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The Homeplace Diaries A little diary of building our forever home & the life happening all around it. šŸ¤ŽšŸ”

10/08/2026

Weā€™re building more than a homeā€¦ weā€™re building a little community here, too.

If youā€™ve been enjoying following along, weā€™d LOVE it if youā€™d share our page with your friends!

Every follow, share, comment, and like helps our little corner grow, and weā€™re so thankful youā€™re here!

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Thank you so much šŸ™šŸ»šŸ™šŸ»ā¤ļøā¤ļø

10/07/2026

Donā€™t say it unless you mean it babeā€¦..šŸ˜

10/07/2026

We are getting SO close to Sheetrock going up, which means this is basically our last chance to add all those little things weā€™ll kick ourselves for forgetting later!

So I need all my seasoned home builders, remodelers, electricians, and ā€œI wish I wouldā€™veā€¦ā€ people to HELP ME OUT!

What should we add BEFORE the walls are closed up?!

Iā€™m thinking things like extra outlets, outlets in closets/pantry, TV outlets, extra lighting, blocking in the walls for heavy things we may hang laterā€¦ but I KNOW there are things I havenā€™t thought of.

Tell me your ā€œIā€™m SO glad we added thisā€ OR your ā€œI wish we wouldā€™ve thought of this before Sheetrockā€ ideas!

Nothing is too small or too random. šŸ˜‚ I want ALL the suggestions because once these walls are closedā€¦ ITā€™S TOO LATE!

Drop your must haves below! Iā€™m making a list!

Thereā€™s something so special to me about the thought of family, friends, and every guest who walks through our front doo...
10/07/2026

Thereā€™s something so special to me about the thought of family, friends, and every guest who walks through our front door being welcomed by a cross.

Weā€™ve put so much thought into this home & not just how we want it to look, but how we want it to feel. We want it to be a home filled with love, family, laughter, prayer, and most importantly, Jesus.

So the idea of placing a cross right in the entry feels like such a beautiful reminder of WHO we want at the center of this home from the very moment you walk in.

We are seriously considering doing something similar in our entryway. Not necessarily copying this exact design, but creating a special wood pattern with a cross incorporated into the center and then transitioning into the hardwood throughout the rest of the house.

When we started building this home, we knew we wanted it to be more than just a beautiful house. We wanted the little details throughout it to tell our story and represent the things that matter most to us. And I canā€™t think of a more meaningful way to welcome people into our home than with a quiet reminder of the One we pray will always be at the center of everything that happens inside these walls.

Now to get Randy polished up on his floor laying skills. šŸ˜

I had Chat design my library room and I found almost this exact build plan on Pinterest!!! I am positive Randy and I can...
10/06/2026

I had Chat design my library room and I found almost this exact build plan on Pinterest!!! I am positive Randy and I can make it happenā€¦.his comment is he hates Chat and hates Pinterest even more. šŸ™„šŸ™„šŸ™„šŸ™„
I may be taking applications for a building partner soonā€¦.šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø

10/06/2026

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LVP vs. Solid Hardwoodā€¦ WHY IS THIS SO HARD?! Of all the decisions weā€™ve had to make building this house, I honestly thi...
10/05/2026

LVP vs. Solid Hardwoodā€¦ WHY IS THIS SO HARD?!

Of all the decisions weā€™ve had to make building this house, I honestly think choosing our flooring has been one of the HARDEST so far!

We keep going back and forth between LVP and solid hardwood, because there are things we love about BOTH.

LVP:
āœ”ļø More affordable
āœ”ļø Waterproof/water-resistant options
āœ”ļø Durable with kids, grandbabies, pets & farm life
āœ”ļø Easier to maintain
āŒ Doesnā€™t have quite the same feel or character as real wood
āŒ Canā€™t be sanded and refinished years down the road
āŒ Depending on the product, it may not have the same longevity as hardwood

SOLID HARDWOOD:
āœ”ļø Itā€™s REAL wood ā€” and thereā€™s just something about it
āœ”ļø Beautiful, timeless and full of character
āœ”ļø Can be sanded and refinished multiple times
āœ”ļø With proper care, it can last for generations
āŒ More expensive
āŒ Water and moisture can be a concern
āŒ Scratches and dents easier ā€” especially when you actually LIVE in your house
āŒ A little more maintenance

Weā€™re building this as our forever home, so part of me thinks, Go with the hardwood. Put it down once and let it age with the house.

But then the practical side of me thinks about farm life, muddy shoes, future grandbabies, spills and everyday living and says, Girlā€¦get the LVP.

I seriously cannot decide!

So help us out! šŸ‘‡šŸ¼ If you were building your forever home TODAY, which would you choose: LVP or SOLID HARDWOOD?

And if you already have one or the other, tell me what you LOVE about itā€¦and what you wish you had known before you chose it!

Choosing a house plan was WAY harder than we thought it would be. We knew going into this that this would be our last ho...
10/05/2026

Choosing a house plan was WAY harder than we thought it would be.

We knew going into this that this would be our last house. The one we grow old in. And somehow, knowing that made every decision feel a little bigger.

This time, we werenā€™t choosing a house based only on what worked for our family right now. We were trying to picture our life 10, 20, even 30 years from now.

We thought about getting older and making sure this home would still work for us someday. We thought about holidays and Sunday dinners. We thought about our boys coming home with families of their own.

And even though we donā€™t have grandbabies yet, you better believe I was already thinking about them.

I pictured little feet running through the house, toys scattered across the living room, cousins growing up together on the farm, sleepovers, Christmas mornings, and a kitchen full of people we love.

So we changed plans. Then changed them again. We even changed the plan of the plan we chose šŸ˜‚. And probably drove each other a little crazy in the process.

Because we realized we werenā€™t just choosing a floor plan.

We were choosing the backdrop for the next chapter of our lives.

A home built for the two of us as we grow olderā€”but with plenty of room for the family we pray will keep growing around us.

This isnā€™t just our forever home.

Itā€™s the home we hope our future grandbabies will someday call Mimi & Papawā€™s house. ā¤ļø

Every home has a story. This is ours. šŸ¤ŽWhat started as an empty piece of ground and a dream is slowly becoming the place...
10/05/2026

Every home has a story. This is ours. šŸ¤Ž

What started as an empty piece of ground and a dream is slowly becoming the place we hope our family calls home for generations.

There have already been dirt piles, concrete trucks, framing crews, changing plans, plenty of decisions, a few ā€œwhat have we gotten ourselves into?ā€ moments šŸ˜‚ and a whole lot of memories made along the way.

But this page isnā€™t just about building a house.

Itā€™s about creating our homeplace.

A place for our kids to always come home to. A place for family to gather. A place for loud dinners, holidays, grandbabies someday, sunsets on the porch, and ordinary days that weā€™ll probably realize later were some of the very best ones.

Weā€™re already well into the build, so I have LOTS to catch you up onā€”and from here on out, Iā€™m bringing you along for all of it. The progress, the decisions, the things that go wrong, the things that turn out better than we imagined, decorating it room by room, and eventuallyā€¦turning this house into HOME.

Welcome to The Homeplace Diaries. šŸ¤Ž

Weā€™re so glad youā€™re here at the beginning of our story.

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