by Sara Jo Floyd | Jul 9, 2014 | Art and Design
Before
This often the problem when one buys panels from a department store like I did. They are not made to fit a victorian window or anything but the simplest windows and low ceilings. Here is a short and simple explanation of an idea I came up with to fix this problem in my farmhouse on a very tight budget… (more…)
by Sara Jo Floyd | Jul 9, 2014 | Art and Design, Renovation
This is what our living room used to look like: dark, dated, and extremely dirty
My wonderful sweet sister Charissa and I started the transformation of the living room by ripping out the bazillion staples, screws, and nails out of the walls and trim. We also ripped out the urine stained carpet, removed the filthy window treatments and fan. Then we scrubbed the room from top to bottom with disinfectant. Notice the clever way that the fan/light is getting electricity. (classy) (more…)
by Sara Jo Floyd | Jul 4, 2014 | Art and Design
After years of dreaming of owning a little farm, we found a “fixer upper” 1893 farmhouse and barn on about 5 acres and jumped at the chance to start a new adventure. We named it Bryarton Farm to represent that God wired both my husband and I as artists. With the letters A R T at the heart of the name it seemed to spell out our dream perfectly.