Recent projects

We've worked on a number of house projects recently, so I wanted to share my excitement...

(1) I know I already told you about our AMAZING new stove, but it's so incredible that I had to mention it again :)

(2) I've also been on the lookout for a cheap screen door for the greenhouse. I have one that I'm rehabbing, so more to come on that!

(3) Mike also started my Mother's Day present, which is redoing the wall to the loft. So far he's gotten it framed in, but we still need to buy the dry wall, shelving, and door(s). I'm so excited about this!!

(4) For 2.5 years I've hated this mirror every time I walk in the bathroom. First, it's split in thirds, so you can't get a good view of your face without it being broken apart by the purposeful crack in the mirror. I had no idea that I hated split mirrors so much, but I do. Second, it's OFF CENTER. Seriously. I don't know why they decided to put the lights and the medicine cabinet off center from the sink/vanity, but it drives me crazy. So I eventually reached my breaking point and took down the mirror, but the new one I got wouldn't fit with the huge backsplash, so now I need to exchange it for a new one. More to come on that too...

(5) We've been on the lookout for chicks all spring, but apparently the coronavirus pandemic made everyone want to raise chickens, so they were in incredibly short supply. We finally found a specialty chicken breeder who just sold us 12 more. Which meant that Mike had to finish in the underhang of the chicken coop so the new chickens and the old chickens could be separated for awhile. Here he is taking measurements for the underhang:

 And here are he and Rose putting the finishing touches on it:

And here are some of the new chickens we got! One is a rooster and the rest are hens. The dad is a Bielefelder and the moms are either Dark Cornish, Splash Partridge Brahmas, Dark Brahmas, or Blue Cochin x Light Brahmas. Should be an interesting flock as they grow older!

(6) We also moved the gate to the airbnb. You'd think the snow fencing would make it obvious that this is a driveway, but we've had a lot of people take a wrong turn and think this is the main road. Hopefully by moving the gate out here to where the snowfencing it will make it more obvious than when the gate was right in front of the rental. 

(7) Since I couldn't hang the medicine cabinet I bought, I spent a little time this weekend rehabbing the laundry room side of the bathroom. I made and hung that little shelf for the clock and the toothbrush chargers (above the dryer), which isn't much but I'm pretty proud of it.

So, there you have it. Lots of work in the last month, and more still to come!  I love our little homestead. :)