Choosing Home Colors

Magnolia Colors

PPG Interior Paint 

I have a love hate relationship with color. I love it but when it comes to my personal style and my home I default to neutrals. Always. 

I guess because it’s safe. So after much debate with my husband and inside of my head, I finally settled on paint colors for our fixer upper home. 

The Kitchen 

I am definitely stepping out of my comfort zone with a green kitchen. I have only had a white kitchen for the past 7 years and I wanted to change things up. I love antiques and old world style. The blue green I chose will be a change to the white washed modern kitchens of today. I am going with a cream white wall to make the color pop. My color inspo was from here on Pinterest

I chose Farrow & Ball Smoke Green for my kitchen cabinets and the walls will be One Horn White by Magnolia Colors home line. 

Interior Walls Minus Bathrooms 

All the walls in all other rooms will be Greyhound by PPG Interior Paint  .

Greyhound is a soft neutral but not the typical gray maybe more griege. I really like soothing walls. 

The trim and doors will the True White by Magnolia Colors . I am so excited to see everything in the house get a fresh coat of paint. It will look like a totally different place the next time we walk through it. 

My floors are hardwood except for 2 rooms. The choices of stain are as numerous as paint so choosing the color has been a tough choice as well. I think we will go with a dark shade but I will update floors later. 

Looking forward to change 

There is so much change happening in the house but good change. We have removed all the popcorn ceilings and even an old communicator board system through the home. Lots of dry wall patching and new floors coming. A new life is being breathed into this old fixer upper and I know it will be home soon. 

Removed 8 speakers from an old communication system in the house today. Out with the old and in with cell phones. LOL

These things must of been all the rage back in the 70’s? Did you have them? 

Answered Prayers and New Beginnings

Goodness where do I even begin? 

So much has transpired for my family and some days have been a blur. As I sit on the couch typing this post on my phone we are living with my daughter. Pretty much everything I own including my computer and ipad are packed and stored away.  Let me just start with why I am living out of bags right now. 

At the end of last year my husband and I felt God leading us to sell our Diamond Grove home. It wasn’t a decision we made lightly because we knew it would put us in a position of debt free living. It was a desire and prayer for my husband and I. We had some debt that had been lingering over us still and we have tried to follow Dave Ramsey over the years with some success but still had not cleared every debt from our budget except our home. This would required some sacrifice and like most people giving up things we really enjoy or love it is hard. I had grown to love the homestead we had built at Diamond Grove. Seven years of hard work in marriage, ministry, parenting and many hours of sweat equity put into building a homestead. I grieved many days yet I surrendered to God’s plan and we left Diamond Grove behind. 

I know that God moves us from one season to another all the time and I needed to move forward. I needed to see where God would take us. So we did for the interim. We moved to town in a beautiful suburban home where I immediately built a garden with 2 huge raised beds and containers with all the things. My heart was full of grief for a few months but also bursting to plant a garden. I prayed, painted and journaled everyday for God to guide me through those months of grief. I need to add that during this time we began fostering my 2 beautiful grand girls. A sacrifice for the family but we know God is answering prayers and guiding even still. So through any heartaches of grief for a farm again I have so much to be thankful for. 

I know it may sound insignificant for me to grieve such loss when there are much more significant things in life to grieve but this was my grief at the time. I was heart sick but grateful for being debt free except for our home and we actually put down a nice down payment. 

God answered my prayer and has blessed our family through much sacrifice. 

After 6 months, I had surrendered to this season of busyness with young children again and living in town amongst the hustle and bustle. Until this property was sent to us (by text not literally) and we knew it was from God. A fixer upper home and 4 acres of land. Our friend thought we might like to look at it. Prior to this happening we had resolved to stay put for a few years and just wait but God had another plan. My husband saw the property and said, “Tracy I know this property is suppose to be ours.” I was shocked that in 6 months we could be moving again. We weren’t settled to stay forever in town anyway so we immediately looked at the property. We knew God could do anything. We were just waiting. I was so excited. I knew this fixer upper on 4 acres was my answered prayer. We made the offer and out bid 2 other offers. Crazy stuff. As of this post the housing market is crazy and selling fast! God is good my friends. He was taking me back to a good land. A place where my heart was longing for. 

So the story is yet to be told of this fixer upper homestead we hope and pray God uses to bless as much as the last. There is endless possibilities with God and I know He hears the desires of our hearts because if He puts them there He will follow through.

Thank you guys for following along and stay tuned for more updates on my fixer upper and farm soon! 

Here are a few pictures of the kitchen. Are you ready for the avocado appliances? More to share soon! 

 

In The Morning When I Rise

 

“So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.”

‭‭John‬ ‭10:7‬ ‭ESV‬‬

The Lord is the Great Shepherd. We are his sheep. As a working mom of three I didn’t often think about having a guide as I guided my children in this life but I do. 

Jesus. 

God is with his children everywhere and guides us if we will follow him. When we listen to His voice He will move us toward Himself everyday. The Word and truth is waiting. My children didn’t always listen to my voice as I too have ignored Jesus many times. It doesn’t usually go well when we have to learn the hard way in life but our loving father and shepherd is always there waiting at the door when we come. 

Will we rise and meet our shepherd? 

“In the morning as I rise

I see Your beauty shining down on me from the sky

In the morning as I rise 

I hear Your voice singing over me outside my window 

In the morning as I rise

I can feel the Spirit gently moving in me 

In the morning as I rise 

You are always with me. 

In the morning Lord guide my steps to thee.”

~Tracy Lane 

Lessons Learned In My Kitchen

Happy Saturday! 

Sourdough baking was intimidating to me for years. I use to think it was too hard for me to figure out but I tried it one day and then again and again. That was the trick was to keep trying out the recipe. I like a challenge and this year has been that for me but the joy it has brought to me has far out weighed the do overs. Sometimes the kitchen is where I find creativity and see God bring joy to me. There are many things we don’t get do overs in life but I like that in the kitchen if I keep going back to the recipe and trying I can get something created like these bagels:) 

“So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.”

‭‭John‬ ‭10:7‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Following God will always bring us to goodness if we keep following His Words. It may take us awhile to get there because of our own selfish paths we follow before we realize Gods recipe is far better and will produce something good. 

Thank God for do overs and His mercy. Lessons learned in creativity are great if we keep following the One who created everything.

*If you are interested in a easy beginner sourdough bread book. This is one I enjoy using Artisan Sourdough Made Simple 

Happy Baking friends! 

Tracy