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Sycamore and Slate

Building Our Farmstead - From the Ground Up

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Farmhouse, Farmstead, Forever Home, Home Building, Paint

House Build Week 45-49

March 18, 2019

Our walls are well on their way to being finished! The drywall has now been completely completed throughout the whole house. Our painter completely primed the walls and ceilings were painted in Sherwin Williams Snowbound…. [Continue Reading]

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Farmhouse, Farmstead, Forever Home, Home Building

House Build Week 30-32

November 20, 2018

We’ve hit the big three-oh and then flew right by it!  Another three weeks have passed, and it seems like we finally had some pretty fall colors and then went straight into winter.  As far… [Continue Reading]

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Farmhouse, Farmstead, Forever Home, Home Building

House Build Week 24-26

October 9, 2018

I can’t believe how quickly time seems to be moving right now!  Three more weeks have passed since my last update on our house progress, and I can’t even believe it’s been that long!  Everyday the… [Continue Reading]

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Farmhouse, Farmstead, Forever Home, Home Building, Staircase

House Build Week 21-23

September 18, 2018

I didn’t post an update for the last three weeks for a few reasons.  The primary one being that, while a lot of progress is always happening at the house, none of it was majorly… [Continue Reading]

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Farmhouse, Farmstead, Forever Home, Home Building, Windows

House Build Week 19

August 20, 2018

Day 126 (Monday, 8/13/18)    Since we now have the main design completed for the stairs, the guys started to build the landings.  Beyond that, they worked on finishing a lot of the framing that… [Continue Reading]

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Farmhouse, Farmstead, Forever Home, Home Building, Uncategorized

House Build Week 18

August 12, 2018

Day 119 (Monday, 8/6/18)   The framing of the roof (wow, that phrase makes my brain go straight to The Taming of the Shrew, one of the few Shakespeare plays I like) saw a lot of… [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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