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Turning a pool full of snakes into a garden. 🌿When we bought this house, this pool was an uncovered pit full of black wa...
06/24/2026

Turning a pool full of snakes into a garden. 🌿

When we bought this house, this pool was an uncovered pit full of black water and snakes.

The quote to repair it didn’t make sense, so we tore it out and started over.

Now it’s becoming a garden, and next up is an outdoor kitchen and dining space for our family.

Five years into restoring this property, we’re still learning that the best things take time.

đź“° Full PEOPLE Magazine article linked in bio.

06/23/2026

We’re officially tying this new addition into the original 1830s cottage. We removed part of the slate roof (this one hurt), built a new roofline, and next up is a timber-framed porch.

Follow along to see if we can successfully blend old with new. 🏡

06/22/2026

Building Into the Side of a Mountain | Episode 3 🏡⛰️

This 15x30 addition is going to completely change how this cottage functions for everyday life.

We’re adding a full bathroom, laundry room, mudroom, storage, and a second-floor sitting area all designed to make this home easier to live in long term.

One of our biggest goals was creating a space that allows our parents to comfortably age in place, with fewer stairs to navigate and a walkout 10x30 patio overlooking the terraces.

Follow along as we continue bringing this 1830s cottage back to life.

06/19/2026

There used to be a hedge of shrubs here that gave the old pool some privacy, but over time they all died off.

So we built a stone wall and are replacing them with a hydrangea hedge instead.

It’ll take a few years for these to fully grow in, but one thing I’ve grown to love after working on this property for the last five years is watching spaces continue to change with you over time. 🤍 If you any hydrangea tips, I'd love to hear them in the comments!

06/17/2026

I really wanted copper signs for the vegetable garden until I saw they run $13–15 each. So I made my own for a little over $1 a sign instead.

The white plastic ones we had just weren't doing it for this space, and handwritten ones fade. These will last year after year and now they tie into all the copper accents we already have around the property (fence posts, gutters, the lanterns on the pillars).

Breakdown: $22 metal stamp set + $38 for 50 copper blanks (Amazon) = $60 total for 50 signs

Follow along there's a lot more coming to this kitchen garden. 🌱 everything I used is linked on my LTK (in bio) if you want to grab the same stamps and blanks.

06/15/2026

Turns out building a stone wall is basically just playing heavy Legos. 🪨

After removing the dead shrubs in front of the garden, we started creating a new foundation for this space. First, we used a string line and dug into the bank to create a level surface, then gathered stones from around the property and started fitting them together one by one.

Are we experts? Absolutely not. But we think it turned out pretty solid. Let us know if the comments what you think!

Next up: a hydrangea hedge behind the wall to soften everything and bring this garden to life. 🌿 Follow along as we continue restoring the landscape around our 1830s property.

06/14/2026

For years this hillside at the Forge Cottage was too steep to use. So we built terraces and switchback paths into the mountain, creating a new overlook and reconnecting this property to a forgotten piece of its history.

At the top sits an old railroad bed that once served the Forge House.

Sometimes the best projects aren’t about adding something new. They're about uncovering what's already there and making it usable space again.

06/12/2026

Episode 3: Saving a 100-year-old wisteria.

Three weeks ago, we started replacing an arbor that was failing after decades of supporting this 100-year-old wisteria.

One post at a time, we carefully rebuilt it with cedar to protect the vine and preserve a piece of this property’s history.

Tomorrow I’ll be sharing a carousel with the full product list and details on how we built it.

Follow along as we continue restoring this nearly 200-year-old property, one project at a time.

Some things are worth saving.This wisteria has been growing for over 100 years. Through the years when this property was...
06/11/2026

Some things are worth saving.
This wisteria has been growing for over 100 years. Through the years when this property was a bed & breakfast, through decades of change, through pine trees and buildings that have long since disappeared.
But the wisteria? Still here. And so is the stone outhouse behind it.
When we bought this property, the structure holding up this century-old vine was rotting locust posts and an active wasp hive. We rebuilt the entire arbor using Western red cedar. 6x6 posts, double 2x4s, 8 bags of concrete and finished it in 3 weekends.

The wisteria is safe. The history is intact. And we're already planning phase 2: filling in and leveling out the base so this space can really become something special.

More to come on that. For now, this one feels like a win. 🌿

06/09/2026

Episode 2: Saving a 100-Year-Old Wisteria

With the old locust posts finally removed, it was time to start rebuilding.

We’re replacing the structure with 6x6 cedar posts and cedar cross beams strong enough to support the weight of this massive wisteria for years to come. And while projects like this are never small, having the right tools on hand made the process a whole lot easier.

We’re almost finished. Come back tomorrow for Episode 3 to see how it all turned out.

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