the farmhouse restoration. {part 1}.

Y’all may remember that we moved a house. Yes, you read that correctly. We moved a house. 

The restoration has taken a little over a year. It has truly been a labor of love {the line between love and hate is so easily blurred sometimes, isn’t it!?! I’m kidding. We adore this house so much}.

In all seriousness, we have been fortunate to NOT be living in the house while it was being restored. It’s still a construction zone today – there are no front steps… you can’t close the door while you use the guest bathroom because, well, there isn’t a door…the boy’s bathroom is covered in sawdust from endless projects…our shower has a giant hole in the wall where the steamer was just installed {yes. I will take that hole happily because the steamer makes me giddy} – but, the complete overhaul of the interior made it not fit for human inhabitance last year.

I have had so much fun looking back at the old photos of the house throughout the process. I needed a reminder of how far we have come {or I may have tried jumping off the front porch – the one without stairs – haha. I’m kidding}.

The living room.

 The guest bath. {Don’t worry, we kept that tub. And, cleaned it. Many, many times}.

The stairs. These were built after the move. The original stairs were a rod-iron curving staircase similar to something you would see in a Disney movie… Rapunzal, maybe?

Master bedroom. I’ll sell that gold-plated fan to the highest bidder…

The boy’s room.

And, most of all, I love looking back on how much the boys have grown throughout this process. They were so little here and, at the time, we didn’t even realize it. Slow down, time, slow down.

 Stay tuned for more. I have a year’s worth of renovation to share! “See you” soon…