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As with everything during our barn reno, this simple paint job is turning out to be a massive undertaking. When we went out to buy a pail of paint, we had no idea this would actually be a 25 gallon paint job! It’s slow going, but we are excited to see what a big change…
It is a beautiful fall day on the farm, which we are all enjoying, until we hit a major roadblock in our barn reno project. Disaster! We are working on the galvanized steel siding for the barn renovation and are really excited how it is looking. We hope you enjoy the garden tour and pretty…
Come and join us for a day on the farm. We are receiving a bunch of wood chips, working on the chain link fence and barn renovation, and sharing an update on our garden. We also have some great zero waste tips from Ian, so come learn the Yukon blow and hang out with us.…
The barn renovation continues! We are putting in our man door, and finally closing in the wall that we have been working on for over a month. Closing up the shop is really bringing together the garage into a finished product. We are getting close to just finishing work!
Can’t just one thing with this barn renovation be easy! Will everything go wrong for us? We ordered a special custom glass garage door for our outbuilding, paying more then we ideally would like, so that it could function as a window, but the door doesn’t have clear glass. Seriously? Now garage door drama! __________…
My dad came by to help out Ian. We are framing the new wall, and Ian wasn’t completely sure how to sandwich it into an already built roof and floor. The answer we learn is just do it, lol. The kids come out and help nail the walls into place, and I annoy Ian with…
We are nearing the completion of Step 1 – pouring the concrete floor. This job was way outside our skill set, so we brought in the professionals, to give us a nice clean fancy smooth shop floor. While we wait, we are working on getting the freshly weeded garden ready for planting a fall garden.…
The rush is on because we have a crew coming in tomorrow to pour our new concrete floor in our barn reno. Ian is so tired, and is ready for a break, but he has to jackhammer all night to get the old footings out in time. Once it’s done he can get a bit…
We are pouring the concrete footings for the exterior wall of our barn reno today. 100 bags of concrete later and we have footings! It is busy, and we have a tight timeline with the concrete company coming on Monday. But we are making progress. Plus, check out how good the garden looks all weeded.
It’s time to start the big job, and the biggest job that we have at the new farm is to finish up our barn. The old owners had started to convert half of it into a living space, but there is still lots of work to get done. The siding had started to get ripped…
