We Bought Our Dream Homestead BUT It's Not For Us
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- We bought a 40-acre homestead but it’s not for us!
That may sound strange, but we’ve had a dream to host large events and teach real-life homesteading classes for a long time now, and this property, just ½ mile from our current home, became available and we bought it!
You’ll have to watch the tour to hear more of our vision for the property, but I’m so excited to finally be able to share this news with you!
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Change and stepping out in faith is always a bit scary, but can also be an exciting adventure. Embrace the journey that God has put before you! I'm happy for y'all!
The Hornbecks were the nicest couple, I'm sure they would be thrilled that you bought it! So happy for you!
Congratulations..🙏💖
I'm so excited just listening to you talk about it!!! What a God-thing! I'd be positively giddy and ecstatic! What I love most is that God clearly orchestrated the sale of this particular property for you guys, specifically, and that you have plans to refresh it, and to preserve the history of the place. May God continue to bless this endeavor! 😍
I am so glad you are keeping the kitchen cabinets. They are wonderful. You can't get them built like that now.
The shelves on either side by the kitchen window and the built ins are awesome!!!
What an exciting new adventure! If you don't have a source already, check out the Slabhaus in Mt Vernon for live edge wood for the mantle. The wood is all harvested locally, some from old homesteads.
We got our live edge counter from Slabhaus and we love it!
Our family just did a farm stay and absolutely loved it.
We have an airbnb cottage on our 1 acre property in CA, which I manage. Just FYI managing it to maintain "super Host" status can be time consuming. But, I really enjoy hosting and making our cottage garden enjoyable for our guests, since we are retired. Our guests enjoy our flower gardens, vegetable garden, and chickens. Good luck to you. It's going to be lovely!
A year ago we bought a 1934 home on a 5-acre farm with one bathroom that was a later addition. The floor had water damage, & there was significant mildew on the shower wall. We gutted it, & as my husband began to dig in the dirt crawlspace beneath to assess the block foundation, he discovered the bathroom builders had not poured a concrete footer. So we ended up jacking up the room, removing the cement blocks, pouring concrete, & stacking new block. If he hadn't been poking around the foundation, he might not have realized the lack of footer, & we might've built back our new bathroom "on sand." I am so relieved we did not do that, even tho' it became a much larger project, so I wanted to share that with you.
I'm sure the Hornbeck family is thrilled that their family's heritage will be preserved and the farm brought back to life. I love every inch of what you showed and would love to visit your farm as an Airbnb. Excited for you and your family!
I am so happy and excited for you!! Congratulations!
My husband and I almost bought a homestead in the same town a few years ago! At the time, it was close to where we lived, but we've since ended up out of state. I still get painfully homesick for those mountains.
I have never been so tickled for somebody! I'm so excited for you, I've never seen you so happy and excited lol I'm just grinning ear to ear over your enthusiasm! So happy for you!
OMG, Melissa !!! I'm SOOO Excited for You !!! I remember when we bought our 1836 farm house back in 1996. I know you are going to have such a Fun Time ...I Love your Excitement of all the Possibilities ! Enjoy the Process and I can't wait to see the Progress ! Love to You ! Patti
Congratulations on your new property Melissa! I’m so happy for you! 🥳
Take the window and make a sign with it for your property, you could either have it possibly “sand blasted” or even vinyl with the name of your homestead. I love how you speak of hearing signs from God, as my Husband and I are Christians and have had our own experiences with getting signs from God. God is so Mighty in how he does things and opens doors in His timing🙌❤️! My husband and I have wanted to move to NC from NY for 20 years now and just this May he opened the doors for us. Now, we are just waiting on NY states closing for the selling of our house! Closing here in NY is running 60 to 90 day’s, however we know this is God’s plan for us as the job he was offered in NC in May is holding the position for him! God is so Mighty!
Your excitement just so blesses my heart. Your joy is our joy! Blessings!!!!
I appreciate your attention to detail. I am an avid Airbnb user, and the ceiling in that room would not concern me at all. You might want to reconsider for now until the income pays for that repair. I agree with the character of a home being important and when I stay at an Airbnb I look for older homes and not restored ones. I am 66 and use these homes to step back in the time of my past. I am staying at an older Airbnb in Mississippi and it is an older home with all older furniture. I choose this home for that reason. I am excited to go thru this with you. Enjoy!
Soooo happy for you going forward with so many possibilities. If you could bottle your enthusiasm you would have no problem selling it ! Don't let anyone crush your hopes and dreams for this place. Just a half mile from your house how convenient.
Hoping you can restore as much as possible to it's original charm! Too much 'Re-muddling' happens to this old homes. You'll have fun bringing this home back to life!
