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    • How To Make Plush Yarn Pumpkins Easy Tutorial
      Crafts | Curating Your Home

      How To Make Plush Yarn Pumpkins Easy Tutorial

      Bydonveyfarms September 17, 2025September 17, 2025

      Fall is my favorite time of year for making cute home decorations and delicious food. Something about the transition from the warm summer days to the cooler days of autumn makes everything feel so cozy and right. Today I’m going to share with you this how to make plush yarn pumpkins easy tutorial. It’s a…

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    • How To Make Garlic Scape Salt Simple Recipe
      Dessert | Garden

      How To Make Garlic Scape Salt Simple Recipe

      Bydonveyfarms July 18, 2025July 18, 2025

      I love to use as many parts of a plant as possible. Whether that’s for skincare, home remedies or delicious recipes, I don’t like anything to go to waste! ( example: my Strawberry Top Simple Syrup Recipe) In this post I show you how to make garlic scape salt. This simple recipe is an excellent…

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    • What Is Wild Parsnip? How To Treat Wild Parsnip Rash
      DIY home remedies | Garden

      What Is Wild Parsnip? How To Treat Wild Parsnip Rash

      Bydonveyfarms June 23, 2025June 23, 2025

      What is wild parsnip? Where does it grow? How do you get rid of it? How do you treat nasty rashes from this pesky plant? In this post, I’m going to go over all of these questions and share with you the recipe that 100% healed my son’s arm from an ugly wild parsnip blister….

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    • How To Make A No-Sew Bunting Flag Banner
      Crafts | Curating Your Home

      How To Make A No-Sew Bunting Flag Banner

      Bydonveyfarms June 11, 2025June 11, 2025

      If you’re looking for simple, beautiful, eco-friendly, and affordable patriotic decor for this 4th of July, look no further! This bunting flag banner is as easy as DIY can get, and so affordable too! Made from just a few simple materials, this project is one you can do today, without needing to buy anything new….

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    • How To Make Dandelion Honey Easy Recipe
      Breakfast | Canning | Dessert | Jams and Jellies

      How To Make Dandelion Honey Easy Recipe

      Bydonveyfarms May 14, 2025May 14, 2025

      Do you have a lawn full of dandelions that you don’t know what to do with? Here in Wisconsin, dandelions are prevalent in the early spring. Dandelions are one of my favorite flowers to use in recipes. From amazing herbal salve, to soap, tea, to honey, and even desserts! Dandelions are a very diverse spring…

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    • top view looking into jar of strawberry top simple syrup on marble counter with 2 fresh strawberries next to the 1/2 pint jar.
      Breakfast | Canning

      No-waste Strawberry Top Simple Syrup Recipe

      Bydonveyfarms April 22, 2025April 22, 2025

      So much work goes into the tending of our strawberry beds. So you better believe I’m going to be trying to use every bit of strawberry deliciousness that comes from those vines! Whether you’re picking your own berries, or buying, this recipe for no-waste strawberry top simple syrup is the perfect way to use every…

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    Day 2! How do you think it turned out?! #oldhome Day 2! How do you think it turned out?! 

#oldhome #oldhomerenovations #oldhouse #victorianfarmhouse #vintagehome #renovation #remodeling #paint #painting #diyhome #diyproject #diy
    I started the process of painting our dining room I started the process of painting our dining room today. 

#oldhome #oldhouse #oldhomerenovations #renovation #remodeling #remodel #homestead #newhomeowners #newhome #victorianfarmhouse
    July to Nov transformation in just 53 seconds! T July to Nov transformation in just 53 seconds! 

The sky was handpainted by myself, I love how it looks but would definitely need to be convinced to do it again anytime soon. 

#oldhome #oldhouse #oldhomerenovations #ourfirsthome #bedroom #bedroomdesign #renovation #painting #remodel
    Under the stairs looking a little cuter after some Under the stairs looking a little cuter after some fresh paint! I eventually plan on having built-in shelves for pantry items but will just be using wire shelving when we first move in! 

#oldhome #oldhomerenovations #oldhouse #diyhome #diyproject #painting #paint #remodeling #renovation
    Short answer: No 😆 We currently still have no Short answer: No 😆 

We currently still have no bathroom or kitchen, we will! Soon? 🫣

#newhomeowners #newhome #renovation #remodeling #remodel #oldhome #oldhouse #oldhomerenovations #homeupdates
    I was hoping to paint the back deck today, but unf I was hoping to paint the back deck today, but unfortunately it was raining. So instead, I started working on our under-the-stairs closet. 

Fun fact: it's the only closet downstairs! 

I removed the clutter, wallpaper, got help removing the hardware and extra boards, and primed the whole thing. Hopefully, I will paint it this week! 

I'm thinking light pink, or light blue 🤔 what do you think? 

#diyhome #Homesteading #pantry #homeinspiration #ourfirsthome #oldhome #oldhouse #oldhomerenovations #remodeling #remodel #renovation
    It's been a whirlwind! The house look completely d It's been a whirlwind! The house look completely different than when we bought it in July, and we still hope to move in sometime in November! We are finally ready for drywall in most rooms, so that is what we will be doing the next few weeks! 

#renovation #remodeling #remodel #newhome #newhomeowners #diyhome #diyproject #oldhome #oldhouse #oldhomerenovations
    Upstairs bathroom update! This is actually progres Upstairs bathroom update! This is actually progress from a month ago so I need to make another update but this one will catch you up a little first! 

#oldhome #oldhouse #oldhomerenovations #bathroomremodel #bathroom #renovation #remodel #remodeling #diyhome #diyproject
    Praise the Lord I decided to go into the house bef Praise the Lord I decided to go into the house before I left. 

Conor would have continued mowing. Not knowing anything was going on for who knows how long... Things could have been so much worse! 

We also found out where all of the basement water goes when it floods... directly to the pile of hard wood we set aside to hopefully refinish one day 😅. 

#oldhome #flood #basement #homeupdates #remodeling #remodel #renovation #renovateyourhome #firsthome
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    How do you think it turned out? #painting #diy #remodel #oldhome #limewash #paintproject #roompaint
    faux lime wash walls day 1 #oldhome #oldhomerenovations #painting #remodel #design #diy
    #oldhome #oldhouse #oldhomerenovations #ourfirsthome #bedroom #bedroomdesign #renovation #painting
    2 weeks later and the Livingroom is almost complete! I still need to frame the murals. #remodel #diy
    I did recruit my sister to help me with this job, I was glad to have the extra help. #mural #diy
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