Welcome tO my happy place
STORY BY TIFFANY NOVOTNY PHOTOS BY CRYSTA MILLER PHOTOGRAPHY
Welcome to our happy place, where we have turned our new farmhouse build, into a forever home. I hope you will follow along with the journey and find some inspiration along the way! Let’s start back in April of 2019 when we purchased our land. We found 13 acres for sale right outside the city limits of Ennis and knew instantly it was the perfect location for our little family of 4. My sister and her family were looking for land as well, and we decided to purchase the land together and divide the 13 acres. I love that my sister and I grew up together, and now we will grow old together on the land we share. We started building in September of 2019, and things started to
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become a blur. I had so many questions as a first time builder. What type of house plan would be best for our family? What builder do we choose? Where is the best place to buy lights, appliances, or furniture for our home? There were so many decisions it was overwhelming! Family was very helpful, but I wanted to research inspiration for building farmhouses on the internet to find my own style and figure out what I like. I found so much inspiration on Instagram from other home building accounts. The information they offered was a tremendous amount of help! It helped me understand more of the building process, what to expect throughout the stages of building, and ideas on where to purchase things for our home.
