The Farmhouse
Join us as we renovate our pre 1900's farmhouse and make it a home. We will share our renovation updates and process along with home design and DIY that is sure to inspire.
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How to Make Vanilla Extract at Home
The cost of everything seems to keep going up and up and up now a days which means we have to learn how to be frugal with the items we purchase from the grocery store and ensure we are getting the most bang for our buck. Today at the grocery store vanilla extract costs about $9 for a 2 oz bottle. That seems excessive to me, so instead of purchasing the bottle from the store, we are going to learn how to make vanilla extract at home for less than $2.50 an ounce! What is Vanilla Extract? Vanilla extract is simply a mixture of alcohol and vanilla beans that is…
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15 Awesome Gifts Your Gardener Will Love (2021)
We all have a gardener in our life. Whether they grow a potted plant in their apartment, a box garden on their porch, or a full fledge garden in their homestead’s back yard, we have the gifts your gardener will love! The holidays are fast approaching and we know how stressful it can be to buy the perfect gift for everyone on your Christmas list. Never fear! Today we will be breaking down our favorite gardening items that are great for gifting to the gardener in your life. Gardening Books Your Gardener Will Love Books are a great way to amp up the confidence of new gardeners or used as…
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Easy DIY Twine Eggs
Ya’ll I am over the moon for these Easy DIY Twine Eggs! They are so simple to make and turned out so stinking cute. I am already thinking about what else I can wrap twine around. A few weeks back I started putting out my spring decorations. I typically don’t really decorate for spring because I have so little decorations that it is more of a pain to get the tote out than anything. So I have just left it in the top of the loft and have refrained from buying any additional spring decorations. But now we are slowly starting to take my totes to the farmhouse after each…
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Farmhouse Renovation Update
We are five months into our farmhouse renovation and journey towards being sustainable homesteaders. It has been a busy few months since our last update. You can check out the first eight weeks of our Farmhouse Renovation here. But a lot more has changed since we last checked in, and I am so excited to fill you all in! The demolition is complete at this point with only the bathroom remaining until we start the footers for the addition. Demo took us a lot longer than I originally anticipated. Bless my heart, I thought it would only take us three weeks! When you add up the actual hours, it probably…
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DIY- JOY Wine bottle
I love a good DIY craft, especially on a rainy day. I don’t get to do it as much as I would like, but I wish I did. I got my inspiration for these DIY Joy wine bottles as I was flipping through Pinterest one day and knew that I needed to make them. What a great way to use all those wine bottles! Haha. To be honest, I do love a glass of wine in the evenings, but I have never been one to buy an expensive bottle. If you aren’t a wine drinker, but still want to do this project there are tons of different glass options you…
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Hackett Hill Farm House Renovation Update- Week 8
Can you believe we have been at this farm house renovation for 8 weeks?! I can hardly believe we bought the farm, much less that we are 8 weeks into a full on gut job of this little home. Working full time, raising babies, and all the other curve balls that life throws definitely present some challenges to a timely completion of things. Some weeks I feel like I am 100% just spinning my wheels and not going anywhere. But then I look at how far we have come so far. The purpose of this blog in the beginning was to document our process through this adventure of remodeling our…
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Restoring What Was Once Lost
Our new home was built in 1900. The little farm house sits on a little knoll overlooking the mountains, hay fields, and pastures not far from the little village of Fairfield. The property is split in half by a little one lane road giving us hay fields on both sides. The property is dotted with little barns and outbuildings that have been constructed over the years to increase storage for the small 1200 square foot home’s residents. There’s even an old canning shed that I am sure was once full to the brim with delicious canned goods from the garden to keep the family through the cold winter months. My…
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Let the Demolition Begin!
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Let the Demolition Begin!
We are just over 1 month into the demolition process at the farm. As soon as the key was in my hand I was ready to start tearing into this little home to discover all the secrets it holds. Built in 1900, we have limited knowledge of the house’s full history. Based on the information we have found on the property, we believe the house has only belonged to one family, the Snyder’s. Left to their daughters, the home was passed down the family line from 1900 until 2020 when we purchased it. My husband, daughter, and I moved to the area around 6 years ago and purchased a 6…
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Restoring What Was Once Lost