I am so happy for you Melissa! It is so good to hear that God plays a role in your life! You are planting seeds🪴🪴🪴🪴for everyone! This is your calling! I will be praying for you and your family! You , Carolyn and Josh have inspired me in so many ways! Putting God first inspired me so much! God bless you dear!
I love love love that you are not afraid to share your faith. May God bless you and your family.
I personally prefer the natural look of the wood on the kitchen cabinets and the closet.
I in agreement with you about the bedroom doors I love it especially with the fact that it's got the original Hardware. That is sooo awesome!!!
Awesome-sauce and congratulations on your purchase! Just a suggestion, a sleeper sofa or Murphy bed in the living room so families with more than two kids or older kids of different sexes can have a place to sleep. We always find it hard to find a place with three beds for our family and think it gets overlooked at times by landlords, property management and the like.
Put a Queen bed that's on a platform with deep drawers in that second room and you'll solve that lack of storage! That's what I would do. Congratulations - so happy for you!!!
Love the enthusiasm when you buy a new/old farmstead. Vision!
I LOVED watching this when it first posted, but sure am enjoying this again! Thank you!
That just brings excited tears to my eyes! We will inherit my in laws farm...my mother in law just passed away and my fil no longer stays there. My husband and I have so many ideas to do there, we are praying we get to have it sooner than later. Do some work there for my fil to see the potential again before he passes.
OMG! How wonderful...especially with you childhood memories! Congratulations!
Congratulations! So happy for you and look forward to all the transformations you have planned👏👏
Just found this and would LOVE to follow your progress! What a fabulous opportunity for your family! ❤😊🙏🇺🇲
We HAVE THE SAME TASTE!!! My 1950’s Florida house looks amazingly the SAME !!! Bought it cause I LOVE THE CHARM !!!! Congrats 🎉
I just love your excitement!!! Can’t wait to see what you do with this blessing!!!
Consdier putting in some camper pads with electric hook ups. You can rent them out when you're not having seminars and offer them to your seminar people as an alternative to staying off farm at a hotel. Lots of people have campers and would love to overnight during travel or stay a few days on a farm.
I'm coming into this a month later, but want to add my best wishes that your wishes and plans will come true. I really appreciate your excitement and enthusiasm - and know that you will make a wonderful go of things. With almost everything...I can say YES!!!! Go you! You gush about the barn-type woods, which I can really identify with, and underscore how important it is to save and, if not in the same place, upcyle the wood into other parts. Love your live edge idea!
HOWEVER...there is total confusion here about one aspect of your plans. I absolutely don't understand why, with a 1916 farmhouse and home-built cabinets (kitchen and wardrobe) and wall coverings out of gorgeous wood - that you are going to PAINT over that wood? It seems like you're defeating the purpose of why people would enjoy staying there. I won't argue the pros and cons of a dishwasher. But I think that most people would come to an old farmhouse to enjoy, as much as possible, the more "historic" aspects of it. Yes, you need to repair and change a lot. But painted wood Air B and Bs are everywhere. How often can you find HAND-MADE cabinets, still solid and usable? I work with natural woods as much as possible - and truly don't understand this fad of painting over things and losing the beauty of the wood grain. Especially with wood prices in this day and age... (Okay, enough "soap-boxing")
I do congratulate you on your being able to become the owners/wards of a place that means so much to you. I love the fact that you and your family have had close ties with it all your lives - and wish you all the best with realizing your plans for seminars and such. What great surroundings you will create. All the best!
So happy for you! I know it will be amazing and such a blessing to all that can visit your Airbnb and/or your events, classes and so forth!!!
Congratulations! 💗
Oh my Melissa your excitement and giddiness are so contagious! I am so happy to see your prayers and hard work are paying off. Who knows me and my husband may have to stay at your B&B. Different landscape than here in AZ. TFS 💯👍👏🥰
How exciting!! I’m so happy for you and I know you will make something wonderful. It definitely seems like this was meant to be and God has big plans for you!
You are going to eventually narrow it down to just a few things and then expand it out again. I can tell you are really excited. Your barn will be so cool when it is done, but it is really going to cost you a lot of money. It will take a lot of work. I am happy for you. It is a process. I know you are right about the black gold. Barn two is just a lot of labor and way less money. I am glad you plant to steward the land so well. Congratulations.
This testimony really helped my husband and I! Especially the fact that you weren't even looking for anything. Chris and I are being called to leave our Province and we don't have any idea where to go, opposite of your situation, and we ARE looking. But we didn't know how to figure out where to go, HOW to go, how to know, etc and the story of the Gideon fleece is a great reminder of how to know when we find the one. I also appreciate your ambitions! All your ideas are sooo refreshing and I'm grateful for this story you've shared. Thank you for sharing and congratulations!!! So excited to see what God does through this wonderful new chapter for you both! 💗
That’s a wonderful answer to a prayer! A lot of work will be happening on your homestead.
