Showing posts with label Designing Farmhouse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Designing Farmhouse. Show all posts

Friday, January 13, 2012

Where or Where Have We Been....?

The other day I was so excited to log on and show one of my friends {who hadn't seen any pictures of the house yet} the updated house pictures here on the good ol' blog... until I realized I hadn't updated since November. Oh gosh. I haven't been much better on keeping up with our family blog either. What can I say? Life with two little boys under two point five years of age keeps you busy.

The first week of November we officially moved into our house and life is finally starting to feel normal again. It still all feels really surreal. Living here. Being in this place. I look around and I can picture all these walls before they were even up. I walk on the floors and I remember when all we had was a big hole in the ground. It's hard to put into words what it feels like to live in something you built. Something you designed, something you poured your heart and soul into.

We still have a lot to do on the decoration front. I hardly put up a single decoration for Christmas. We are still in the process of unpacking and I didn't find most of our decorations until after Christmas. So, next year will be the year for that {but it was so wonderful being in our new house for Thanksgiving AND Christmas this year... and we hosted both. Yes, yes we are crazy}. The walls are still bare {for the most part}, the boy's room is still bare except for Porter's bed and the changing table and we have a lot of new furniture pieces yet to be purchased. As I have mentioned before... this is where I struggle. I want to really take my time and do it right. So pictures will come slowly as I make it just how I am picturing it in my head. Which is going to take some sweet time. Not only because I totally struggle in this area but because we are already making a few changes here and there that I have {already....} decided I didn't like.

Now onto some pictures:

Porter was in awe of our tree this year.


See the extent of my decorations? Weak, I know.


That face.

My mom got this for us as a house warming gift. I love it!

Sunset. I could take pictures everyday of just the sky ...

Over holiday break Weston wasn't feeling too hot so we spent many nights rocking into the wee hours of the morning by the fire.


I absolutely love this picture.

Out on a family walk one evening...



Little man was stuck inside with Momma while the big kids play.

I really love the main level wall color we ended up going with. It's the all over main level color except in the bathroom and mudroom.



& I just had to put some pictures of Porter opening up his stocking this year because it was priceless. He was SO cute. We had a great Christmas this year.

Home.

One of my goals for 2012 was to be a better blogger... so here we go. I sure hope I can keep up with it. Next time? I will share my beginning plans on turning our home from just a farm house {and some land} into a FARM. I am so excited about this!

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Week Fourteen ...

Our sidewalk was poured!


Porch ceiling was put up! We have can lights and speakers that run all along the porch ceiling.

The beams will all be wrapped, this one isn't done yet.

This is what they will look like.

More siding was done.... very close to this being done.

Sneak Peak of the slate that will be in our kitchen, mudroom and hallway. I love it.

Toilets were installed! I love them.... as silly as that is, it's true! {baseboard still needs to be installed}

I love the handles.

Other plumbing was installed, too!

And more light fixtures. We also trimmed out the windows in the master and started the baseboard in the master, too. This is a pretty good picture of the color in our room. I love it.

Baseboard shot. 


Some more happenings this past week ... 

The whole upstairs is all painted {my husband rocks}!
The slate started getting laid on Saturday a.m. 
The main level started getting painted 

We are getting SO close and can't wait to finally be in our house! I'll be back soon! 

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Weeks Eleven & Twelve ...


I am starting to lose track of what week we are in as they are all blending together! In the last {two} weeks we have had... 

tile laid in the the upstairs bathrooms and laundry room
Lots of siding put up {so close to being done!}
Garage dry walled 
The whole house primed 
Wood floors delivered 
Slate delivered
Doors hung
All light fixtures purchased {well except for one...}
Porter's room painted {he is SO excited about this!}
Master bedroom painted {Nick is doing all the painting. Bless his soul.}
Porch decking laid
Interior trim delivered

My big boy & little boy on a nightly walk on the property.


Our grass is growing!!

Week eleven siding picture.

I love our doors!

Primed and ready to be painted!

Tile in the upstairs bathroom!

Boys bathroom.

The trees are started to change!

So pretty.
Trim. Just needs to be painted!

Paint colors finalized. Lets hope we love them as much on the walls....


Other rock wall finished!

Porch decking laid ...


Papa and Porter working on the grass.

Picking out field-stones to put in our fireplace.

20! turkey in our driveway.


End of week twelve siding shot. So close!