an unconventional home
It’s been just over a year since we expanded our living space from 320 square feet to 1500 square feet. (In case you are new around here, we converted the loft of an old barn into a small apartment to live in while we were building our house.)
After living in such a small space for about 18 months, the move was a very welcome change. But there are a few things I miss about living small. Here are some of them.
I think that it’s easy to believe that once you create a home you love, you can sit back and relax. Because you are done. But in our experience, the best solutions for our home are constantly evolving and changing. What works for us right now may not work for us in a year, or […]
Hey, remember that one time we lived in a 320-square-foot barn apartment? Me either. I feel like the time we spent living in a tiny space is sort of like having a newborn. You forget about the details over time. And sometimes, you feel like it never happened at all. It’s all a bit of a haze. […]
It’s almost like my planting flowers in pots has forced Mother Nature to get it together. You’re welcome, Midwest. (Don’t you love that I take credit for the general great weather system we’ve had in my area? I’m ridiculous.) It’s been sunny and warm all weekend and I’m soaking it up. The weekend brought a lot […]
I don’t think you can ever have too much barn wood. You can quote me on that. And when you take down a whole barn, you have an overabundance of barn wood. All of that to say I have a beautiful barn beam mantel. We chose to use a barn beam we had in our […]
I am a bit of a paint hoarder. I like to hang onto used cans of paint, for crafting and paint touchups. We often work on small projects, and I like to have lots of choices available without running to the store. But the dozens and dozens of gallons of paint were starting to overtake […]
