Far Ago Farm

 Hi friends,   If you have been following my posts lately, you know we are building a new home in Kentucky to be closer to our daughter, son in law and "coming soon" grandson. Things have been moving along and we had been hopeful for an early August move in. Notice, I said "had been hopeful." Mother Nature showed who was in charge over the weekend and we are waiting to hear what type of delay we are facing.  Our delay is nothing compared with what our neighbors next to us are currently going through. Late Friday, a terrible storm came through our future neighborhood and our next door neighbor's home was struck by lightning, severely damaging their new roof.  The fire department checked the home thoroughly and were unable to find any hot spots or signs of fire.  The family left for the night to stay with relatives.  A few hours later, another neighbor noticed the house was completely engulfed in flames.   Sadly, the home is a total loss.  This...

Hi friends! Our upcoming move from Wisconsin to Kentucky has meant a lot of packing and purging. It also has caused me to think long and hard about what I want to take with me and also how we would like to style our new home. When staging our current house for sale, I really stripped the rooms to the bare bones in an effort to appeal to as many potential buyers as possible.  Our master bedroom (from our listing photos) below ended up so fresh, yet so welcoming.  It still is a little empty for my personal taste, but I loved how the staging turned out.  It also has led me to a decision on my whole house color scheme. I really like the idea of a whole house color scheme. It gives such a cohesive feel to a home and also allows furnishings/decor to be interchangeable between rooms. For most of our married life, my color scheme has been burgundy/gold/green/rust. I really love those colors. In the last few years, I worked those colors into my whole house color scheme and enjoyed...