NewlyWoodwards

an unconventional home

Starting plants from seed

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I gave you an update yesterday about our garden plans. Today, I’m back to share our seed-starting ideas. When we decided to go over-the-top with the garden, we knew we couldn’t purchase plants from the garden center for everything, It would cost a small fortune and would also seriously limit what we could grow. So, […]

(An overly ambitious) garden plan

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We finally got a few nice days and it’s made me more excited than ever for spring. The Midwest is collectively thanking Mother Nature. Since we plan is to be in our barn apartment sometime late-spring, we’ll be on the premises during the growing season this year. If you’ve been around here for awhile (hey, […]

Saving in college

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I stepped on my college campus for the first time 11 years ago. And in four years, I learned a lot about myself. I also learned a lot about money. (I’m adding a couple of photos of the college years I pulled from Facebook. Mostly just because they humor me.) 1. Fun can be had […]

We’ve got walls and other barn apartment updates

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Our barn apartment has walls. Which makes it one step closer to being an actual place we can live. I have been waiting to post an update until I could make it out to the barn to get some photos but the weather has been working against me. The property has a gravel driveway, but […]

Saving money while renovating a fixer-upper home

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If there’s one thing we’re pretty familiar with at NewlyWoodwards, it’s buying a home. We’ve done it five times since 2007, so I’m considering ourselves at least somewhat knowledgable about the process. That doesn’t mean we LIKE the process. It’s terrible, tedious, stressful, time-consuming and just horrible overall, in my opinion. But buying a house […]

“Find your rainbow” watercolor and glitter artwork for St. Patrick’s Day

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This post brought to you by Duck Brand. All opinions are 100% mine. It’s March, Mother Nature. Stop the madness. I held off on the weather complaints on this blog. I really tried to keep myself from going there. Yes, there was a lot of snow this year. Yes, it was horribly cold. But I […]