Hi, friends! I promised you an update on our new home, and I'm going to share the adjustments I've {been forced} to make in our master bathroom. When I design, I draw and source items. However, I never know the "life span" of the items I've sourced until I try to order them. It takes a lot of calling and checking stock to verify I can … Read More »
Kitchen Changes
New construction is a trip. I often liken it to herding cats. From a design standpoint, I'm going after specifics, and the construction world functions better on generalities. Thank goodness for processes that help me ride out the curves and navigate when we hit a dead end. When we talked last, I had shared our plans for our new kitchen and … Read More »
Architectural Details of Our Modern Farmhouse
Hi, everyone! Welcome back to my series on our new home. If this is your first time with us, you can catch up on all the details by taking the links below: Kitchen (Introduction) Master Bathroom Design Powder Bathroom Design Kids' Bathroom Design In a sense, we've been covering the architectural details (or the "hard" … Read More »
Building Our House
Release and Watch Providence Work All right friends - I need to catch you up on a few minor details. One of them being we've started building our new house. First we said we were, then we weren't, and back and forth until I've honestly lost track of it all. We got to the point where I thought we were going to stay in our current home for as … Read More »
This Thing Called Freedom
When are you going to build? Dave and I are getting asked this question on a pretty consistent basis. I have to smile and say, "Cobbler's shoes." For those of you who may be new to this blog, I'll give you a short update. My husband is a contractor/carpenter. I'm an interior designer/artist. We make a pretty good team. We've been … Read More »
Lost Creek Stables Kitchen Design
Hi everyone! Today is going to be one of the most exciting days on the blog. I've been working and working and working on our new home's kitchen design. If you haven't been with us before, we are building an elegant, modern farmhouse and developing the rest of some new property. We chose to make this move so we can keep and ride our horses in … Read More »
Lost Creek Stables Main Floor Plan
A few weeks ago I shared the first drawings of our home. I was going to share the other buildings on our land in the next post (garage; barn) but decided to switch course last night. Instead, I want to stay focused on the house for awhile. It keeps me motivated to make design decisions, and I think you'll find it more interesting. So … Read More »
House Plans for Lost Creek Stables
I am thrilled to share the first of many plans for our horse property, which we are calling Lost Creek Stables. If this is your first time on the blog, let me catch you up quickly. Last year Dave and I purchased 5 1/2 acres of raw ground. It is a place where we can have our horses (more on this in upcoming posts) and raise our children with … Read More »