I am so thrilled for you & your family!!! Praise God for blessing you with these amazing resources!
I am excited for you. And looking forward to seeing this unfold in the future. That cottage is absolutely gorgeous. Oh, and an on demand hot water heater would be perfect for that place. I’ve had on demand hot water for about 30 years and I would never have anything else.
So, so happy for you!! Very exciting!! I've been reading The Family Garden Plan this week. Thanks for using your gifts to teach and bless others. Very excited for you and your family!
Love, love, love this, ALL of it! Your passion, vision, ideas, and I look forward to visiting even if it is just for a workshop or fellowship. God has blessed you and so many more will grow because of that blessing. Amen 🙏
The potential for your new farm/BnB definately warrants high enthusiasm! Even in its retro-state, it is gorgeous! Of course we love the mix of new and old - your vision of the future for this property holds great potential. It’s hard to comprehend how quickly this came into being without Gods help! So we say Amen to that, Congratulations, and wishing you all the best in your endeavours! 😇
Please, please. Don't paint the cherry cupboard. I love wood.
@@loufeather8326 there are a lot of scratches you don't see on the lighting from this video and the inside of the cupboard is just ply-wood.
all you would have to do is sand it and revarnish
Code Designs - I disagree with you concerning that they were able to do this without God's help. He helped them because He made sure that they were able to get the pre-approval for the loan. HE (GOD) also gave them the A-OK via the contractor that they had come in and look at it.
If it wasn't for God they would not have been able to get it that quickly.
Love the cherry cupboard/closet. Don't paint out the interesting bits. Maybe paint just the interior for visibility- better option is a battery operated closet light that only turns on when the door is opened.
Hallelujah and amen! Rejoicing with you at the Lord's blessing and obvious confirmation for you. Love the knotty pine paneling in the living room and those craftsman details of the build-ins. Yes, keep those doors! One of my favorite houses is a mother-in-law's 1920s bungalow with those same tiny closets, but original charm like that just can't be replaced, so keep what you can. Happy to hear that you will be saving as much of the outbuilding wood as possible. God has great things in store, how awesome that He is letting you partner with Him 🙂
I'm excited for you and your family as I can see you are very excited 😊 y'all are very blessed
Now that I’ve watched the whole video, I could see you turning the original home into your business headquarters (with one bedroom / bath for naps & showers LOL), the barn for your classrooms, and the farm for all the livestock, gardens, etc., you’ll use in your business. Absolutely perfect.
Congratulations Melissa! What a beautiful farm! You will have so much fun with it! I love old farms! My best childhood memories were on my Grandparents farm Good luck
Wow! Melissa, what a blessing that is. I see God answering prayers just like 1 Chronicles 4:10 and God granted their request... this video gave me hope, thanks for sharing.
Have you considered putting twin beds in one bedroom that can be stacked if you want. I'm thinking of children who would not want to share a bed. So cool your ideas for the b&b. Have fun remodeling.
Oh my heart...I'm so joyful seeing your plans to restore this barn.
As I drive by old barns or home left to fall down my heart hurts over such miss use. Great plans on repairs to bring your farm/bnb into working order. Love, love, love it all!!!
Thank you for sharing.
What a blessing!! Omg my heart!! This is exactly what my heart desires!! 😍 One day!! 🥰 Maybe do a short term rental (6 months) or airbnb it, as is or simple cosmetic updates, save the money and then use those funds to renovate?? Just an idea. Congrats!!! I LOVE the house!!
This video brought tears to my eyes. I'm so happy for you!
Very nice cabinets and shelves, I definitely wouldn't paint. Congrats!
May God bless your plans and bring you joy. May this new place bring people together with nature, one another and with God! I am very happy for you!!
Someone asked me not long ago what my dream would be if I could do anything and I said I'd own a working homestead with buildings for guests and we could offer classes and opportunities to work on the homestead. I love that you were able to buy this amazing ranch and that you'll be able to have this dream.
That would be wonderful!
I absolutely took a moment to appreciate those doors and original hardware too!! May God continue to bless y'all and shine His light on y'all! ❤️
Wonderful news! Thanks for sharing you new place. How exciting! Really happy for you 😃
I'm so excited for you guys! Can't wait to watch it all unfold!
Congratulations! I'm so excited for you and it's so fun to see you giddy! Can't wait to watch the changes as you share.
Congratulations! You guys are very blessed to have a such beautiful place like that one. It's huge!
My folks put a stained glass window over their bathroom window like that. Made it semi double paned. Looked and worked great.
