NewlyWoodwards

an unconventional home

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 […]

New hardware in the barn apartment

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If there’s anything that makes a kitchen feel finished, it’s the hardware. It’s like the jewelry to a nice outfit. And, oh, does the barn have beautiful jewelry or what? Now we just need a faucet and a stove and we can stick a fork in this baby. For hardware, I wanted something that pulled out […]

The most amazing, awesome DIY workbenches of all time in the history of ever (and a poll)

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I’ve finally realized exactly what I bring to the table for our renovating efforts. It’s not any functional skill. I don’t build things. I rarely use power tools. I can barely read instructions to assemble a piece of furniture. I don’t even do very good at handing tools to the person doing the work. (Squirrel.) […]

The bedroom-slash-living room in the barn apartment

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Because I was hosting 12 of my friends to the barn, I had to make the barn look somewhat presentable. Which included the bed. This is what Ryan calls, “doing things in the wrong order.” Like putting up a shower curtain before the shower is finished. Or putting up a barn wood cow on the […]

A tour of the barn bathroom and bedroom

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Time for another quick barn update today – the bathroom and Henry’s bedroom. Both are roughly the same size. The bathroom is really coming together nicely. Just a few things to do with the tub surround and tub faucet. But the outside looks great. A working light fixture, faucet, shower curtain, and medicine cabinet installed by […]