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 9, 2014 | Farm Life
I had to go to the bathroom during a storm the other night and as you know going to the bathroom at our house includes going out the front door and then back in the kitchen door. (Because the kitchen and bath are temporarily blocked off from the house while we are renovating them) I was scared to go by myself so Michael came with me. He was giving me a piggy back ride back to the front door, since I (more…)
by Sara Jo Floyd | Jul 7, 2014 | Renovation
We are so grateful to my family who have been driving out the three hours to our farm any chance they get to help us. Here’s my Mom wiping what we think must be dog urine off the walls—cheerfully (yes, I am not kidding). (more…)
by Sara Jo Floyd | Jul 7, 2014 | Farm Life
One of my favorite things about living in the country is that there are no rules. For instance: if you have a dead tree in your yard that you want removed, you can just set it on fire. I could never have done that when I lived in a downtown neighborhood in Georgia.
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.
by Sara Jo Floyd | Jul 4, 2014 | Farm Life
bucket bath
With the upstairs bathroom completely gutted and the downstairs bathroom still in it’s original state of “yuck” we had no way to wash Cami Grace (when Michael or I take a shower we can stand up wearing flip flops and shower in the moldy tub). Solution: buy a $4 ice bucket and bathe her outside so she can splash to her heart’s content. (more…)
by Sara Jo Floyd | Jul 4, 2014 | Farm Life
We love it out here on the Kansas prairie. The wide open fields ensure the most breath taking panoramic sun rises and sun sets. It’s a lot like seeing them at the beach. At night the stars seem to multiply and shine brighter undaunted by city lights. We have only the birds singing and the wind blowing the trees to listen to. (more…)
by Sara Jo Floyd | Jul 3, 2014 | Farm Life
We have lived on the farm for three weeks or so now and I still feel like we’re just getting started. There is not one room in the farmhouse that is completely settled. A few rooms are painted but have no lights. Some rooms have no floors, while others (like the kitchen) have no floor, ceiling or walls.
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