Our Shelby Living Feature!

 This cover was an awesome surprise! We enjoyed chatting with the folks over at Shelby Living this Fall about our never ending projects. 😂🏡  Lots of fun historic articles and features in this issue, too! Local friends be sure to pick up a copy!

I'll share some magazine photos here because there were more included in the print version. You can read the online article here!

DEAR DARLA... Halloween 2018!

Happy Halloween from our very own Little Rascal!

Alfalfa Switzer

💕  MY AL-FALFA-NATOR  💕

"You only meet your once in a lifetime friends... once in a lifetime."

"Quick! What's the number for 911?"

"Alfalfa, this is a side of you I've never seen before!"

"Actually, I've always had a rather extensive vocabulary, not to mention a phenomenal grasp of grammar and syntax. I simply choose not to employ them"

"I'm usually a lover, not a fighter, but in your case I'm willing to make an exception!"

"I'm not ashamed of you, Darla. I'm proud of you.. I just don't want anyone to see you!"

"we've got a dollar, we've got a dollar, we've got a dollar hey hey hey hey"

-Then the clouds opened up and God said, "I hate you, Alfalfa!"-

"Is that a cowlick, or are you just happy to see me?!"

DEAR DARLA,

I HATE YOUR STINKING GUTS.

YOU MAKE ME VOMIT.

YOU'RE THE SCUM BETWEEN MY TOES!

LOVE,

ALFALFA

YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFULLLL (HICCUP) TO MEEE

Fall 2017 and our new barn!

Fall is here! Here are a few recent snapshots! 

Back in June Brett and I broke ground on our biggest DIY project to date. Our new barn/workshop! This space is something we've been dreaming about for years. After months of dreaming and drawing and planning we demolished our old car port and began excavation for our new structure. Aside from the welcomed helping hand of my FIL, Brett and I have completed the entire project completely on our own. Drawing the plans, demo, excavation, foundation, framing, roofing, exterior, doors, windows, hardware, electrical, design and finish work has all been done with our own two hands and a toddler under our boots. In the middle of July. In Alabama.

We are so tired. So proud!!! But so tired. 😂

We've hosted a few fun barn parties already and the shop will be a fully functioning garage and wood shop. The upstairs is stubbed for use as a future in-law suite but we'll be using it for storage and office space for now. Of course Brett wants to install a fire pole! Haha! So much of our life revolves around our work space.. farmhouse restoration, renovation projects, equipment maintenance. This barn is a huge blessing and we are so grateful for it! It will patina over time and blend in beautifully with the surrounding historic property. I'd love to say we're ready to take a break and finally SIT DOWN but that's highly unlikely around here. We still have lots of relatively small things to work on before this project is complete. (Things like exterior barn lights, building the back deck, insulation.) But we only have four hands between us and limited days to work. It's been about 3.5 months of progress and we are loving the new space!

I've documented the entire build process and shared lots of recent home photos over on my Instagram if you've missed it! Hop on over to see! ----> @MRSLAURENASH

This post is photo heavy considering I don't blog all that often but here is a look at our barn progress followed by this year's farmhouse fall decor!

DEMO DAY!

Rainy summer days + Alabama red dirt = Excavation got messy.

Right before our first barn party!

Barn doors in progress.

I've always dreamed of having a dutch door! Brett did an amazing job!

Fall Fun & the Farmhouse!

DIY Pie Banner I made for our coffee station!

My pumpkins with his pumpkins!

Nothing better than fire-pit nights in the crisp autumn air.

It's not officially fall without a trip to the pumpkin patch!

Happy Fall!

-Lauren