18 months ago we moved our office into a little cottage in our backyard. I shared pictures of the space before we moved in, and since then, I’ve done a couple garden updates, but I know what you’ve really been waiting for is an update on the interior. And I finally have one for you.
We landscaped our backyard eight years ago, and there are some things we didn’t get right the first time.
I’ve been working on the office garden for a little over a year now, so I’d say it’s high time for an update, wouldn’t you?
It’s porch-sitting season, so I thought I’d take you guys on a tour of our front porch today. This is how our porch looks now, but that’s not how it’s always looked. Let me show you how it’s evolved over the years.
I didn’t expect to have a cabin update so soon after telling you that we weren’t going to be able to do much work on the cabin this year, but here we are!
This week, when we went up to the cabin, there was a fun surprise waiting for us: the wildflower meadow that we planted the previous spring had started to come up!
Woo hoo! My Frugal Home finally has its own space!
After 15 years of working from home, we had long-since outgrown our little 100-square foot office, but we’d been slow to do anything about it because we had a plan.
That plan involved purchasing the little cottage behind our house, which finally came up for sale this August.
We closed on it Thursday, and have already moved most of our stuff over. But before we did that, I snapped a bunch of pictures to share with you guys. Let’s start the tour outdoors.
It’s been almost eight months since I’ve updated you on our progress with the cabin. So, I thought I’d show you what we got done this spring.
Since February, we’ve been focused on outdoor projects.
Curious about the paint colors that you’ve seen on my home tour? Here they are all together.
After several weeks of rain, the sun finally decided to make an appearance. Determined to make the most of it, I grabbed my camera and snapped pictures of another part of our house. Come see my oldest daughter’s room.
I reorganized my gift closet over Christmas break, and it’s the most organized it’s ever been. If you promise not to show my kids, I’ll let you see what I keep in there.
Come take a tour of my kitchen. It’s hands-down the most colorful and unique space in my home
If you’ve been following our cabin progress, you might recall that I’ve been collecting free doors for a secret project (to be revealed at a later date). We’ve rescued quite a few doors from curb piles, but this project is going to take a lot of doors, so I also asked friends and family to keep an eye out for us. That paid off last week. My sister-in-law called to say her friends had some doors they wanted to get rid of. So, I called them up, and we went over to pick them up. That trip netted three doors. Awesome!
Next stop on the home tour: our upstairs bathroom. It’s a beautiful, functional space now, but it wasn’t always that way, and getting it to this point took far more work than we ever bargained for. Come take a look.
It’s a sunny day, so let’s take the home tour outside. Today, I’d like to show you our family treehouse.
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