This is that exact moment when you look around a wonder if you’re doing the right thing. Scott is back in the master today pushing our renovation plans closer and closer to completion. Of course, things have to look worse before they can look better. Last week, we decided to vault the ceiling in the master. It wasn’t part of …
A Shed for the Shooting Range
Shortly after the arrival of Spring on the farm, Aaron and a buddy set up a shooting range in our back pasture. On a handful of occasions, the range has been used for target practice with handguns, rifles and (for me!) recurve bows. One ambitious week, Aaron loaded our garage with cardboard and paper targets. We’ve since collected a few …
Day 1 of Many
Demolition has officially started, again! To be completely fair, the original demo kick off was a random spirited day where Aaron and I thought we were going to make huge progress on this renovation by ourselves. After finding out we were pregnant over the summer, that changed. A lot. We finalized the plans in November and have, since, been interviewing …
Picking More Finishes
The renovations continues. While we’re officially passing the one-year mark of moving into the farmhouse and starting our renovation process – the actual, tangible renovation part has yet to really start. It’s stressful at best. Especially with another little one on the way. Still – we’re doing our best to stay positive and make progress. We’ve interviewed several general contractors and …
The Plan for Change
As of November, we officially completed our plans for the renovation. To say that took a whole lot longer than anticipated would be an understatement. We really thought we would have had this show on the road a year ago. Now, we’re in the phase of finding our contractors. Luckily, Aaron has a bajillion connections from his work in real …
A Fresh Look for the Fireplace
While the upstairs remodel makes slow but steady progress toward a ground-breaking, I finally convinced Aaron to let me do a bit of nesting in the basement. More specifically, to let me refinish the fireplace. Our designers recommended keeping all the natural stone in the house. In the basement, though, the fireplace was planned to get a bit of a …
Cutting Up Trees at the Lake
With all that my dad does to help us on the farm – it’s truly a great thing when we’re able to give some help in return. On Saturday, he hosted a “Tree Cutting Party” which consisted of chopping down a couple of trees from the backyard of the lake house and then eating burgers and brats from the grill. Honestly, …
We’re Adding a Goat House
Some of you likely aspire to one day own one of those gorgeous lakeside dream home with a backyard pool and boat house. I’m here to tell you where the fun is really at: a Goat House. You read that right. Naturally, with the acquisition of goats, we needed a Goat House. Most of you – the sane ones – would say …
Renovation Swatches to Drool Over
We had the actual greatest time meeting face-to-face with Elaine this week to look at…swatches! As is usual – she killed it. She pulled together all of the raw materials that will go on the walls, floors, counters and more throughout the house. We got to touch them, shuffle them around and swap in new colors where they fit our style …
A First Look at Finishes
Our big renovation plan keeps taking massive strides toward breaking ground. Honestly, I’m so anxious I can’t stand it. However, seeing these views every few weeks is scratching the itch. This week, Elaine sent us our materials draft. For real – look at these beauties. Um, when do we move in?!