Future Farmhouse Update

It's been a while since I shared any updates on our soon to be Farmhouse. The floor plan has changed once again, but this time will be the last major change. Fingers crossed. Right now the rough sketch is with a good friend and he is putting it into a program that will give us a 3D rendering, so we can get a better idea then just a flat drawing. After that we will wait for the weather to warm up a bit and then we will spray paint the floor plan on the actual house site. 

In the meantime, I've been going crazy on Pinterest. I have turned my original Farmhouse Inspiration board into individual boards, so I can really narrow my focus to the individual rooms and how I want each of them to feel. Here is a quick peak of some of the main living spaces. 

The main point of entry to the house will be through our Mudroom. I've been in love with this mudroom ever since I saw it years ago on HGTV's Sarah's House. I know this is going to make me sound like a total weirdo, but I already have the drapery fabric and will be picking up the rug in a few weeks. To view her whole Farmhouse click here.

Sarah's Farmhouse also is the inspiration for my kitchen. I love the neutral color scheme and the touch of yellow. It's so cheerful. 

Here is the inspiration for the Dining Room. I love the substantial size of the table, the mis-matched chairs the fun light fixture. Here is a link to view this picture and others by Lia Griffith.

 One of the things that I look forward to the most in having this new home is the ability to entertain. The kitchen and dining room will both me major gathering places for our family.

In the coming weeks I'll share the inspiration photos for the other rooms. Stay tuned. 

Farmhouse Update

Today we toured a local house that is similar to the style of house that my husband and I will be building. The house was adorable. The size was about 2,000 square feet which is around the size that we are planning.

Their floor plan was really cool and something to defiantly consider. It was a little different then the ones we have been looking at, but it might end up working. The kitchen, dining and living room were all open. The kids bedrooms were on one side and the master and den area on the other side. They did have a laundry room/mudroom, but I would want to enlarge that a little.

The homeowners did a beautiful job decorating the house. Her style was a great blend of rustic, modern and vintage. It suited the family very well. I wish I would have thought to ask if I could snap some pictures to share with you, but I didn't know the homeowners. A mutual friend set up the showing for us.

Here are few of the things that I really liked about the home.

The lighting was purchased from Lowes and is the Allen & Roth collection.

This light fixture was over her dining room table.

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She had a grouping of three of these pendants spaced evenly across her kitchen island and one over her sink.

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The walls in the main part of the house were a light gray from Sherwin Williams. She couldn't remember the exact color, but here are a few that look pretty close. It tended to look a little blue, so I am thinking the Silver Strand maybe it.

Agreeable Gray by Sherwin Williams

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Silver Strand by Sherwin Williams

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Their floors in the open kitchen, dining room and living area was stained concrete, similar to the swatch below.

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It was wonderful to get to meet with someone who has gone through the home building process and hear from them first hand what they love about their home and what they wish that they could have done differently. It was a wonderful experience.

Farmhouse Update - April 2015 Update

This weekend we went out to our family farm and staked out the size of the floor plan we had selected. The plan that we had choose was 2,000 square foot. Mapping out the size of the house was a wonderful way to visualize what the house will look like and the space we will have. After looking over it we realized that the rooms were a little smaller than we had hoped. The girls bedrooms were especially on the small size. 

We have decided to look at a larger plan one that is 2,400 and this is the one we have chosen.

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Of course the cost will be the ultimate deciding factor, as to whether or not we can go with the bigger home. We will be pricing both the 2,000 sq foot and the 2,400 sq foot plans to see what the price difference is.  There would be a few modifications that we would do to this plan as well, but overall this is a solid starting point.

 

 

We also went and visited a metal home of one of the neighbors just west of the farm. That home was built in 2013 and was 2,100 square feet. The homeowner was very helpful in sharing information with us on what they did and what they would suggest doing differently. We will be visiting another home this weekend to speak to those home owners.

 

 

Now we are ready to start pricing the different floor plans to get an idea of the cost of the build. This will help us set up a time frame for the build, hopefully it will be sooner then later.



