chokecherry.

You guys…I’m teetering…on the brink of wanting a puppy!!!😬😝. You might be wondering what that has to do with this post - EVERYTHING! When I’m even slightly ‘bored’…I tend to fill that space with BIG ideas. 

Aka. PUPPY.

So I’m trying to channel that energy into Chokecherry 

*EDIT: Since writing the above…we got a freaking puppy;). You knew I would;).

His name is Murphy and he’s a Saint Bernard. 

He is adorable and he is just the biggest ball of chill - exactly what we needed:). I imagine many years with him at Chokecherry!!

Okay, nothing else in this post is gonna be quite as cute as Murphy but I’m gonna try:).

As we’re nearing the ‘completion’ of 3rd Street, we’re starting to get those quotes and numbers and lists going for Chokecherry. In full transparency…we’re not sure what the heck we’re gonna do. Not sure what we’re gonna do when we sell our current home - where we’ll live?! Maybe we’ll get the basement at Chokecherry cleaned up and painted and sealed and live down there? Maybe we’ll clean up our airstream and live in that? Maybe we’ll break it to Court + Dave that their household just increased from 11 to 18 (plus 3 cats and a big-ass-dog;).

And then there are the quotes. Prices are still pretty high. The quotes for building a shed don’t give me the warm fuzzies (more like the pukies;). We started realizing - well, that’s a lie…we’ve been very realistic this entire time about how far money will go and we have always been prepared to be shocked at how little can be accomplished with a seemingly large amount of money (especially, when your Must Haves List includes a fence, wrap-around-deck, pony, solar panels, tractor and sauna;).

SO…for the last year?!…we’ve been determined to renovate the existing house. In the last 48hrs…we started wondering if we might reconsider tearing it down (eeekkkk - yeahhhh, sorry for the constant whiplash…Keeping It. Building. Renovating. Burning. Salvaging. New Build;). 

There are so many pros and cons to both options and what it’s come down to is this:

When the money runs out…would we rather be in a not-so-renovated old farmhouse (that lacks character...for now) or in a kinda-cool-modern pole shed house (that also lacks character...for now - but that is NEW and CLEAN;).

So there you have it…we don’t know;).

We DO know we hope to have our house up for sale in the next 2weeks (I KNOWWWW…I have been saying that since May…and here we are…but we’re ready to give it a go. I think. I HOPE!:).

See you soon, Courts!!!;)😘👫👶🏼👦🏼👦🏼👧🏼🧑🏼🐱🐱🐱🐶❤️

All of the inspiration below was with a renovation in mind. With specific rooms in the farmhouse in mind. But they would work in any space:).

Love the earthy, white, and black…wood and airy and woodsy/plant vibe:)

That outdoor pizza oven…jeesh!!! IF we took the farmhouse down, we’d love to salvage a lot of brick for things just like that:)

 

These cabinets caught my eye. We currently have a painted kitchen - which we love - but I’d like to get back to something more natural.

My sister got me a subscription to House Beautiful and I’ve been finding SO much inspiration there!

My heart can never decide between moody OR light (neither can my attitude;).

We’re focusing on our current house but we also get out to Chokecherry to continue cleaning up! $65 in metal the other day!!!;)

I’ll admit that we don’t get out to Chokecherry as often as we’d like or should. Life has been crazy and we’re trying to focus on finishing our current house…so Chokecherry is often on the back burner. But no matter how often we get out there or how much time we spend there…it is a place that brings a lot of peace for me. I know I’m meant to spend some time there and maybe today we’ll take a drive:).

And as always…any insight or suggestions is ALWAYS welcomed! Comment here or head back to my Instagram (Ourchokecherry or HeyHickory) to comment!