Here’s where I come clean. Sometimes … Ryan and I make mistakes when DIYing and renovating. (Gasp.) Many of those “mistakes” are just because time changes our plans. This happens a lot to us because while we do plan, we also roll with the punches. And because we do lots of the work ourselves, we […]
A big deck update
I like big decks and I cannot lie. Progress is being made in the barn front. While the upstairs apartment will be very small, Ryan and I decided to add a very large deck off the back. We kindly refer to this as the BIG DECK. It will essentially allow us to expand the living […]
Painting windows with the Wagner FLEXiO sprayer
Let’s review how great the barn is looking, shall we? Am I the only one who cares? Hey? **Tap tap** Is this thing on? Life has been strange lately. Like, the stars aligned and I’ve been randomly contacted by the most amazing companies who happen to have products that I truly need right now. First […]
Barn windows and doors and your opinions on door colors
Barn progress is being made, folks. I will share more about painting the windows soon. For now, let’s just sigh together as we look at the progress. It’s a beautiful thing. Do you remember what the barn looked like in it’s original home? (Recap for those new to this craziness: Ryan disassembled a 100+ year-old […]
Painting, painting and staining
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 […]
Living in a barn
So, yesterday we shared our little plan to convert the attic of the barn into an apartment for us to live. It’s only about 320 square feet. So, um, it’s small. I think we can safely call it crazy small. I’m not sure if this was really a bombshell, but this plan is pretty […]