It ’s a showery Sunday afternoon at the farm , and there is no well place to spend it than in the company barn , listening to the rain pound on the can ceiling . put together puzzles , lounging in a comfy electric chair with a Word of God , knitting and performing games are examples of some of the activities our house enjoys when we are relaxing in our party barn .
For the preceding decade , our family has celebrated birthdays , held family reunions and created remembering in the quondam pig house that has been translate into a party b . Our mother and Padre would be shocked and astonied that we expend more time in the former pig barn than the star sign during lazy years of summer .
My baby and her husband , Larry and Sharon Adams , now own our family farm , a slap-up 90 - acre hobby farm . They have enjoyed a rich retirement restoring the farm and taking up a variety of hobbies , include beekeeping , gardening , tin vegetables and more !
We are all thankful to be able to continue living our puerility daylight on the farm , because they have lovingly furbish up the house , the barn and outbuildings that frame our puerility memories .
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Fixer Upper
The first pace of the renovation was to move out our parents ’ piece of furniture . The pig house , which is in the backyard , was the innate topographic point to lay in the treasures . It presently filled up with chairwoman , tables , bed , lamp and home item collected over our parents ’ lifetime .
Next , the farmhouse was stripped to the studs , then transformed into a forward-looking version of its original self . redeem and refinishing all the old doors , the staircase and original carpentry throughout the house became a painstaking labor of love .
When the house was finished , it retain the original floor plan and charm of theMichigan farmhousethat our grandparents build .
Becky Hunt
Swine Design
My babe , an interior interior designer , enjoy project . When the farmhouse project was finished , she presently sought another .
She started clean the cop barn one solar day and moved some furniture around . Then , she noticed the floor needed cleaning . After she scrub the floor , she decided to put down one of her oriental carpet . Becky Hunt
That looked prissy , so she moved a duad chairs and a mesa into the country . She added a lamp or two and found some old teapots and flowers to tot a homey touch .
Becky Hunt
The project grabbed her interestingness , and it pass from there . She lead off washing windows , hang up up lace curtain , and decorating using hive away treasures and her creative imagination . The result ? Our political party barn .
A Fine Family Space
Our home , friends and neighbors have all enjoyed many parties and get - togethers over the years . Now our grandchild come to the farm every year to create their own remembering .
Thanks to my sister and sidekick - in - jurisprudence , our family owns a sorcerous place that brings families together . Our parents would be happy to see all the joy when we come together in the political party barn . The pigs never had so much playfulness !
This clause originally appeared in the January / February 2021 issue ofHobby Farmsmagazine .
Becky Hunt
