From Eat-in-Kitchen to Coffee Nook

Hey! Today I wanted to share another of our

home improvement projects.

Most older homes have both an eat in kitchen or breakfast nook 

AND a formal dining room.

However we decided that we wanted to make the "formal" dining room

our everyday dining room, so that left this little spot without a purpose.

My husband and I just love coffee, and our kitchen has limited space,

so I decided to make a little coffee nook!

I found those two cozy chairs at a consignment shop in town, 

and Ryan built the little bistro table.

 

We have coffee here almost every morning.

It's really beautiful with the morning light coming in the windows.

We framed out those windows in Farmhouse style

and also updated the paint on the walls, with Kilim Beige from Lowe's.

Ryan built the light fixture, and I love the country feel it provides.

 These little shelving units were perfect

for our coffee makers and mug collection.

It's such a cozy little spot and a very functional space for us.

So I'm curious - do you have family meals in your breakfast nook

or in a formal dining room?

Have a great weekend!

xoxo

jessica

Farmhouse Fireplace Renovation

About three months ago, we bought a farmhouse on 20 acres.

We love the land, and the house, but the interior design didn't match

the exterior.  It was all farmhouse on the outside, formal on the inside.

We've been doing some renovations and redesign, and this fireplace

was the first thing we did!

About an hour after we closed on our home, 

Ryan started ripping this facade off the wall.

(we were kind of excited to have our own place)

We updated the brass by unscrewing it from the fireplace
and spray painting  it with black high-heat spray paint.
Then, Ryan built the white frame and screwed the stained wood mantel piece on top.

We attached it to the wall and began shiplapping
at the mantel until we were about 2" from the ceiling.
We then added a 1x2 and a 1x3 for trim at the top.
I caulked the spaces between the trim pieces and painted it white.
We think it made a huge difference!!

Oh let's see them again side by side:

  

I promise it's the same fireplace ;)

All that slate tile was hidden underneath the wood - yay!

More reno projects to come, we've been busy!!

Jessica

Let me introduce myself...again

Once upon a time, when Pinterest was new and social media was young, I had a blog.  

It was a happy little blog, one that stretched my creativity and hopefully, inspired others to do the same.  

We had one little girl, and my husband was finishing school.  And then many things changed.  

The good kind of changes that brought joy and adventure to our lives, but made keeping up with a blog difficult.  

And so the little blog waited.  

It waited while we moved to Japan with the Navy, had two more babies, moved to Virginia, 

and finally landed in Kentucky.

We bought a farmhouse on 20 acres and named it Starry Fields Farm. 

Ryan got out of the Navy, our oldest is in school, and we're feeling more settled each day.

In three short months we've acquired two cows, three cats, six goats, and eleven chickens! 

We've planted two gardens and our property has a beautiful little creek running through the woods. 

So what is to become of the little blog?

I actually sewed something the other day, of my own design, and I enjoyed it so much I began to wonder.

Do people even blog anymore?  Isn't it all snapchat and live videos on Facebook?  

Well, perhaps, but I enjoy writing and it pushes me to be creative, 

which is honestly good for my mental health.

So I've decided to go for it.

We've done several renovations on our farmhouse that I'd love to share with you, 

as well as our adventures with farming, and I'd like to get some new sewing/crafting tutorials up. 

So that's where we're going to start. 

Sound good?

It does to me.  

If you used to follow along, I'm so glad we're back together.  

There's a community here that I've missed! 

And if you're new, well thanks for stopping by.  

I hope you find some of my past tutorials helpful, and I hope you'll enjoy the new adventures ahead.

 

Jessica