Farm to Table recipes and Homemade Natural Living
I have been using a countertop space in my kitchen as a side office for a long time now, so it was time that I organized it as such. Come join me for a simple farmhouse office nook organization where I transform a regular kitchen countertop into a functioning office.
Come see how I made our old world farmhouse Christmas kitchen on a budget this year. The other day I was looking around our home and thinking, I love our home so much. And I always have! We bought our house because it was almost totally perfect. But more and more I feel the urge to make things look more our own, and less like the house when we bought it. I also want to bring some old world traditional farmhouse touches in, because I have just been loving that style lately. And with the holidays around the corner I figured it was the perfect time to decorate for Christmas, in the kitchen at least. We’ll get to the rest of the house later LOL 🙂
A few weeks ago John and I decided we wanted open shelving in the kitchen. Well, basically I decided, but John agreed. It’s becoming popular now and I wanted a more traditional farmhouse look, and to be able to see in my cabinets. So instead of finding some new shelves, taking down our old ones, and installing new ones, we found an easy DIY open shelving hack to achieve this. So if you are reading this, let me know what you think. Did we pull off open shelving?
Learn how to build a DIY dining bench from scratch for your farmhouse dining room. We wanted a table and bench to go with our modern little farmhouse, and one that would be able to last us a lifetime. A cute farmhouse bench seat is the perfect complement to your kitchen table.
Learn how to build the wood farmhouse dining table of your dreams. Farmhouse dining tables are no new feat, but can be brought into any home to bring a sense of warmth, character, and good ‘ol fashion togetherness. My husband John and I built this 8-foot table because we wanted to be able to use our own hands to build something for our little farmhouse here in the Pacific Northwest.
Today I’m sharing with you my top 10 or so summer kitchen essentials. Every season in the homestead is different and you have to adapt to different weather, different food, etc. When the kitchen is too hot to bake in the oven, I use other tools and methods to keep cool while still cookin’ and running my little farmhouse.
We love cooking from scratch and eating organic, farm-to-table when we can. Every now and then we run out of a lot of food at one time and chose to do a healthy Costco grocery haul. Here’s what we bought to cook homemade meals every day without going back to the store for, hopefully, a while!
Last week I set up our Easter tablescape. I always look forward to setting up our table for every holiday and season. Sometimes it’s just a simple floral arrangement or change in placemats. I keep a small stash of linens and placements in the cupboard that I swap out every few weeks. These are just some of the very simple ways you can set up a tablescape without spending much money. Find some simple farmhouse easter table setting ideas in this post. Thanks for stopping by the homestead!
There is nothing like the first warm sun on your face on a Sunday afternoon after weeks of a cold, dark winter. As soon as the kitchen is filled with all that natural light, I start organizing it and getting it ready for spring. Ah, what a refreshing time that is. I gathered fresh food from our local farm stand, hung some herbs for drying, and of course put some cut flowers in a vase. Join me for a tour of our farmhouse kitchen in the spring!
Come see our minimalist farmhouse kitchen pantry organization. I spend all day in the kitchen cooking breakfast, lunch, and dinner (okay so John helps sometimes too). But we both loving having a clean and organized pantry, because being home full time means lots and lots of eating! After organizing the spice cabinets, I was really excited to tackle the pantry. Now, I am so proud of how our pantry looks and functions, that I want to show it off to friends and family! These tips for how I achieved minimalist farmhouse pantry organization at our farmhouse will have you cooking better and faster in no time.
