Big House In The Little Woods

Big House In The Little Woods This page is set up to help you follow what's going on during our renovations. It's a lot of fun working and it's a lot of fun sharing! Enjoy!

My most favourite room in the house 💚
04/02/2024

My most favourite room in the house 💚

Mark took 4 months to make two night stand tables, and I took 2 days to stain, seal and hang them up. 😂 But isn’t that h...
02/09/2024

Mark took 4 months to make two night stand tables, and I took 2 days to stain, seal and hang them up. 😂 But isn’t that how it works.
Since we’re moving our nightstand/dressers to the closet, we needed just a small stand for water bottles or phone/watch chargers. Done deal.

If you love Starbucks, I made a perfect replica of the cream cold brews.
I kept one of their plastic cups because I like the wide mouth, and it took a few times to perfect the foam, but I finally figured it out and made a salted caramel cream cold brew this afternoon. I had to see if my floating nightstand would hold it for me. 👌🏻

Master closet here we come! I’ve decided on Divine Wine, Behr paint, as it was the closest in colour match I could get t...
02/08/2024

Master closet here we come! I’ve decided on Divine Wine, Behr paint, as it was the closest in colour match I could get to Farrow & Ball’s Brinjal.
We cut a hole through our master bedrooms wall to a very unorganized make shift space we turned into a linen closet, that used to be steep servant stairs to the first floor.
Anywho. We bought some wainscotting, a chandelier, and were going to custom fit two ikea dressers in and apply a small cabinet with a rod and shelves to make our own closet. Last picture is my inspo.
One thing this house lacked in was closet space, and I’m dying to hang my clothes up!

Girls room glow up 💖
06/08/2022

Girls room glow up 💖

Look at that sunset glow 🌅 No filter needed.This bathroom has evolved in the last year. To Mark not being sure of my vis...
06/08/2022

Look at that sunset glow 🌅 No filter needed.
This bathroom has evolved in the last year. To Mark not being sure of my vision, to now enjoying this space with another addition to the family. And he sure loves his baths 🤍

I love spring. Every year always shows me how much progress we’ve made.——> to see 2 years agoUnfortunately the ice storm...
06/08/2022

I love spring. Every year always shows me how much progress we’ve made.
——> to see 2 years ago

Unfortunately the ice storm we had earlier this year broke down many of our trees we intended to keep. The one at the end of our lane was the kids favourite climber. We are planting some more trees this year to make up for it!

And here’s to admitting my defeat. The white floors that I painted for the girls before Christmas are a major fail.I did...
04/08/2021

And here’s to admitting my defeat.
The white floors that I painted for the girls before Christmas are a major fail.
I did little research, and now I’m paying for it. I also was just trying to pawn off what I had in my storage room for their floors, which ended up being an alkyld paint/oil base, and it’s going to take me a while to reverse this disaster.
Initially it was all grand! Shiny white floors, that complemented the room. But after a while I noticed the floors were still tacky. I assumed that it just needed more time to dry, but after months, and several mopped floors later, the stickiness remained. Which has left some beautiful tracking. You can see where Mark tucks the girls into bed every night now (pic #2), and the constant path from the door to the closet.
So tonight I’m going to clean, tsp, and prime. And the girls suggested a colour. Which is nerve wracking for me, but hey, I can always paint over it later if it’s no good, right?! 😬

Here’s to hoping this time it all works out 🤞🏻
And the girls bathroom floor (pic # 4) is proof that painted floors can work, if you use the right materials 😉
The bathroom floor is not mopped, and no footprints are tracked in there. Just the way I like it!

Well it’s official. Every room in my house is a crazy mess!We’ve asked someone to come over and mud our new storage room...
03/24/2021

Well it’s official. Every room in my house is a crazy mess!
We’ve asked someone to come over and mud our new storage room in the laundry room. So we can add shelving, and bring everything that has been sitting in the attic, downstairs. We’ve purged a large amount and I feel a huge burden lifted off of me. But the attic needs to fixed *💸* as it’s not vented properly and we still have water issues. Currently our downstairs is looted with all our storage items. Winter jackets, boots, camping stuff, Christmas decor, waiting for it’s new space. And our bathroom in our master is finally being worked on! It’s unfortunate that all these things are being done at the same time, but that’s just the way it rolled out.

My happy place used to be a clean house. Like, washed walls, mopped floors, well organized closets, stuff tucked away properly and cleaned up kitchens!
Living with someone who was not taught how to keep things clean was a huge stressor on our marriage. And adding kids to the mix has had its challenges. To find the fine line between letting them be kids, and having them consistently work hard to keep their stuff clean is not easy. And the person I used to be before was not healthy either! I would stay up till 3 in the morning cleaning and making sure my house was presentable the next day. So to say I’ve let a lot of things go, is a major understatement.
The house is a mess, but my relationship with my family is what I choose to take care of daily now.
Despite the chaos, I’m content in my family. The things that truely matter.
And it’s proof that we don’t need beautiful things in our life to make us happy. I know it will beautiful in the end, but I know now that’s not what’s going to make me happy. Be happy with where you are. It has only been a few years of finally being content with this, it’s just fun being able to create fun spaces and memories with my family.

I had been looking everywhere for a small round coffee table, but I could never find one. Or if I did it would be sold i...
12/07/2020

I had been looking everywhere for a small round coffee table, but I could never find one. Or if I did it would be sold in a hot minute. So we made our own! (And by we I mean I asked Mark to do it 🤪)

I don’t know if you remember the table I picked up for free, a few posts down, that needed some work on the top from some burnt pots. Well, I’ve had it for the year, to puzzle and do homeschool with the kids, but I was tired of all the big furniture I had in that area, storing so much crafting and school books. I wanted a place I could sit and enjoying looking at our beautiful piano, and drink some coffee.

And with the tree needing a place to be put, it was an opportunity to clean out that area (which took me three weeks 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️), and move the Christmas tree to the living room, and the chairs to their new spot. With my coffee table to boot!

Mark took the table top off. Cut down the middle with his skill saw, so that the table would be an appropriate coffee table height. Around 16” is what we were going for. Once we had our middle piece cut, Mark measured out where the bolts needed to be, and drilled out holes slightly smaller so he could turn them into place. Once the bolts were reattached, and the legs back in place, we set the top back on what she belonged! One light sand, and a coat of varnish later, she makes for one beautiful coffee table. ☕️

Farmhouse captain chairs.Refinished to be sleek and black, ready to match any farmhouse decor. $80 for both.$45 each.**...
11/24/2020

Farmhouse captain chairs.
Refinished to be sleek and black, ready to match any farmhouse decor.

$80 for both.
$45 each.
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