Sharing our restoration journey of an 1890's homestead in the PNW!
I remember thinking last year that we were having absolutely gorgeous weather for October. I have a few pictures that look like it's August, but are dated October (and I'm sure it wasn't August heat!). We got lucky enough to see some of that same October sunshine this year, with close to half the month… Continue reading Gorgeous Octobers
Now THIS is the type of instant gratification I've been missing lately! Okay, so maybe it wasn't so instant. But the past few weekends of media blasting, staining, board and batten replacing, and window installing has been incredibly satisfying. We've still got some boards and batten to finish staining - we ran out of stain… Continue reading Media Blasting and Staining
Monday was the first day of Fall. Sounds crazy. I'm pretty sure yesterday was the first day of Summer. Regardless, the rain and cooler weather has been making me feel as cozy as Maverick here. We're putting the garden to bed - i.e. MIL (Mother-in-law) is letting the chickens and ducks roam free through the… Continue reading Fall Has Arrived
Despite my best intentions, I have been doing a very poor job at updating weekly! The past couple of weekends were full of fun and exciting progress, though with the inevitable oncoming rainy season of the PNW, the progress can't seem to come fast enough. The weekend before last we started with finishing up our… Continue reading French Doors, French Drains, and Crawl Spaces
Today marks one year that we've owned our little (soon to be) oasis. This beautiful gem of a property first showed up in our lives in mid June and, I kid you not, the moment I laid eyes on the Cabin I knew it was the one. Now, just to be fair, there were like… Continue reading One Year Later
While this post has been literal months in the making, I am so excited to share that the foundation is officially completed! It only took more than twice as long as we originally thought it would, but there were lots of different reasons for that. Looking back through my photos to find the best ones… Continue reading We have a FOUNDATION!
The plants on the property have been going crazy. We've had rainy gloomy days followed by hot sunny summer days over and over for quite a while now. I suppose that's the best kind of Spring. I'm a big fan of summer. I'm not such a big fan of Spring. But since getting invested in… Continue reading Property Update
This week has been pretty busy. Heck, this year has been pretty busy. My husband has had a huge project going on at work for the past month, and now they are going to be moving the company to a new building in a few weeks to top it off! He's been pretty beat lately.… Continue reading Still Continuing the Lift!
This week I have a ton of flower pictures to share again; May is gorgeous around here. But we also did quite a bit of work, that doesn't look like a ton of work. We got the chicken run all fenced in - including some fishing net over the top to discourage the eagles. We… Continue reading The Lift Continued…
First of all, apologies for the neglect. I know you've been dying to hear what's going on, when in reality there's been a lack of updates due to the lack of updates :). On a positive note, there's been a ton of change in the foliage and what they say is true, April showers bring… Continue reading The Lift
The Homestead Journey 