 

I Think We Have a Floor Plan

I am so excited, because I think we have finally chosen a floor plan! I came across it this weekend on Pinterest and we plan on making a few slight modifications.

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We are going to change Bedroom 3 into a Mudroom with a door that will go out to our Garage/Shop. This room will be the everyday entrance for us and will also house a Safe Room, which is extremely important since we live in Kansas. 

We are also thinking about moving the washer and dryer into the Master bedroom. I am still not sure about that, but that's what we are planning on right now. Then the room that is shown to house the washer and dryer, we would add a deep freeze there and house cleaning supplies.

We have also started to think about our exterior color palette and I can tell you that will not be a quick decision. Here is what I currently have in mind in regards to a few options.

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We have a couple house visits set up in the coming weeks to meet with some local couples who have built steel homes to talk to them about their experience and who they used to build their homes. I think those visits, along with our recent decision of a floor plan will be a great place to start.

I'd love to hear from you if you have ever built a house. Please leave a comment below if you would be willing to share your experience with me. 

Favorite Pins Friday- Future Farmhouse Edition

TGIF- Where did this week go? Don't get me wrong, I am glad the weekend is almost here.

As I had mentioned in a previous post my husband and I have decided that we want to make our future Farmhouse a real priority this year. We want to start the initial planning and start working on simple projects.

This week my favorite pins are all centered around our future house.


I really like the color palette that was used on this cute little house. I also love the wooden screen door. Our Farmhouse has to have a screen door.

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Another item on my Farmhouse wish list is a fireplace. I love the beautiful rock used on this one and the wooden planked ceiling and beams aren't too shabby either. However, this is a little more rustic than I would like, but my husband really likes this look.

 

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Another very important part of our future home will be our Dining Room. Our current home does not have a dining room and my husband and I both really enjoy having family gatherings.

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Probably one of the highest priorities will be more than one bathroom. I would like at least two, but if there is any way to squeeze in three, I would love it. This particular design is much more to my liking. I really enjoy the mix of the modern vessel sinks and the reclaimed wood. It's a perfect combination of Modern and Country.

 

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In the next few months we plan on contacting a few families in our community who have built similar homes to those metal buildings that we have been interested. I will keep you posted on how those visits go.

 

Have a great weekend!



Our Future Farmhouse

My husband and I have deemed 2015 to be the year that we start laying some of the ground work for our future Farmhouse. We still are a little ways off from the actual build, but we defiantly need to start ironing out some of the initial details.

We have chosen the location and soon will be staking out the ground and placing post to see the actual size of the new house. We are currently looking at house plans that are around 2,400 - 2,500 square feet, but depending on cost we might have to go smaller.

Here are a few of the house plans that we are currently considering. We are leaning towards a pole barn or metal building design, which means that we will be able to go with a very open floor plan.

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With all the flexibility of the pole barn or metal building, we will also be limited in particular when it comes to the exterior of the house. It will be a very simple design and I hope to be able to add additional architectural items, such as stone later down the road. But, simple can also be beautiful, just look at Joanna Gaines' farmhouse. To me this is a perfect example of a simple, but beautiful design. 

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The last item that we can start planning is the gate. Living in the country means that more than likely there will be livestock on the property and having a gate ensures that people cannot come onto your property with out coming through the gate.The gate will also be a major part of the landscaping of the home and is a design element that I want to ensure works with the rest of the house. Once again, I turn back to Magnolia Farms and the gate that the Gaines family has.

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Luckily we have a very close friend who a very talented welder and we hope to have him create the decorative part of the gate. A very important part of the farm is the name and since our farm has been in my husbands family for many years, it was named several years ago and has an established cattle brand that goes along with it. The name of the farm is: Cedar Hill Farms and I love this sign that I found on Pinterest and I defiantly want to make sure and incorporate it into the gate design.  

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So these are just some of the items that we hope to make our final decisions on in 2015. We have several builders to meet with and get initial bids in, as well as complete some additional clearing of land and tearing down of old buildings. We will defiantly be busy. Look for future post to discuss other parts of the design and building process. 

To view additional inspiration to our Farmhouse, follow my Pinterest board.