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Sycamore and Slate

Building Our Farmstead - From the Ground Up

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Farmhouse, Farmstead, Forever Home, Home Building

House Build Week 80

October 22, 2019

I just want to start out by saying I NEVER thought we’d get the whole way up to a week eighty on progress updates, but here we are! 🙂 And plenty more weeks to go,… [Continue Reading]

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Farmhouse, Farmstead, Forever Home, Home Building

House Build Week 75-79

October 15, 2019

The past few weeks have been a series of EVERYTHING happening at once and then almost nothing happening for days on end. The main change inside was that the kitchen cabinets were installed. Our cabinet… [Continue Reading]

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House Build Week 67-74

September 10, 2019

Since I last posted about our farmhouse’s progress, my family suffered the devastating loss of my father, which was such a hard, sad, life-altering roadblock for us. It really slowed things down on the house… [Continue Reading]

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House Build Week 50-52

April 9, 2019

ONE WHOLE YEAR!! …of construction, of mud, of decisions, of waiting, of planning, of progressing, of building. I can safely say we’re on the final stretch now. The end is in sight. The interior is… [Continue Reading]

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First Home Kitchen Renovation

March 18, 2017

I love our kitchen now, but when we first bought this house, the layout just did not work for us.  This is what it looked like before: (This post may contain affiliate links.) The right kitchen… [Continue Reading]

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DIY Embroidered Baseball Cap Ornaments (Plus a Story About Dad)

When my father died two years ago, he left behind many things – family, friends, memories, and all his earthly possessions. A big portion of those possessions was a massive collection of baseball caps. Dad… [Continue Reading]

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