A Modern Farmhouse: Progress Update

by Kassandra DeKoning

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$700000

8 Months

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WE’RE ALMOST ON THE HOME STRETCH!

Building has been a whirlwind of mixed emotions, decision-making indecisiveness to a max and an anticipating process. It’s been about a year since we were staring at floor plans on a piece of paper by Imagine Your Home and dreaming up how each room would flow together. Now we are physically walking around the walls of our home, seeing our house go from paper to the real thing is unbelievable! It’s been such a meticulous journey where, literally, a good year is needed to make all these important decisions, some you never knew existed until you’re knee-deep into the building process (and it helps to have an amazing father-in-law who knows everything about building a house).

Being apart of the house building process depends on your personality too… Some people love being involved in the whole building process, to them all the decisions are easy and they never second guess themselves. Some like to make the few finishing (limited) decisions and leave the rest up to the builder. Others (like me) like to make majority of the decisions with/without a professional and analyze each and every decision. A lot of the time, I like to know exactly how something is going to look, therefore Pinterest has been my BFF for sourcing inspiration right from the get-go. To be fair, majority of the beautiful images we see on Pinterest can come from homes worth $$$$$$- that is where you have to learn how to make a list of necessity vs. luxury and weave through what is realistic vs. costly… like yes, that white and gold La Cornue range looks bad ass, but it’s not on our list of necessities.

Needless to say, I have learned so much from this crazy journey, and hopefully will carry away some useful information to others whom walk down a similar building journey with 1 million questions. Note: I probably don’t know the answer for you, but I can share my experience 😉

Our house seems deceiving from the exterior but from an interior perspective, it feels comfortable. We didn’t install much millwork up front except for your typical trim(millwork is something known to give your home some detail and character on the walls/ceiling), but that’s because its a bit of a costly add-on that we can always incorporate into our home down the road. We decided to splurged on areas of our home that would influence the structure of our house permanently. The windows and loft-style staircase give our home that quality which will last for decades.

To follow our house building journey, you can visit my blog www.littledekonings.com for more progress :)