We interrupt your fall decor posts to finally bring you another farmhouse update. I’ve said it before, but seasonal decorating in a fixer upper with half done rooms has been a challenge. A fun one, but still a challenge. We have been super busy in our lives lately & we haven’t spent a ton of time like we were able to when we first moved in a few months ago on renovations, but some things have been going on behind the scenes none the less. This week Mr. LMB was up to one of the most tedious things we have been doing in our farmhouse… shiplap.

Here is the room when we moved in to the house…

& after we put the shiplap up among other things…

Ok ok.. it’s a mess. A total mess. But that’s what life has been like living in a fixer upper. Here is the room with shiplap put up on the walls, but not painted yet. Hopefully by this week we will have the shiplap finished & all painted. You see, we wanted to add more historical charm into our 1800’s farmhouse when we moved in. The home was redone in the 1980’s & don’t get me wrong it was gorgeous, but for our style we wanted to bring some of that historic aged charm back to our house. I know not everyone loves shiplap & say it’s the new “wood paneling” from the 70’s, but quite frankly I like a good painted wood paneling room, so I think shiplap is here to stay in this lovely farmhouse of ours. It gave the large room an element of rustic coziness that we were looking for.  On the other side of the room we did a little work & I wanted to give you a sneak peek of the gallery wall I have been working on…

I will be blogging this gallery wall when it’s finished very soon so stay tuned for that. This is the last room on the lower level [for now] that we will be putting shiplap in & it’s the same product we used in our dining room [here]. I say that the shiplap is tedious just because it’s a mundane thing we just have to get out of the way to do the more fun things like the floors & other renovations. I’ll be doing a full product review when we are done with this room on the shiplap we are using & what we think of it compared to other products soon. What do you guys think of the progress of this room? The front living room might become one of my favorite rooms when we are able to start putting things back into it like furniture & decor. Let me know what you think in the comments below, find me on Facebook, & chat with me on Instagram. Thank you as always for stopping by my blog today, it means so much to me! xx

See our DIY shiplap tutorial before….

DIY shiplap tutorial [click here]