We want to share with you our top 3 budget renovation tips! We’re using these budget renovation ideas to save money on our 1905 Folk Victorian Farmhouse sustainable renovation. We also explain why old houses are “greener” and more sustainable than new houses by having a smaller carbon footprint. WHY OLD HOUSES ARE MORE SUSTAINABLE …
Ten simple Fall decor ideas that will make your home cozy this autumn. Inspired by Scandinavian Hygge (Danish word for cozy) we share ten ideas for simple fall decor that are easy to do. Kids are back in school and the cool breeze is a welcome break from the heat we’ve had around here. We …
Join us on a home tour of our very own Folk Victorian Farmhouse! We share our renovation plans on how we plan to make this 115-year old Victorian home more eco-friendly and energy efficient with a sustainable home renovation. We love our 1905 Folk Victorian Farmhouse. Well…we love most things about it, but there are …
10 key elements that will make your backyard your favorite place be! We spruce up our summer patio and share backyard ideas for our future renovation. From permeable pavers to pebbles and other sustainable surfaces, we show you backyard ideas that can make a more eco-friendly home. This is part of our Victorian Farmhouse Renovation …
It’s spring at our Folk Victorian farmhouse. See the Scandinavian style natural spring decor in our farmhouse spring kitchen. Spring is finally here! We still have some frost outside but everything is steadily getting greener. It’s time to freshen up our kitchen with some spring decor. Decorating for spring can be so simple. We started …
We love old houses, especially our 1900s Folk Victorian house. I’ll share 5 things I LOVE about living in our old house and 2 things I DO NOT! I mean nothing’s perfect right?! But we’re working on renovating our Folk Victorian farmhouse to make as close to perfect as we can get. 5 THINGS I …
Tour our 1900s Scandinavian Style Farmhouse for Christmas! We’ve decked our halls in Scandinavian Christmas decor with straw goats, star lanterns, dala horses and dried oranges. It’s always nice hearing the stories as we dig out our Swedish Christmas decor from the basement. My husband talks of his childhood and his memories fill our house …
Oranges and cloves make festive holiday decorations that look pretty and smell amazing! Make these simple orange and clove pomanders this holiday season. These orange and clove pomanders are easy enough for even the littlest kids to make. That way the whole family can get involved in decorating for the holiday season. Making orange and …
We’ve created a cozy Scandinavian style farmhouse breakfast nook – in our mudroom! Using our porch furniture we transformed our mudroom into a hygge farmhouse breakfast nook for warm sunlit breakfasts and cozy crafty afternoons. Now that we’ve had our first frost here, it is time to move our cozy wicker chairs and round Herman …
Simple and natural Scandinavian style fall decor ideas for your fall front porch. We use pumpkins, wheat, and fall flowers from the garden to decorate our Scandinavian farmhouse style fall front porch. We love our old Folk Victorian farmhouse. Built around 1905, it is simple and straightforward. Our front porch is one of our favorite …