Another room complete

We have been working on finishing the porch over the summer and today all the pieces came together. One half of the porch will be a sitting area and the other end a mudroom. The sitting area is complete and the perfect collection of found objects and re-purposed items.

A printer type drawer and drop side table that David found at the Swap Shed at our town recycling center.

Vintage crib that we refinished and re-purposed as a day bed. Hanging on the wall are a mix of new and old items including a chicken feeder from our barn and vintage milk bottle caps.

 

The crib before and a vintage advertisement for this style of crib from 1950.

Under the window, a refinished cobblers bench that my mom and I found at a barn sale. A bean pot from the swap shack and three vintage milk bottle hung on a piece of barn wood from our house.

Next to the day bed is dry sink original to the house. By the door we have a old milk can from David's family.

The mudroom end with great built in shoe cubicles and shaker pegs for our coats.

 

Our next project is to refinish this sewing machine from our barn which we believe is from 1895-1900. Stay tuned for photos soon and for updates on the mudroom end.

Garden fresh

Our first summer of vegetable growing has been a great learning experience. We have had success with several items and not with others. Our cucumbers and tomatoes are doing well. With over 60 cucumbers, Katie helped us pickle many of them. The tomatoes plants have produced 6-8 tomatoes a day for the past two weeks so we have been eating, freezing and enjoying Katie made Tomato Jam. Its a good thing the youngest green thumb of our farm loves tomatoes! We have several sunflowers that grew very tall, two pumpkins and a few squash. Our corn plants have tiny ears of corn! Maybe next summer, Margaret can help with the weeding :o).

Painting, painting and more painting!

One of our goals for this summer was to paint the outside of the house and we are making great progress. The curb appeal of the house has improved drastically since we bought the house - it's almost unrecognizable as the same property.

In the photo above, all photos are taken from the same spot. Top left is when we bought the house and the front yard was overgrown with trees. Top right is after the tree was cut down. Bottom left is earlier this summer with grass growing successfully. Bottom right is with the front almost all painted.

Barn painting and porch entrance in process. We rented a cherry picker to reach the higher levels of the barn and side of the house.

Painting in progress

The completed house!