The picture is of my baby brother Joshua, and I on my wedding day. I was 22 and he was 19. BABIES. We had just danced a jig together and were sweaty as heck. It was a great day. This second picture is of us on HIS wedding day. We are no longer 22 and 19 (praise the Lord!) We are no longer babies. We might even be grown-ups (on certain days.) We snapped this ... View Post
Words for the New Year
The other day, between Christmas Day and the new year's arrival, I took a walk around our property. Not for any real reason, other than to get out of the house a little bit, and to inspect what was new, breathe in the (finally!) cold and crisp air. There is so much to see on our eight acres and I haven't learned it all by half yet. I don't know the lay of this land, the bend of the little hill ... View Post
Playing with Exterior Color
I discovered a fun little app the other day. The Sherwin-Williams Paint Visualizer. A perfect tool to help me distract myself from writing deadlines and laundry and the crazy heat outside. This is what our house looked like when we bought it. My favorite thing is the deck off to the side. It is the best feature of the exterior. The second best feature is the front porch which has ... View Post
Our Colorful Farmhouse Kitchen – a #SlowHome update
Oh, friends. What a journey learning to live #SlowHome has been. For us this adventure of going slow with our remodeling efforts has been full of tears, small victories, big hurdles, great fun, deep bonding, second guessing, creative inspiration, and more decisions than you can shake a stick at. But after nine months, the little seeds we planted all those months ago are starting to ... View Post
DIY Happy – Mason Jar Light Fixture Part 1
And then Sweet Man said, Let there be light! Well, we have taken one minuscule, inconsequential step for mankind, but one huge step for the Greers. We have replaced the first of the many (many, many, many,) flourescent light fixtures in our house! We installed a new (and working!) light fixture over the sink in the basement canning kitchen, which is currently serving as actual kitchen ... View Post
Homespun Holiday Home Tour
Well, despite our lack of base boards, or a finished kitchen, or curtains in the bedrooms or any other unfinished to-be-done items in our house, I managed to spread a little Christmas cheer here at Preservation Acres. I really hadn't anticipated on putting out as much as I have (which somewhat-embarrassingly is not even all of it,) because I really didn't think we would be able to ... View Post