Modern Farmhouse - Favorite Blogs so far...

I am a super fan of Chip and Joanna Gaines and their show Fixer Upper.  So when we first started talking about this crazy modern farmhouse build, I set out to learn from others who have done this before.  Since then, I have started following several blogs for farmhouse design, new home construction, and other farmstead-ing topics :)  Enjoy!!!

Modern Farmhouse for the Modern Family - mine! http://modernfarmhousemodernfamily.blogspot.com/

My blog is organized by several topics, which you can sort at the top of the screen:

• Decorating a Modern Farmhouse
• Designing a Modern Farmhouse
• Multi-generational Living
• Picking your Pasture 
• Progress Pictures of our Modern Farmhouse

City Farmhouse - http://cityfarmhouse.com/

I first starting reading this blog because, well, every pinterest link I pinned seemed to link back to them!  Haha!  They have such great style and great DYI tutorials!

My Sweet Savannah - http://www.mysweetsavannahblog.com/

Seriously drool-worthy style and ideas for modern farmhouses!

Olive and Ford - https://www.instagram.com/oliveandford/

Okay, I broke the rules a bit and posted an instagram account instead of a blog, but OMG.  You will understand why when you see their amazing ideas for farmhouse design.

Christina's Adventures - http://porch.com/christinasadventures/

With her designs being featured in Country Living magazine, I was already sold.  But her 1902 farmhouse remodel is breathtaking!

Randi Garrett Design - http://randigarrettdesign.com/

If you want to be inspired, or visit every best dream farmhouse room, look at Randi's blog.

Four Generations Under One Roof - http://www.fourgenerationsoneroof.com/

Well, this family is way ahead of us!  This awesome extended family blogs about ideas, DYI, and multi-generational issues that arise when living together.

PlayHaven Farm - www.playhavengreen.com

This is a local Kansas City couple that blogs TONS of information on farmsteading and belted galloway cattle.  In addition to presenting all of this helpful information, they are seriously amazing people who will answer questions from total novices (me)!

Little Red Farmhouse - http://redfarmhouse.blogspot.com/

This couple from Oklahoma has such a great writing style.  Love their sense of humor!

Little Baby Garvin - http://littlebabygarvin.blogspot.com/

Confession - I have been following this blogger for a long time....a long time.  She has such a delightful writing style and down-to-earth vibe.  Did I mention that she also has a keen eye for decorating AND has three adorable little girls that remind me of my two munchkins?  :)

How this whole crazy lifestyle got started...

The Modern Farmhouse...

It was always chasing a dream.  We would gather with friends and family and joke about creating a 'compound' (not so much Branch Davidian), maybe a subdivision, where all our friends and family would live.  We would joke about pranking each other, borrowing tools, stealing beers from the full refrigerator.

Matt and I met in mechanical engineering school and the University of Kansas.  Five years practicing, two professional engineering stamps, and a couple years of law school later, he was still engineering and I started legal-ing.  Matt was always outside, a true eagle scout.  After getting into law, I realized that he needed a litigation-buffer zone as it seemed that his bonfires were getting bigger and bigger :)

Our little girl Charlie was born and it made us talk more and more about having some land.  Having some cows, being outside, loving our life even more.  After we found out we were expecting our little Madelynn, we decided to stop talking about it -- DO IT!

Fast forward until today, here are the crazy yet exciting steps we have taken toward this goal:

1. Sold our house with several acres in hopes of larger spaces to roam.

2.  Moved into my parents' basement with our little princess Charlie and our new little princess Madelynn.

3.  Located a piece of land in the best Kansas school district that was in our budget.  Seriously, you could throw a rock and hit a different school district, but we snuck into the one we wanted :)

4.  Closed on the land.

5.  Walked through model homes, found a builder we liked.

6.  Convinced my parents that they should build an in-law suite/guest house.

7.  Builder sent us to an architect...well, two actually!

8.  Designed the house

9.  Got bids, scaled back design to meet budget, selected a different builder.

AND GO....