Milkbarn: Before and Afters

Our before and after photos of the Milkbarn.

It is hard to believe we did this!

It is hard to believe I agreed to this!

There was huge a amount of rocks everywhere. And water features.

And spiders. And trespassing raccoons. And giant, howling windstorms. And cute deer. And fun picnics. And so many memories.

To the left was our bedroom, it really did have creepy stains on the carpet and the SMALLEST bathroom ever. 

Think airplane bathroom size with Chris Farley getting stuck in it.

haha

the beloved alpine lake mural

Former kitchen turned ninja room

the boys room was really gross with cracks in the ceiling and dry wall...it looked like the monster coming out of the wall in Stranger Things...holy shnikeys

The girls room was done second to the bathroom

the ultimate shot of clay riding a machine in our future master bedroom

why didn't we keep the mural?

(so many murals)

That bench swing still survives under our tree just outside our windows :)

How many dumpsters have we had? 

3 big ones

How many trips to the dump?

8-10?

How many Dr.Peppers?

4,380 give or take

:)

 

This seems like the most dramatic before and after because it is!

That room was crazy and when the flood hit before we moved in,

  those plants came back to life :)

We called it the jungle room...for obvious reasons

jungle room turned master bath as well

here are some befores of our family

this was one of those poignant moments in life:)

Clay was working in Charlotte for a year without us knowing it would be a year.

 It was tough.  

taken right before we moved into the Milkbarn

our first christmas at the Milkbarn :)

the after shot :)

What started out as a blog to answer questions about our house has turned into our family history. 

I didn't write down too much of the hard stuff 

(I saved that for my personal journal)

 because I knew I was sharing it with friends, or even friends of friends and of course family. I didn't want to be judged or revered. I felt like it was helping me in my creative endeavors and you were helping me by cheering us on.

 Now I can look back and smile.

Although, I know it wasn't all smiles.

I don't know how much I will share in the future but it has been so fun to take you all on this journey with us. 

I love that show Fixer Upper. 

It came out and I was like, look! someone else is crazy too:)

Clay briefly thumbed through Chip's book and shared with me something that resonated with us. 

Our life has been a series of being all in or all out.

And in order to do that I think we have been risk takers.

I'm not good at calculating risk

(maybe if we were we would never do anything, haha). 

But I am good at taking a leap with two feet in.

I think our leap paid off.

We gave our kids some stories to tell :)

And can I tell you how good it is to sit on my front porch 

and take a deep breath?

It is the best feeling.

↞↞Happy Summer↠↠