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| Southtxponygirl - 2014-05-15 12:19 PM
roanrider - 2014-05-15 11:16 AM sorrel horse ranch - 2014-05-15 12:07 PM Oh my goodness. What a spectacular house. You are so talented to come up with all of this. You just have to feel like you are living in heaven. And I absolutely love the windmill ceiling fan. Where did you come up with that idea? My sister saw a picture of a windmill fan in a magazine and told me about it. My dad goes to a lot of auctions and I told him if he ever saw a windmill at one to let me know. Two weeks later he called, I went with him and threw my hand in the air. I had the easy job of buying it. My poor husband had to figure out how to make it run! lol It's 8 feet in diameter, she's a beast!!! 
The barn was built in 1957 and originally had cattle in it, then 15+ years ago they turned it into a boarding facility so there were 9 stalls, a bathroom, tack room, wash room, storage room, etc. We started demo in June 2013 and got her down to her bare bones, just like the day she was built.
The loft had hay and straw in it since 1957 and it was/is a wood board floor. I had to go between each board with a knife and carve out the packed dust/hay/straw. I'm having flashbacks as I'm typing! lol After that was cleaned up we power washed it. I washed the loft 4 times, the rest of it we were able to go over just 2 times.
The builders started the first of September 2013d and we moved in about 2.5 months ago.
We have to put more barn siding on the garage and north side of the house and landscaping will get started the end of June.
It was a super fun project. Tons of work but soooo rewarding!!
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| oija - 2014-05-15 12:59 PM
That's a very cool home. Now where do your horses live? lol
My horses live here now. 
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Location: Texarkana | that is stunning!! |
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| Funny story about this door.
I wanted the door to look like it was fading with solid turquoise on the top then blended down to no paint at the bottom. I was feeling so good about how it turned out, I stepped back and something looked "odd" to me.
Ole blondie here painted the door upside down! The turquoise part is actually the bottom of the door. Duh!!
When the builders went to hang it they gave me all kinds of grief about having an upside down door. It's one of my favorite things now!!
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Location: Somewhere in the middle of nowhere | I love the different light bulbs in your kitchen and the old street lamps outside the bedrooom doors....wonderful ideas. Beautiful house and very jealous. |
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Location: Somewhere in the middle of nowhere | Quick question....is your office doors and pantry door on a sliding track? |
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| nmeastplains - 2014-05-15 1:23 PM
Quick question....is your office doors and pantry door on a sliding track?
Yes they are both on old tracks. The pantry door is an old door from my husband's grandpa's barn that led into his old milking parlor. On the front of our house (exterior) we have a set of grandpa's barn doors that were on the front of his barn.
The second pictures of grandpa's old barn. The doors we used on the front of our house are on the left side of the front of his barn, hiding behind the tree.
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Location: God's country | That is really amazing! I love old buildings and admire you for turning it into something beautiful instead of just building new. I loved looking at your pics. You guys are very talented!  |
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Location: MI | Roanrider, amazing! Love it! So very cool to take that place and transform it.
We built a custom (it's different all right, lol) home on our property 2 years ago, and have lived here for about 1 year total now. We have in floor heat with polished concrete floors, and I'm fairly certain the same tile (in the same pattern!) in our master bathroom shower, lol! I would have loved to 'redo', but I think that will have to wait until later in life if we are blessed with the opportunity. But, even without redoing, it was still fun finding different ways to do things...your open closet, reusing older items (we have an older 'mail' holder in our mud room to organize gloves, hats, etc), are things that we did too. You did it with awesome flair though!! Awesome decorating, you made some really really great choices and the place looks amazing! |
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Location: Hockley, Texas | That's amazing and the history behind it makes it so special! What a neat house you have!!!! |
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Location: never in the right place | Absolutely beautiful. I will be a guest there any time. just say the word. lol |
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Location: When you hit the middle of nowhere .. Keep driving | It's beautiful. I'm another one that would like to move in.. Lol. You guys did a wonderful job! |
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Location: Central Texas | I absolutely love everything about your home!! It's beautiful. |
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Location: AR & OK | I am another one who loves the history. Beautiful ~ |
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Location: Alabama | Very unique home and I LOVE it! You have excellent taste! |
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Location: Florida.. | I need to hire you to do me one.
LOL LOVE IT !!! good job. |
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Location: Oregon | That is SO. FREAKING. COOL.
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Location: Washington | Thanks for answering, I was told we couldn't have concrete over heated floors.....I am making a few phone calls. |
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Location: Buffalo, Wyoming | It looks like it came straight out of a magazine! My landlord would love your house ( I sure do). She is an interior designer and would just LOVE everything you have done!
Great job!
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