I grew up in Washington and this is just the type of place I always wanted, it was just not in the cards. I am so glad you were able to make this work. My husband and I do have a smaller, but lovely place in Montana. 🙂. The cabinets in the house look like they were made of Birch, based on the grain pattern. I hope you don't paint them.The wood grain is beautiful. I think you could design around them. Congratulations and best of luck to you two. Excited to see what you do to the place.
what a gem!!!! I am so happy for you. congratulations!!!
I would totally love to stay there! I guess I need to talk to my husband about a vacation
Wow! Congratulations! Looking forward to seeing the renovations! Very exciting .
I am so excited for you !!! Am thrilled about the doors and fireplace and those shelves. How cool of a house. And farm space that barn so beautiful
I love seeing your passion and effervescence, especially over the open garage structure and barn! Outbuildings are my favorite! May the Lord richly bless your ideas as they grow and blossom through this new project. All of the ideas are wonderful and do-able with His help and the willing hands of your family and team of support! Melissa, if you decide to do volunteer workshops "barn raising style" for any of your plans- sign me up, I will drive up from Oregon with boots and work gloves ready to help make this amazing rich blessing bloom! :)
You are incredibly blessed!! My husband & I dreamed of having something like that but it wasn't in God's plan. But He gave us a beautiful acre and the house of our dreams! God bless you!
Of course nearly every move in, is going to need some TLC/ elbow grease. Congratulations on the new place!!
Wow, that’s an exciting journey that you’re on! Many blessings for your family & progress with the new property 🤗❤️🇨🇦
I actually love the cabinets just as they are. I think paint would take away the charm. Maybe you can use the ola bathroom window as an announcement board? Build a box around it and put cork board inside to announce upcoming events.
You can also have barn dances that later becomes a wedding where the couple met for the first time.
Congratulations!! Maybe you could add a tin ceiling in the living room? And speaking as someone who own an historic farmhouse I would definitely refinish those original wood floors!! There may be original wood floors under the linoleum as well.
congrats on the new purchase, I think it is awesome and should be a great home for all you need in your future
You can always go with on-demand tankless water heater.
The closet is cute!
This place is amazing, so happy for you guys! I’m sad you’ll be covering all the wood, it adds so much character and it looks beautiful. Can’t wait to see you guys begin this journey!
Thought, 2nd bedroom, instead of a regular side table, Look for a 3 drawer dresser to use as both side table and dresser, if People are staying for only a few nights or a week, that is plenty of storage, then you can use a small side table and a reading chair in that corner you see as you walk in. corner to sit and read in, basically. Congrats on the new property!
I just found your channel and i am now a subscriber. Your excitement is infectious. Thank you.
OMG! I wish you said you'd rent the house!!! I'd love to rent it and my husband would love it!!! It's so amazing 😍 I hope the remold goes well!
Congratulations so happy for you.God did the same thing for a friend of mine. best wishes
How exciting Melissa. CONGRATULATIONS!
Make sure the cattle didn't feed on hay with GrazeOn or similar chemicals. Lots of people are having compost problems this year, myself included.
This is so exciting!!! I’m happy for you guys and what you’ll be able to do ♥️
I'm an event/wedding planner and this would make a beautiful setting for small weddings. Have the wedding in the pasture and the reception in the "barn". Love it!!
How exciting! Congratulations on your dream!
Super excited for you guys!!! Can't wait to see how this progresses--congratulations!!
Blessings to you and your wonderful family.
Congrats you guys! Having lived in that area for a bit we know how hard it is to find properties for sale, especially given the water rights issues in that area. So, well done, and best of luck with everything!
Love your enthusiasm and can’t wait to witness the journey with you.
Your JOY is overflowing!! I am excited to see where all of this will go!! God Bless Your New Endeavor!!
Congratulations! Wonderful property and maybe a long time in the future the little house could be your retirement home or you could build another home for your family.
Wow this is an amazing place!! I'm so happy 4u. Bring us along on your remodeling journey! All the best and congratulations!! 💖
God ✝️ bless 🙏🏽 you & your family on your journey ❤️. I can’t wait to see the love 💕 & updates you will put into your new property 😊🐄🐖🐓🌲👍🏽
So happy for you! What an adventure!!!
Cheers, new adventures, now the year 2022 will be a benchmark year. 👍👍😎
Congratulations! What an amazing vision!
You could use the window for a cold frame. PLEASE don't paint the cabinets and closets !!!!! Leave them so it will be retro looking!! You could put bunk beds in the second/smaller bedroom. Love the older homes with their funny quirks. God bless.
Congrats! May God bless your adventure abundantly.
Congratulations! This is entirely thrilling!!