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Karen’s Farrowing: The Night I Became a Real Farm Girl
On September 5, 2023 by MaryY’all… I think I can finally call myself a farm girl. Story time!! Happy Labor Day Last night was something else. Before bed, my oldest son and I went down to the barn together to do the evening farm chores. While feeding the pigs, I noticed that Karen (one of our pregnant piggies, pictured below
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New Name, New Direction: Introducing Iveyshire
On December 15, 2021 by MaryI am super excited to share some things that have been going on behind the scenes during the last couple weeks! My husband Calvin and I have been talking about several ideas and plans for this blog, and feel that now is the time to put it all out there. I originally started this blog
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Drab to Fab- The Great Living Room Makeover
On November 19, 2021 by MaryI’m so excited to say the living room is finally finished! I can’t believe it used to look like this. Dark. Dreary. Sad. SO VERY BROWN. I really wish I’d taken pictures when it still had the wall to wall carpeting and parquet flooring accents! My aim with this room was to make it feel
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How To Update Your Old Couch In 20 Minutes
On October 30, 2021 by MaryWhen we sold our house in New York, we got rid of all our furniture aside from a couple dressers. We decided it would be better to start fresh in the new house instead of trying to make all the old stuff work. Being the thrifting queen that I am, I was absolutely up for
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How to Make Paneled Walls Look Even Worse
On September 30, 2021 by MaryOur plan was to hold off on any kind of home renovations (aside from painting) until we’d been living here for a while. That was a cute idea. Immediately after moving in we realized just how icky the wall-to-wall carpeting was. Apparently the previous owners did have it cleaned, but there were persistent stains everywhere,
