Our first farm night

We did it! We spent Thursday night out at Hentennial. After 10 months and tons of work, we loaded up the kids and dogs and headed out for the night!
It was really fun to make a fire in the fireplace (first one) and cozy up on the sofa in our jammies and know that we didn't have to drive back to Franklin. The kids just hung out and played, and Rog and I got to work painting the master bedroom. Two coats of Benjamin Moore's Elmira White, and three coats of bright white on the window trim. We also met the carpet guy out there Thurs. evening and they installed it Friday morning. It was the only room in the house where the floors were not salvageable. Now our bedroom is finally done! It looks great. The kids helped us paint and they made a fort in our closet with blankets and a (non flame) lanturn, and their MP3 player with speakers. It was really cute that they all hung out in there for a couple of hours. I chose a color scheme that is on an opposite spectrum from our home in Franklin. I want the farm house to be really different from our main home. Bold, brighter colors, more patterns and simpler styling. The walls are all neutral, but the furnishings mix red, black, yellow and green. I call it "equestrian/country." It suits the house. It makes the house feel happy, warm and inviting.
Most of my inspirations come from a vision board that I had created before we actually bought the farm. I had torn out and collected various photos and quotes and images from magazines for months and put them all together on a poster board which I looked at daily. It helped keep me focused and it kept me motivated to move ahead. The house was a huge project and daunting at first, but we both knew that we would be very happy there during, and after the work. All the rooms are mostly done, we just have some finishing touches. Next on the list is the kitchen and bathroom. And we have already done most of the prep, tearing out old flooring, priming, etc...but there is still a ton of work to do. Hopefully that will be done before summer so that we can focus on the outside projects then.
On another note, when we slept there we realized quite quickly that our rooster, Oreo, loves to crow at all hours of the night. He is quite loud and eventhough it is a farm, we don't want our closest neighbors to be annoyed by his constant crowing. So, I posted a pic of him on Craigslist and we already found him a wonderful home right down the road from us. An older couple who raises Arucana's(the blue egg layers) wants a roo for their breeding stock. So it worked out perfectly. We can even visit him when we want to and get chicks from them in the spring. February is baby chick time, and we can't wait to replenish our flock!
Well, things are moving along at Hentennial. And it truly is a labor of love.