After almost a year with little to no updates, renovations have begun once again on holiday house, meaning we’re thatmuchcloser to it becoming what it was always meant to be for our family: a relaxing escape.
It’s hard to believe it’s been just under a year since we have made any progress on Holiday House, the small cottage on our farm that we purchased at the end of 2020 as a little getaway for our family. It’s a long story, but in short, it was a single-wide trailer that they added on to decades ago, and then built an entire frame around and on top of the trailer to turn it into an actual house. Sound confusing? That’s because it is, but all you need to know now is that as of the last week, PJ has been tearing down walls and hiring a crew to come in and frame the old side porch into the space that will eventually be our new ktichen.
Isn’t that so exciting?! And how beautiful are those windows? PJ found them for a great price on Facebook Marketplace (where else?) and they look even better than I thought they would. The new kitchen will overlook the side yard and the driveway, getting plenty of afternoon and evening light. It’ll also be huge. Like, a lot bigger than the current one and actually bigger than our townhouse kitchen. They say the kitchen is the heart of the home, the family hub, and that’s exactly what we want this one to be.
The plan for now is to have a range in the middle of the windows with counters on each side, and directly across from it will be a massive island with a sink in it. It’s sort of hard to get an idea of the layout and design from these photos, but the way PJ has designed this space is gorgeous and I know we both can’t wait to see it come to life.
He spent the majority of yesterday taking down the wall separating the old dining room, which is in the trailer side of Holiday House, and the new kitchen addition. See where those two empty spots are where it looks like windows used to be? That wall is coming down to create a bigger kitchen, so those two rooms will flow together. That doorway to the left of the windows is also going away so that, again, the whole space is open and bigger.
We’ll share full design plans and the new layout soon, but for now it just feels so good to see progress being made out there again. We have fallen even more in love with the farm within the last year, craving it more than ever, and we can really see a future for our family out there. What does that look like? We’ll be sharing that soon as well.
And in the meantime, yay for progress!!!