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Upstairs! Last post!

 Hey y'all, Wanted to share the pictures of our gorgeous upstairs. The main room is 40' long and 13 1/2 feet wide, and with the containers on each side. We left the whole room open with 10' windows on each end. Looking out these windows into the trees makes me feel like I'm living in a treehouse.  Going backwards: here is the deck we built, 17' above ground. So relaxing.  Landing at the top of the stairs. Love the trees. Bedroom with the deck. Sons bedroom. Daughters bedroom.  Large multipurpose "game room"  We painted around the "CMA CGM" logo and kept it for posterity.  That's it! House is sold. This build was a fun adventure! Please feel free to reach out with any questions! Hope this blog helps someone else along their container home journey! ✌️
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Window seat tour

 Hey y'all! My husband designed a cute little area in between the ground and top floor inside the container stacks. We call it "the window seat". But its so much more than just a seat. It's a small room with a web swing perfect for just chilling in with a book and a blanket.  But it didn't start out super cute! You can see where we cut the floor of the top container, as well as the ceiling of the middle container of the back stack. For a while, where I am standing to take the picture, you could look down through three containers to the bottom floor.😱 I had to place the ladder inside the window seat to reach the ceiling of the top container, so when I stood on it to paint, at the furthest point, I was 18 feet up, above the bottom of the stairs!  Better pic of my insanity-- Looking up from the kitchen Looking down from the landing Window seat window Finally, a cozy spot! Thanks for joining me!!

Home tour pt 3

 Hey everyone,  The home is currently on the market, but I wanted to post a couple more times to finish up the tour! My favorite area is our bedroom suite. I'm so thankful for the space we have as well as the nice sized bath and closet.  Here is what our bedroom looked like before it was a bedroom. We lived with the red and orange walls for several months.  We made slow but sure progress painting and trimming out while living in the house 🤯 Yes I did only paint a portion of the wall JUST so we could hang John's guitar. (It was like that for about 4 months.) (Side not on dates and amounts of time I reference, they are ALL approximate. I really have no idea how long that portion of the wall was painted before I finished it.) (Don't judge). Again, I fell in love with the cream and grey color scheme, I feel like it softens the metal, industrial feel of the house. We installed a sliding barn door going into the master closet, but used a regular interior door for the bath. I use

Kitchen Tour

Hey guys, sorry it's been forever!  I Love my Kitchen! Our awesome neighbor built our cabinets, and they are very simple, but SOLID like every single other thing this house is. I wanted to try a two tone look, with the cabinets stained, and the doors painted. I lived with them that way for about 2 years, but wasn't in love with the look.  I put shelf paper on the outside of the drawers.😍 The windows are not attached to the containers at all, except with spray foam sealer, they are attached to the framework for the siding. So we sealed the gaps in the container walls, and then attached the trim to the window framing. There are no screws attaching the trim to the containers. I lived without trim for several months.  Added the trim! We also used crates for open shelving. Later my mom helped me put up open shelving using privacy fencing and iron brackets.  The windows are so deep because the siding is build on the pole style framework around the house. Makes for great additional s

Home Tour pt 2

 Hey everyone! So, I decided to post one or two update pictures of our foyer. Fall is here and that means we move the wood rack into the house. My son welded up a new one, since the one we got at the (unnamed) farm store only lasted 2 seasons.  I also added a lamp, and it warms up the entryway so nicely.  We found our wood stove in northern Arkansas. From what we can figure out, it was cast in the 1930s. It is not airtight, so the temperature fluctuates quite a bit.  When you walk through the foyer into the great room, the wood stove is on your right.  The dining room is beyond it and the living room area is to your left. I have my grandma's china hutch, along with the dishes we used many years around the Sunday lunch table. I have added my own china as well. Behind the dining table is our bar. I love how it opens up the kitchen area, and makes a nice place for company to sit while I'm finishing up dinner! We have had our dining table since we had a house fire just 2 years afte