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Coffee Bar Decor

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 I've had my eye on this mug rack for several years and I finally purchased it from Magnolia Market earlier this summer.  I knew I wanted to incorporate this into the barn somewhere.  Initially I wanted it next to my stove, but after looking at it there I decided I wanted it stand alone and it would be perfect for my coffee bar.  I currently hang my glass mugs and coffee mugs on it, but have some black and white mugs on order.  We are still a work in progress so the mugs we drink out of will eventually go on shelving above the counters.  I'm so ready to have all of this put together, but we are making progress.  I purchased this truck back in the fall and it came from Kirklands with a fall arrangement in it that was lit with battery operated lights.  I LOVE this truck.  It is the perfect size and since the arrangement was just in foam I was able to remove it easily.  I already have my eye on some buffalo check eggs at Hobby Lobby for spring.  I have a couple hot pads th
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The Barn Bathroom - It's coming together!

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Our bathroom in The Barn was one of the first things finished when we were still living in the camper.  That was a glorious day to finally be able to take a shower in normal size shower with room to move my arms above my head, raise my legs above knee bent position to shave and not be able to touch all of the shower walls from one location in the shower!  It's funny the things that are so trivial become so important when you don't have them.  Well that was the bathroom for me.  I think as long as I lived in the camper I just kept taking it one day at a time and one more day making it through I was one more day closer to moving into The Barn.  It's definitely been a learning experience for all of us.  I'm so very thankful to be to the decorating stage of the game even though we still have other finishes to go! So for starters in the bathroom, I purchased this metal shelf from a local decor shop in Carthage, IL.  My mom actually spotted it for me an
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Bringing a Vision to Life

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It took months to bring our vision to life and the process was oh so long, but definitely worth it.  We decided that we wanted a living space in our barn, but figuring out the details takes time and a lot of imagination and inspiration. We have a 39 foot fifth wheel camper with three slides. We needed enough space to extend the sides and allow for room to store tubs, tools, etc.   We changed things up to the day we poured the foundation and even after that we tweaked the layout inside some.  We finally came up with this floor plan and exterior elevations. The downstairs is very open from the kitchen through the living room. There will be 16’ to 20’ ceilings in the living room. It’s going to look so cool with the stair railing that we are hoping will be black metal with horizontal rails.  The kitchen doesn’t have a ton of cabinets so our pantry is huge!  So below is the plan that we eventually decided on and we ended up changing it after we walked through the upstairs area.
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The story behind the lights! Some women get flowers, others get lights!

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So after we bought this property in the fall of 2018 we would go over and hang out at the property on weekends. The kids loved to walk the paths and created a trail clear into the woods where they made a fire pit out of rocks from the creek. Kale was super proud of this area. Emelia loved to work on the stone path down into the creek. Ava helped, but she more just enjoyed the beauty of the property and loved to dream up ideas of where we would build and how it would all look. We spent countless hours....days...laying out where the house would be built and a barn.  Little did we know at the time that we would do things all in reverse. It was May of 2019 and getting close to Mother’s Day. I told Dave that I could envision this spot just up the small hill in the woods as my outdoor oasis where we could walk to from our walk out basement.  It just seemed perfect. It had a path from the walk out and another that led to the fire pit. I pictured lights strung from tree to tree with a farm h
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Walls and a couch

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It's August already and the walls are all up on the exterior and we are ready to have the trusses set. We are anxiously awaiting the trusses as we will be able to get under roof and finally begin to see our barn take shape.  The windows are waiting on us as is the garage door.  Meanwhile I'm shopping for couches because you don't want a new house and no furniture to go in it right?!?  This is the couch I've been searching for.  I've decided I don't want this exact model, but will be ordering one a little shorter than this!  Oh I can't wait to start decorating!
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Lots of progress made today.....few minor glitches, but overall a lot was accomplished at THE BARN! The garage door is perfect and HUGE! It’s a 14’x12’ door so the camper can fit. I love it. It’s hard to visualize how a door this large will look, but I think it turned out just right. The west wall of our barn is complete. The gable ends always take a bit, but it’s really starting to take shape! I can’t wait to see the front unfold. Now you can take a glimpse of the upstairs. We have STAIRS! The kids can now picture what their rooms will look like! I get my crafting loft too so I’m a tad excited about seeing that. We also have some interior walls upstairs and more exterior panels.  Meanwhile the real life of living on wheels and using every second of our spare time outside of work things like this happen. The tires are both flat and needed repaired on the lawn mower so we are true red necks now minus the blocks!
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