Simple Life

It is simply the best soup we ever make. Period! And the funny thing is, we say that every single year at just about this time. Each fall, as we clear …

If there a key to smaller home living, its finding enough storage space to keep things neat and uncluttered. When we decided to downsize to a floor plan of just over …

I can still remember the looks of shock and disbelief on many of the faces of our friends and family when we told them we were going to build a …

This past week was a big milestone for the blog as we passed our 30,000,000th visitor to the site. When we first started talking about gardening, canning, cooking and living a more simple life …

After a tremendous amount of dreaming, planning, and preparation – the walls and roof line of our farmhouse finally went up this week at the farm! Around 10:30 a.m. on Thursday morning, after a powerful set …

It happened! This past week, after a few years of designing, planning and re-designing, we finally broke ground on our future “Simple House” at the farm. I have to say that …

Yes- this is an extra post today – and we certainly promise that it will be the only “extra post” that you get from us for a long time to …

It is truly amazing how many people from all over the world want to slow down, simplify and get back to the basics of a meaningful lifestyle. Maybe that means planting …

It happened. Less than one month after going on the market – our current house is now under contract, and with that, the move to the farm and the building …

It’s time to let the downsizing begin! This past week, we put our suburban home up for sale in anticipation of building and moving into our “Simple House” at the farm …