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

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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!

 
 
 
One more great use of our wash room... #LAUNDRY 😆 I’m telling you... this room might be the best decision I’ve ever made. With a drain in the floor it makes for the perfect place for plants to be watered, clothes to be washed, kids to be hosed down... and really the possibilities are just endless! I get asked a lot if we’ve like this, and if we’ll do this again in the orchard house- and I definitely will. Just much bigger! 🙌🏻 . It’s a snow globe outside today and mamas got a weeks work of laundry to catch up on #neverendingsickness but then we have plans to make gingerbread cookies, and then- wait for it— it’s DATE NIGHT!!! 💃🏼😆❤️ it’s going to be a good one! Stay cozy friends! ✨xx Turns out a little hygge and Christmas cheer is exactly what the Dr. ordered! ✨We’re on the mend here and so grateful that the forecast tomorrow is SN❄️W, so we can cozy up and take in all the goodness of this beautiful season! Wishing you all love and a beautiful night friends! ✨xx We’re friends here, right? So can I cry and maybe vent a little? I’m just really having a day. We have been dealing with non-stop sickness over here... passing it from one person to the next for what feels like forever... and last night we ended up at urgent care at midnight only to be turned away for arriving too close to closing time? (15 mins before) 😭 And then after a long sleepless night of earaches and crying babies, I got a text from a church member that, although I’m sure unintended, left me feeling like I wasn’t doing enough or living up to her expectations of me. After that I received a phone call from a family member that left me feeling guilty for missing too many family functions lately (due to all the sickness) and not living up to their expectations. And while living where you work has its benefits, it is also really exhausting at times. (Like on Sunday when you want and NEED a day of rest but it seems to be the day when everyone shows up to tour the venue, or take family photos- even though we’re closed on Sunday and we require an appointment) and really I’m JUST TIRED. 😩 I really try to keep this space positive as there’s already so much negativity in the world, but man sometimes life is just too much and I have to be real with y’all! Life is HARD some days. and I don’t mean to complain.. ‘cause I know so many have it so much worse... I know.. and I don’t have a happy ending for all this... really I just needed to get it out. So thank you for letting me... 😥 But friends- one thing I do know, is that there is one that no matter how much or how little we do, TO HIM- we are always enough. Always forever, no matter what. So maybe I’m writing this more for myself than for any of you reading it... but just know, you are enough. If all you did today was hold a babe or smile at a passing stranger on the street, or heck- if you’re still alive and breathing reading this and that’s your best today? IT IS ENOUGH. You are ENOUGH. Happy Sunday friends. ✨ . Also, thinking maybe it’s time to bring a little Christmas cheer in my bedroom... putting that on my to do list stat. 🎄✨ {I know... another sleeping Dolly and Coco photo, but these two are just killing slowly in the very best way lately with the way they pal around together all day playing and bickering, and then snuggling and singing, and I just wish I could find a way to freeze time right now. 😭💛✨} . Intended Caption: 👇🏻 . I get a lot of questions about our wood floors. We have them throughout our entire home, (except laundry room and bathrooms) and I don’t regret it. ☺️ I love the classic feel of real hard wood floors and love being able to change out a rug here and there to change things up when I feel like it. My husband and two little guys did all of our wood floors. We bought the plain white oak in the raw, and then planed and milled, sanded, and tongue and grooved each piece, and then laid them all down. After that, we applied a mixed stain that we kind of made up... 😅 and all in all I am very happy with them. I wanted a reclaimed, old world feel, and I feel like we got pretty close. We saved ourselves over $45k dollars doing it this way as well! It was A LOT of extra work, but it was also a great learning experience for our boys. Just goes to show you can really have anything you want if you’re willing to put in the time and work! 💪🏻 When we made this attic space our home, Seth’s goal was to build the home and all the finishings/furnishings in it himself. So from our beds, to kitchen island, table and chairs, doors and hardware, built-ins, ladder, fireplace... and nearly everything else... you can bet it’s his handy work. ☺️ #proudwifey our home is basically one big DIY. 😆 Happy Sunday friends! ❤️