’d share 10 things we…

Our Construction Horror Story
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Our Construction Horror Story

Okay, I’ll be the first to admit that referring to our experience as a construction horror story may be a tad dramatic! I honestly am…

7 Steps to Renovate a Historic Home
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7 Steps to Renovate a Historic Home

Today I wanted to share a little info on how to renovate a historic home by detailing the steps we took to re-build our 1800’s…

8 Unique Ways to Incorporate Reclaimed Wood
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8 Unique Ways to Incorporate Reclaimed Wood

One of my favorite things about the farmhouse is all the reclaimed wood accents! So today I thought I’d share 8 unique ways to incorporate…

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... and blastin' 90's country the whole way home! ... and blastin' 90's country the whole way home! Anyone else?? 

We're currently refreshing the landscaping all around our farmhouse... and hydrangeas were at the top of my wish list!

Head to stories to see where I'm planting them, and follow along to see how the rest of this project and our farmhouse landscaping turns out!
The perfect blue for the front porch ceiling on ou The perfect blue for the front porch ceiling on our New Old Cottage...

Summer Breeze by @valsparpaint 

There are approximately 368,927,538,166 decisions to make when you're building a house. 

And we've reached the point where decision fatigue is setting in, so we let my daughter "eenie meenie miny mo" the paint color for the porch ceiling. 

Deep down I knew it was gonna be good, but I've never used "eenie meenie miny mo" to pick a color 🙃 so that had me nervous! 

But I honestly think she picked the perfect blue! What do you think? Do you love it?? And would you ever use "eenie meenie miny mo" to pick your paint color?

Btw if you're new here, we're building a new cottage full of old house character and charm... Follow along to watch our new old cottage come to life one project, and one paint color at a time!
... Something so out of the ORDINARY! I can't get ... Something so out of the ORDINARY!

I can't get over how good this DIY penny tile project and this space are turning out!

If you're new here we're building a new / old guest cottage right down the gravel drive from our farmhouse! Our goal is to build a new house that feels like an old HOME. One that's full of vintage character and charm and I can't wait to show you all our visions come to life over the next few weeks! 

The cottage should be finished sometime in May / June 2025... follow along to see more of this bathroom and the rest of the house as we wrap up construction soon!

#diypennytile #pennytile #tilepatterns #blackandwhitetiles #vintagecottage #cottagebathroom #newoldhouse
How many times can we say "PRETTY!" in a minute an How many times can we say "PRETTY!" in a minute and a half?!

I think I counted to 363108462! 🙃

Seriously though y'all... @barnlight makes the PRETTIEST lights! They're vintage-inspired fixtures which I just love, and I think they'll be the perfect complement to all the authentically old pieces we're incorporating into the design of our new-old cottage.

Follow along to see more of the cottage and to see how all these PRETTY lights look after they're installed... @royalelectricalcontractors will be here next week and I can hardly wait! 

#newoldhouse #newbuild #vintagelights #vintagelighting #barnlightelectric
Farmhouse Garden Update: our DIY raised garden bed Farmhouse Garden Update: our DIY raised garden beds are finallly done and all set up, so I wanted to share a little garden update with you! 

Can you believe we built these for under $30 / piece??

This space is right off the kitchen side of our farmhouse. It's not quite done yet - I still need to arrange the rest of the pavers and gravel between the beds, fill a few more with dirt, get plants in the ground, and make it all pretty! But I love how it's shaping up so far!

And Ford is so excited to enjoy some farm to floor veggies 🤣

I haven't decided what I'm gonna call this space yet. What do we like better? 

- potager garden
- kitchen garden
- got any other ideas??

Comment "DIY" and I'll send you the full "how to" for our budget friendly raised beds with links to supplies and step by step instructions!
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