NewlyWoodwards

an unconventional home

All lit up

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I couldn’t leave well enough alone. Soon after I posted about the budget makeover on our patio area, I bit the bullet and invested in some patio lights. (Ryan disagrees with the term “invested.” He believes that should be reserved for financial things like stocks. I believe that sometimes, lights are an investment worth making.) We’ll just have […]

Pimp Henry’s playhouse

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This spring and summer have been rough in the Midwest. Record rainfall and crazy winds have been even more noticeable as we are spending our first year in the country. Not much to block the extreme weather. And unfortunately, the insane winds took Henry’s playhouse for a ride a few months ago. I found it in about a […]

A budget-friendly patio update

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Where has this covered inttio BEEN all my life? With just a little bit of work and time, it’s easily become one of our favorite spots at the barn. It gets really really hot on the deck, so this covered patio under the barn deck is the best place to catch a cool breeze. While it’s […]

A barn that bleeds red, white and blue

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Our barn practically bleeds America. If the barn had blood, it would be an actual American flag. And if the barn was a song, it would obviously be “America the Beautiful.” That’s just truth, friends. There are a few scientific reasons why the barn is so (red, white and) true blue American: – It’s a […]

Vintage-inspired barn art

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When it comes to the barn, we’re really embracing our rural-ness. Rural-ness: it’s totally a thing. Because when it comes to sprucing up the interior and exterior of the barn, we’re going rustic and ag-inspired. Think barn wood and rusted corrugated metal … So when it came time to finish beautifying our patio, I embraced this […]

24 tomato cages and other garden updates

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There are a variety of things I’m good at. The top of the list – getting in over my head. Case in point: the garden. Even when I say I’m going low-key, I don’t. I’m a dirty nasty liar. It’s just that there’s this gorgeous space for a garden and I’d hate for it to […]