Farmer in a Pink Tutu: January 2014

When I started this blog, it was with the intention of writing about my transition from being a city girl to living the life on a farm. The blog came about a few months before the big move, and well, I got married. So, this may have taken a bit of a left turn and "Farmer in a Pink Tutu" probably made absolutely no sense, but now we are all moved in and making all kinds of plans.

A couple of months ago, my husband and I moved away from Atlanta and onto 20 acres of land, which is all ours. We will be updating the house and turning the land into a working farm, with livestock and a year-round garden. It'll be a fun and exciting - and I am sure frustrating - ride, and I will be documenting each step of the process.

Some of our next door neighbors!

Not that I won't blog about other topics every now and then because as much as I would like to get everything done and started right away, lets be realistic. We have a lot of work - and learning - to do and all this will take time and money, so the updates on our progress will be an ongoing process.

Our new house may not be the most impressive or have the latest updates but it has plenty of history and character. My husband's grandparents actually owned the house and land and it came fully stocked with furniture and other various things. We have had fun coming across a lot of old items, which is quite the treat for a treasure hunter like myself, but it's been a challenge with what to do with everything.

The house was originally built in the 1920s with additions made later.

The front room - needs new furniture and a paint job.

This is an open space which connects the dining area, front room and kitchen.

Kitchen definitely needs updated appliances.

But it is wonderful to have such a large, open kitchen with lots of counter space and storage.

Pantry with lots of storage space but definitely needs an organization overhaul.

This was once the formal dining room but we don't need another dining area and I prefer to use the space by the kitchen as the dining area. Not exactly sure what this space will become but we have a great china cabinet...

Which we got to keep with the house and now it holds all of our treasure hunting finds.

This will become the office/craft room.

The living room. This is the main room where we hang out and watch TV.

The couch is one of our first furniture purchases for the new house.

That is not technically a fireplace but it has a mantle and unfortunately it has to stay. Will need to figure out how to make a little more attractive...

But it houses my milk glass collection for now.

One of three bedrooms. This one will become the music room.

Right now, it is where we have stored everything that we have yet to unpack.

This will become the guest room. Right now, another room that is storing everything that we have yet to unpack.

One of the two bathrooms. Not much to be done here except painting and adding new hardware.

And the laundry room, which right now, also serves as where we put the cat food (so the dog can't reach it)...

And the back porch

And of course all the land. We'll be updating a couple of current structures - the storage trailer, which will be converted into a workshop and the tractor shed, which will be replaced with an actual barn. We want this farm to include free range chickens, some turkeys, a couple of goats and sheep, maybe some pigs, all along with a dog and a couple of cats. There will also be a large, year-round garden and I am hoping to complete a large, walkable flower garden (this one could get interesting).