We are moving back into the workshop. I cannot believe I am typing those words. But we have a good reason. For around a month or so, we will be back into the woods and ivy cottage while our floor gets re-painted. Yes, it needs repainted again. And, here is why. We are Moving Back […]

I shared the doorknobs that we chose for our new home over on social media stories.  And, I got SO MANY requests for links.  And, I can see why.  I think they are so dang pretty.  It has always been a goal of ours to build this house with very little to no maintenance.  We […]

The antique doors in the utility room are hung! As you probably already know, we have several antique pieces that we are incorporating into our house house… doors and fireplace mantels.  Well, we are at THAT phase of this building process.  These items are currently being installed and we are THRILLED.  This week, the antique […]

Who remembers this fireplace mantel?  And, who has been watching social media stories over the last several weeks and has been seeing Deb stripping the paint off of it?  Well, she was ready to give up so I took over the process for awhile to give her a break.  This fireplace mantel was in ROUGH […]

I changed the layout of the guest bathroom a little during the building phase of our house. I wanted the tub in the middle of the bathroom window rather than on the side like we originally planned.  Actually, I think we originally planned a shower with a tub, but then I had this vision of […]

  The crew that is doing the trim work in our house is doing such a great job.  They are responsible for hanging all of the doors, installing the pocket doors, hanging the trim around the windows and the baseboards, and putting the stairways together.  When they first started, he explained to us that stairways […]

I just had to share with you here that the back stairway in the house is complete.  And, I am beyond thrilled.  Now if you remember… we wanted to build our home to look like it has been around for 100 years.  We wanted the large ticket items to be timeless and classic because we […]

I have gotten several emails and messages asking what paint colors we are using on the walls of the new house.  I’m not sure if you know this, but I love our entire house, yes every room, painted the same color.  We all know it will be some color of WHITE.  But, do you realize […]