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Looking Up in the Dining Room

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Y’all. The dining room is finally under way! It feels like I might jinx the progress by even typing those words, but it is true! I can see the dining from where I’m sitting and our progress is, indeed, real! … Continue reading →

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Dec·17

Making an Entrance

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Now that winter has arrived (well…sorta—it was 65 degrees yesterday), we are putting the exterior projects to bed for the season, done or not. One that’s not complete—but totally worth sharing—is our mudroom’s exterior entrance. I have big plans for … Continue reading →

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Nov·26

Building A Better Mousetrap (a.k.a. screen door)

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This week, while I was away at EPIC summer camp, Ben built a new screen door to replace our destroyed-by-hairy-mainac-beasts pile-of-rubbish screen door featured in the last blog post. Basically, he built a better mousetrap, if you will. This time, he … Continue reading →

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Jul·31

Back Porch Retreat

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Ben’s hard work on the back deck, transforming it into a porch, has created an amazing retreat—screened windows above half-walls that give us an open-air room on the back of the house. It is shaded and cool and just perfect … Continue reading →

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Jul·16

Happy 3rd birthday, Cockamamy!

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On April 1, 2014, we closed on the purchase of a run-down house (deemed basically worthless by our appraiser) sitting on 7+ mostly wooded acres situated in a creek bottom. The house looked like this: You can get a full tour … Continue reading →

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Apr·01

Going, going, garage 

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I feel quite certain that y’all are getting tired of hearing about the garage. But to be completely honest, this gigantic project is still our main focus. And that means that the garage is the news of the hour…still (queue the … Continue reading →

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Feb·25

2016: Year in Review

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These days, I’m living by the old adage, Better late than never. And so here we are, almost two weeks into the new year, and I’m finally getting the finishing touches on our look back at Cockamamy Farm in 2016. This … Continue reading →

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Jan·09

Merry Merry from your Cockamamy Friends

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Merry, merry, friends! And a very happy Christmas to you and yours!! Here’s a Cockamamy Christmas letter from us and ours (featuring our fabulously colored doors)… The elders face off…and usually share this look with each other when the puppies are … Continue reading →

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Dec·19

Tile this wall? No problem!

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So here it is, friends. My kitchen wall (in its “before” state of being). I have known for a long time that I wanted to sheath this wall, countertop to ceiling, in subway tile. That is the reason why we … Continue reading →

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Dec·06

The Work Goes On…

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Well, friends, the garage has hit another wave of stalling…this time we have been waiting on the siding to be delivered. We are still waiting. Tomorrow? Next day? Definitely this week? We’ll see. But, in the meantime, I thought you might … Continue reading →

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Nov·08

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