NewlyWoodwards

an unconventional home

House plans

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Well, we have a house plan. And I couldn’t be any more excited about it. You may remember I shared that we met with a home designer last month. It took a few weeks, but he came back with a home plan that Ryan and I can really envision us living. One of our main […]

Some flower-induced curb appeal

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If all goes as planned, our house will be on the market in the next month or two. (Fingers. Crossed.) And then our home will become someone else’s home. That makes me immensely happy. Speaking of our house and being happy, I got our flower pots planted to spruce up the outside. I think the curb […]

Painting chevron stripes on textured walls

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This post brought to you by FrogTape. All opinions are 100% mine. Are textured walls a Midwest thing? Because it seems to be pretty standard to have textured walls here in Illinois. And textured walls can be intimidating when adding stripes or patterns. I was intimidated. But I’m not anymore. My friend Tia saved my rear recently. And since […]

Party supplies to the extreme (from 1st Wishes)

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When it comes to parties, I love a solid party theme. And I love using personalized details and photos. For Henry’s party, I hit the jackpot when I found all the goodies from 1st Wishes. PICTURES AND PERSONALIZATION EVERYWHERE.       My very favorite part – the personalized photo plates. Because I don’t believe there […]

Living in a barn progress

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It’s been a while since a barn update. We’ve been doing more than just finishing the deck railings and making a barn quilt. Here’s a few highlights, in case you are following along. (Sorry for the random nature of this post. We’re just all over the place lately.) Ryan finished off the bottom of the […]

How to paint porch rails and stain a new deck

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Thank you so much for the kind words about our new deck and railings. To say I’m smitten with the space would be an understatement. I wanted to share our process for staining the deck and painting the railings, in case you were also taking on this project. We hope that the work we put […]