Far Ago Farm

Hello sweet friends! I am excited to show you the exterior of our "almost finished" new house.  We are a few days a way from closing and a lot of finishing work has been going on.  Last week, they painted, stained, poured the driveway and installed the sod and landscaping.  There are a few exterior trim pieces that need installing as well as some clean up, but the outside is nearly done. Now let's chat about our house color, shall we? I have had my sight on a red house since 1989, lol.  Since that time, our houses have all been white. The first was an existing home with white siding.  Our most recent house was white and was built in a subdivision where only light, neutral colors were an option - a neighborhood of  all white and beige. Any other colors are strictly prohibited by the HOA.   Don't get me wrong, I've loved our white houses. White houses are so timeless and never go out of style. But my heart has belonged to red houses for a long, long...

 Hi everyone! Things are moving along at the new house! Although our neighbor's homes did not fare so well after the fire, we were fortunate to have not been delayed in our construction process.  The damage we did suffer was very minor.  My heart still hurts for the neighbors who lost their beautiful new home and the other neighbors who had considerable damage to their new home as well.  Let me show you the progress made on our kitchen this week. Everything is looking great! It's amazing how things are changing on the daily with the finishes going in now.  They are currently working on the exterior siding and I am so excited to share that with you soon.  The color choice will surely surprise you (and our neighborhood lol)!  We will be having double ovens. It looks like there is space for only one, but the bottom portion gets cut to fit oven #2.  Although we won't use two ovens at one time very often, I am over the moon about this feature! Thankful...

 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...

 Hi friends! When we began our new home building  process, I really thought I would stay with my tried and true color palette of golds, deep reds and greens.  I have rarely strayed from those colors in the last - gasp! - thirty nine years.  However, as I have been packing and paring down, I had a bit of change come over me and will be going for a simpler look.  I will be keeping many of my antiques and vintage decor, but I am going for a softer background and a more calming color scheme.  I am fortunate enough to be replacing some of our existing decor with new pieces - moving furniture cross country is pricy, so buying new made sense and I also sold quite a bit at our moving sale to help cover some of the new furniture costs.  Below I've included some of the new furniture we have on order. I chose the Harleson  sofa and chair and a half with ottoman for our living area.  Instead of the loveseat, we have two existing chairs we are bringing wi...

Hello dear ones, If you have been reading my previous posts, you know that we have sold our home of twenty years and will soon be moving from Wisconsin to Kentucky.   Although our new home will actually be somewhat larger, it is an open concept with limited wall space. Further, the new kitchen cabinets will go to the ceiling compared to our current cabinets that have about sixteen inches between cabinet and ceiling - a major loss of decor real estate for me! This all means we needed to look hard and long at our belongings and really thin the herd so to speak.  I wanted to share some of the items that were re-homed by virtue of two moving sales held earlier this year. Many of these pieces have been with us since we were first married, but most were picked up here and there over the years. This pretty blanket chest was refinished for us by my mom for our first apartment.  We are keeping the dog however, lol! It found a home with a dear friend. Another piece refinished ...

 I want to wish everyone a happy Mother's Day! If you are a mother, a mother figure, a furbaby mom -  I hope you have a blessed day! For those of you who miss their moms who have gone to heaven like mine, I send you virtual hugs and prayers. I hope your memories of your sweet mothers bring a song to your hearts.