What a difference those clean walls made.

This savings is absolutely necessary.If you’re doing the old farmhouse thing, there WILL be costly things that come up when you’re least expecting it.

If at least one person in the household doesn’t already have a job lined up in the new town, a savings account can save your sanity.We were able to find work right away when we moved to our new town, so that was nice to be able to keep us from getting nervous about our risky new adventure.Having the savings allowed us to quickly feel comfortable transitioning into having me stay home and putting my time into building my business (this blog!).

With that savings we were able to make the transition from working crazy full-time hours in a stressful corporate job to taking a risk and eventually being able to work from home (amazing!!).All this while still enjoying DIY projects around the house, putting on a new metal roof and buying fun new appliances.

So if you’re not going to get a decent amount of money to put into savings from the sale of your old house, start putting a bit away now!.

Pick the RIGHT farmhouse.I also saw a big old spool that would have made a great table for $9, a wicker picnic basket for $4 and about 17 lamps I wanted to bring home and subject to hours of spray painting.

I restrained  myself until next time.. Oh yes, there will be a next time!I may still be a little bit freaked out, but I expect to be making a full recovery… and soon!Last week I showed you my.

string of lights.that I’d hung up in my mud room and I told you how they helped to set the tone for the whole room this Fall.. Today I’m going to show you just what I meant by that!.