Shaker Bench

Shaker Bench

We’ve been working on the kitchen, slowly perfecting it to match our every day habits. The first big change was a new fridge, a small SMEG fridge that is a foot and a half shorter than our old one and…

Reclaimed Wood Boxes & Frames

Reclaimed Wood Boxes & Frames

Our driveway is long, so long it shows up as a road on Google maps. Along the length of the driveway is over 300′ of wood fence. It’s finally come to the point it where it is so rotten it…

How to: Building a Cold Frame

How to: Building a Cold Frame

It took a bit longer than I expected, but our cold frames are complete. I wrote about our idea for collapsable cold frames two months ago, with the overly optimistic notion that it would be a weekend project and I…

Greenhouse: A Baby Step

Greenhouse: A Baby Step

The greenhouse is an ambitious project – it is an entire building you know. So as a baby step we are going to build a couple of cold frames, basically mini-greenhouses. We aren’t going to use any of the recycled…

The Shop

The Shop

One of the most exciting things about moving out of the city is space. Our apartment is pretty luxurious by New York standards, a two bedroom at around 1200 square feet. Its enough space to so that our coffee table…

How to: Making a Lamp and Felt Shade

How to: Making a Lamp and Felt Shade

When we originally toured our house with the real estate broker the dining room was lit by a magnificent chandelier of deer antlers. The lamp was unfortunately an heirloom and explicitly excluded from the sale in our purchase contract. So,…

Christmas

Christmas

  Holidays are back at the Farm and in full effect. My favorite is our collection of vintage christmas bulbs, I’m sure they are colored with the most toxic substances known to man but they look nice.   For more…

Rounded Apse Plan

Greenhouse: Considering the plan

As you know we got ourselves a bunch of old windows with the idea of making our own greenhouse out of them. Amanda got a bunch more from upstate when visiting her family, so between the two loads of windows…

Greenhouse: The wall detail

Greenhouse: The wall detail

The plan is to use old single-pane divided light windows for the walls of the greenhouse. The windows were practically free, and we think the older and weathered aesthetic they bring will go better with the other buildings on the…

Hurricane Irene

Hurricane Irene

With Hurricane Irene bearing down on NYC we assumed we would be better off on higher ground, tucked away in the foothills. We were safe, but definitely not better off. While our friends in the city were back at work…