NewlyWoodwards

an unconventional home

On selling a house, living in a barn, and being cursed

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This is one of those posts that only a few of you will actually care about. No inspirational photos or ideas. Just messy, real life. I have avoided officially announcing it (unless you are on Instagram) because I was afraid of jinxing it, but let’s be honest. Nothing is a secret for me. So as a means of […]

October Silhouette Project Inspiration

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I love all the Silhouette crafting I’ve been doing in the past 6 months since being chosen as a member of the Silhouette Design Team. But I’ve been reminded that not all of you have Silhouette machines (but seriously, why not? ;)). I’m creating at least three projects a month over there, so I’ll be […]

Painting a house in a day

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(This project was featured last week when I took over Behr’s Instagram account for the week. Those were short snippets I’m sharing the long-winded version here.) This is a story that begins with a house. (Like all good stories do.) An old farmhouse my parents bought a few years ago. They live in it half the year […]

An ode to the little details

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I’m really not very sentimental about leaving our current home. It’s not personal. It’s just going to be such a relief to finally sell our house and move to our property. We never planned to stay in this house long – we always planned to move. And the barn and property are much more sentimental to me. […]

Barn rolling workbenches in Behr Starless Night

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We are moving right along with our Fall in Love project – the barn garage. Our next big undertaking was painting those amazing rolling workbenches. I asked your opinions last week – I was waffling between red and navy and grey. I ended up choosing navy – or Behr Starless Night, to be exact. I really […]

Upcycled corrugated metal arrow craft (and project distractions)

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While Ryan and Kyle were busy at work getting the metal up on the walls at the barn, I was also busy. Using the scraps from the metal to make fun decorative crafts. My brother thinks this is why everything takes far longer than it should. Because I’m not doing anything “productive” or “on-task.” I get too […]