NewlyWoodwards

an unconventional home

Gardening … made simple

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This post brought to you by Gro-ables. All opinions are 100% mine. I’ve written about gardening a lot. And I have a bundle of seeds that are already sprouting. (Our frost-free date is still painfully far away.) Four years ago when we started our own garden,  it was overwhelming. I read books, I followed blogs, […]

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, […]

Our exterior holiday decor

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I shared our full holiday home tour a few weeks ago. But, due to weather, I didn’t get to finish up our outdoor decor until this week. Because clearly, it’s better to wait until IT SNOWS to finish your outside decorations. We don’t go over the top, but I think our home looks quite festive! […]

Fall outdoor decor

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My love for pumpkins carried into my porch decor in full force. I couldn’t stop myself from loading up on those pretty pumpkins when I spotted them at the Farmer’s Market last week. Especially the heirloom varieties in grey and lighter orange. This led me into a full porch-decorating frenzy.     I ended up […]

Painting, painting and staining

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The barn is red, the barn is red! We went from this… To this … IT’S MAGIC. As hard-core DIYers, we didn’t relax much on Labor Day. Instead we dug in our heels, dropped off Henry at grandma and grandpa’s house, and painted that dang barn. You may remember I mentioned that painting was majorly […]