Sharing our restoration journey of an 1890's homestead in the PNW!
How much life can change in 4 short years. Shortly after the last post in Fall 2021 we lost our other dog, Oliver. And it was only weeks before I started begging Brian for a puppy. The house just felt incredibly empty and cold without our dogs with us anymore. And it took a few… Continue reading Long Overdue Update
It's officially fall! And we officially have a primary heat source!! Hooray! Last winter we just had the heat pump, and while we survived, it definitely was not meant to be our primary heat source, we just didn't prioritize getting the stove in as we thought it would fair a little better than it actually… Continue reading Wood Stove!
So we really haven’t done much with the Cabin over this Summer, but we did get started on the wood stove project. We still have a bit more to do, but we’re hopeful we’ll finish the install by rainy season! First we got the platform planned out and installed in the living room. Next we… Continue reading Kitchen Backsplash!
So, it's June. JUNE. I can hardly believe it. Plenty has happened since my last update on the bathroom. We were able to shower in our own home for the first time on January 31st (hurray!!!!). Old news now :). We also have had a functional downstairs toilet and vanity since mid to end of… Continue reading Bathroom Update
So we’ve officially started working on the downstairs full bathroom! And my oh my is it coming along beautifully. I am so excited to have our very own shower. The weekend of New Year’s we started hanging drywall and even got a little bit of mudding and taping done! We had to finish mudding and… Continue reading Bathroom!!
Guess what!! This past weekend Husband installed our oven and our microwave! I could not be happier or more excited. We still need our dishwasher (still waiting on delivery delays); to finish up the cabinets around the microwave now that it's installed, and backsplash and trim, and blah blah blah, but the kitchen is now… Continue reading Kitchen for Christmas (+Snow!!)
FYI: none of these pictures have anything to do with the words, so just pay attention to whichever you're most interested in :D! I spent 2014-15 in school doing prerequisites for the Radiologic Technologist (X-ray Tech) program. I spent 2015-2018 on the waitlist for said program (while working a fantastic job that I was incredibly… Continue reading The Beginning
On Friday, June 5, 2020 we spent our first night in our new home!! Okay, so I realize that was three weeks ago already. Somehow, I got another (this is my third) job. And I am in my final quarter of school. And I was pushing super hard to get out of the RV. I… Continue reading We Have A LOFT
It has been absolutely insane the past month and a half. I got a new job in the profession I've been in school for for nearly two years now, I started my final quarter of said school, and I have still been *attempting* to help Husband make progress on the Cabin. Though I think a… Continue reading One?! Maybe?!?!
Whoops. I didn’t realize I already missed three weekends worth of posts! So I have more than enough pictures to share. But I haven’t had much spare time the past few weeks, so this is going to be short and sweet with tons of pictures that will hopefully speak for themselves :)! The first project… Continue reading Four
The Homestead Journey 