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Our newest project and future home... The Orchard House! Here is where we'll document it all.

White Shanty Reno

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Would you believe this used to be a bright blue welding plant? We've finally documented our before & after shots.

#HowIHoliday with Anthropologie

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Christmas holds our most favorite traditions and this year was one for the books!

 
 
 
WARRIOR MAMA UPDATE: 💪🏻✨ We went to dinner last night with warrior mama and her boys, and I’m sitting here this morning in disbelief that she is the same person I met just one short month ago. She has changed before my eyes! And it’s all because she believes in and loves herself again, because you all believed in her. Because you showed her she is worth fighting for! And she is... she is fighting with all she’s got. She’s praying again, shes starting school soon, she’s taking care of herself and her boys, and she is thriving! But the best part? Last night after we got home, she messaged me and said, “I have an idea. I want to share my story. What if I wrote a book?” ✨😭😆🙌🏻❤️😭✨👏🏻🙌🏻❤️✨ I mean....!!! Can you imagine the stories of redemption and love that is in her heart?! SHE IS DREAMING AGAIN! You guys.... I’ve been a blubbering mess all morning and YOU- You made this happen! You’ve brought her out of the depths of hell and into a place where she is LIVING and dreaming again. And she’s going to do it- I know she will. Because she is a fighter and she will help soooo many others that are hopeless and lost, remember who they are as His child, and find their own inner strength to keep fighting... and I can’t wait to see it all unfold. 💛✨ There’s so many things about this loft home of ours that has a little piece of my heart in it 💛✨.... And this old sink is no exception. Scroll to see it when we found it down in the workshop three years ago. It had been used there for eighty plus years ... and oh the stories it could tell! We really wanted to preserve as much of the history as we could when we decided to make this attic space our home, and this is one of my favorite touches. It is also where I bathed my baby Dolly for the first full year of her life. 😭💔 It won’t be easy to leave... But I’ve learned that easy and right are two very different things... and we can do hard things. We can do hard things. We CAN do hard things. ❤️💔 xx . Also, I’ve gotten a lot of questions on our new bathroom hardware, and it’s all (shower, sink, tub) from my friends at @kingstonbrass 💛 Anyone else dreaming of spring blossoms and warm summer nights...? ✨🌼✨The past two years we’ve spent hours upon hours in our garden planting all kinds of trees and beautiful flowers- I wanted to be able to go outside and pick a vase full to bring inside- or an apple off of my own apple tree! And this past year my hollyhocks, hydrangeas, and roses have really taken on a life of their own so I’ve been so excited to see them this coming year! ☺️ But I knew eventually we would be selling, and I wrestled for some time if it was even worth planting anything at all if we wouldn’t be here to enjoy it.... but the truth is we should never wait for the perfect time or moment to make something better or more beautiful! Always plant those seeds... because even if it’s not you, someone will enjoy your labors of love and you’ll be better for it with the lessons you’ll learn along the way. And now, I am so happy to be able leave a little piece of my heart in each blossom to the next owner of our beloved little home here. 🍃🌷🍃 Indeed friends- don’t wait for a better time.... Bloom where you’re planted, always beautify, always uplift and leave everything and everyone better than you found them. That’s something I’m certain you’ll never regret. 💗 #laboroflove When we decided to move our family of seven up here in the attic space of this industrial barn, we had to work with existing square footage, but also do our best to make every inch count. That little nook up above was originally another full level of storage space that we tore out to give us higher ceilings, but kept the little space above my office that houses the elevator motor, and a little reading nook for the kids. Any time we have a gathering here, that is all the kids’ favorite spot! ☺️ And If I were starting new, I would have arranged it all a little differently.... but it’s funny how sometimes the little things that you’re unsure of in the beginning, become the favorites after all. Don’t be afraid to think outside the box and take risks friends... because sometimes those risks reap the greatest rewards! 💛✨