NewlyWoodwards

an unconventional home

Breaking news: the barn has a toilet (and a faucet)

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You guys. It’s getting real over here. Like, we are going to be living in a BARN. SOON. When someone asks my kid if he was raised in a barn, he can say, “Yeah.” (He pretty much answers yeah to everything anyhow.) The next big step …a  toilet. We have a toilet. That works. This is […]

Painting kitchen cabinets at the barn

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Painting kitchen cabinets is not at all something I was looking forward to. The good news? It’s a tiny house. It’s a tiny kitchen. So there wasn’t much to paint. And it actually went more quickly than I anticipated. This isn’t in any way a “reveal” post. But, it’s progress. And progress can be a […]

Life is better at the barn bench

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I’m borderline obsessed with this bench upgrade.  It’s just so fun and perfect for our new barn patio. Would you believe this bench was actually made by Ryan back in 2009. I painted it, but after 5 years it had seen better days and was embarrassingly dirty. So, when I painted all my outdoor chairs, […]

The psychology of painting trim

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Painting trim is something I’ve built up to be the WORST EVER JOB IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. I have painted a lot of trim in my day (like, every single piece of trim in two houses), so I have decided I’m an expert. There’s just so much of it. And it’s all detail […]

Little vinyl barn quilts on the patio

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I simply cannot get enough barn quilts in my life. After creating the large version for our barn, I set my sights on creating some small versions for our patio. This time, I used vinyl and it made the process ridiculously easy and quick. For the background, I used 12×12 boards I had in the garage […]

Why I love sheet vinyl (and other barn apartment updates)

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I know that everyone loves expensive tile. I get it. I really do. It’s lovely. But, because I’m sort of the strange Midwesterner who really likes practical things, I seriously LOVE SHEET VINYL FLOORING. Phew. I’m so glad that’s off my chest. We’ve actually done tile in our current bathroom and I HATE IT. There. […]