A sneak peak...Vineyard Soiree

What a lovely group of ladies I was able to work with last month

that created this gorgeous 30th Birthday Soiree.

It was a French-inspired gathering set at a beautiful vineyard.

I saw the space in person when I picked up all of

our vintage rentals at the Kelley & Young Winery. Their website

doesn't do the space justice…They're in the process

of building a barn that will be the tasting room & potentially a great space for more farm-to-table gatherings.

Here's a little snapshot I took of the winery in Alexander Valley as I was heading back home to the foothills. Just gorgeous!

I feel fortunate to be meeting so many super

creative, inspiring & fabulous ladies via Instagram. It surprises me what a cool community it has become.

One of these ladies is Claudine, of Cooking with Claudine.

She is the most adorable gal ever! And I'm thrilled that we connected initially via Instagram, but were able to connect (in the REAL world) on my trip to the Bay Area &

chat over a glass of wine.

Well she is one of the masterminds behind this gorgeous

Birthday Soiree for her girlfriends 30th birthday.

Luckily she brought me on board to help her create the

"French-inspired gathering on a Vineyard"

What an amazing sign & sentiment to start the party off!

Gorgeous writing on our Gold Framed Chalkboard

(& all the calligraphy & paper details for the day)

by Narine of Sweet & Crafty.

Make a Wish Sarah!

The gorgeous table was designed & styled by Cooking with Claudine

& Melanie of Head Over Heals with Melanie. It includes our

Cut-glass & Hobnail Votive Holders & florals by MacKensey of Poppy Stone Design.

As well as our Kathryn Chair for Sarah's special spot

at the table. We're thrilled that it completed the

French-inspired theme perfectly.

And how gorgeous does everything look lit by our Votive Holders?

Also shown are our Assorted Picture Frames,

Gold Framed Chalkboard, Wine Box, Cut-glass Compote &

our Silver & Glass Cake Stands.

Tasty Rosemary Cashew treats by Claudine piled in our

Wood Root Bowl as favors for all the guests with sweet

Merci tags by Sweet & Crafty.

How fabulous does this gathering look?

A perfect evening at the Kelley & Young Winery.

How nice to have such amazing friends to create something so special to celebrate a big birthday!

Happy Birthday Sarah!

We hope your day was as amazing as it looks in the pictures.

  

Event pulled together by the following team…

Catering, Menu & Wine Pairing: Cooking with Claudine

Photography: Melanie Duerkopp

Design & Styling: Head Over Heals with Melanie

Vintage & Prop Rentals: Tin Roof Farmhouse

Caligraphy & Paper Details: Sweet & Crafty

Floral Design: Poppy Stone Design

Venue & Wine: Kelley & Young Wines 

Hopefully professional pictures to come from Melanie soon...

We'll share as soon as we receive them.

Check out our website & contact us so we can

create your vision for you wedding or photoshoot.

Cheers ~ Erica

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It's time to (Re) Launch ~ Brand New Website

We're thrilled to announce our

NEW WEBSITE

www.tinrooffarmhouse.com

This blog will still remain intact…

It will be a place to share projects we're working on at

The Farmhouse, wedding trends, interior design &

who knows what else…

The new website allows us to share our

VINTAGE RENTAL collection

more thoroughly & captures the style of

Tin Roof Farmhouse

perfectly!

I personally created the website myself

with all my own iPhone images. This was definitely

a labor of love & I'm thrilled that I'm finally able

to share it with all of you. Please check the new site out

~ www.tinrooffarmhouse.com ~

& let us know what you think.

Cheers ~ Erica

New for 2014

It's been almost 3 months since we moved up to

The Farmhouse permanently...

Sometimes it feels like we just got here & then other moments
it feels like we have never been anywhere else. We have
settled into the chaos & are loving our new life.

As I reflect on the last couple months (& years) & look to
the future I have so many ideas I want to share with all of you.
Although we have a ton of work on The Farmhouse itself
(which I'll share as the progress moves along), I'm still
hoping to have some time to spend on some fun DIY projects ~
the plan is to complete & share at least one a month.
This is about all that I can focus on right now while we're
still trying to get all of the mechanicals of this ol' place
up to 21st century standards. Since we've moved, we've gotten
our propane tank installed...

We also installed a 2500 gallon water holding tank

& updated our well pump & system...

Thankfully, we upgraded from my iPhone hotspot

to legit internet service...

And we're almost ready to switch the sketchy electrical system

that is linked to a telephone pole literally a few feet away

from our kitchen window to a proper 200 Volt system

attached to our garage wall...

And although these aren't sexy projects or pretty images that

I normally post about, as is with life, these are the

important projects that need to be completed so we can move on

comfortably to the good stuff. And, this gives my sweetie

peace of mind allowing him to sleep through the night without

stressing about the house burning down, the well pump breaking

or the propane running out.

Luckily, I have also fit in some time to do some exploring & picking in our new community ~ here's a bit of what I've found...

Follow on Instagram to see what's inspiring me daily.

So here's a little look-see into some of the projects I'm hoping to tackle & share here on the blog in 2014:

1. lots of furniture re-hab projects ranging from painting tables, to making headboards & trying to upholster/slipcover a few chairs
2. a few garden/outdoor projects including composting-made-easy, outdoor shower/tub project & if we're lucky garden beds, a chicken coop &/or a greenhouse
3. room-by-room updates...first on the list to unveil will be my crap craft room, which will hopefully be followed by our guest bedroom (which is sooo close to complete) & the laundry room
4. I'm hoping to get a little crafty once I have a functioning craft room / office, so who knows what projects I'll be inspired to tackle, but plans right now are DIY tutorials of celebration flags, roman shades & wreath-making

I feel blessed that I'm able to create & enjoy

this little slice of heaven up here

in the foothills of California

with my husband & all of our little critters.

~ Happy Friday all & enjoy the weekend to it's fullest ~

Cheers ~ Erica

Check out my first blog post 2 years ago &

see what started this journey...

Word of the Year...CREATE

I didn't plan to spend the first week of the New Year

sick in bed, but it's definitely given me time

to REFLECT on my body, my home, my business ~ basically my LIFE.

I feel very blessed to have found a place that truly feels

like HOME. I'm shocked at how satisfied & at peace I feel

since moving to The Farmhouse full-time & making a fresh start

with my husband here in the Sierra foothills. I didn't think I would be so content leaving my corporate job & moving

from the Bay Area where I was born & raised.

But, I love this new crazy little life of ours that we are

CREATING TOGETHER.

I'm excited to share more of what we have planned for 2014

in some upcoming posts. As I have been reflecting on 2013 & all the change that we endured & all that we accomplished,

I continue to come back to the word CREATE when looking forward. We have already done so much with this property & our home

in the past two years, but I'm excited for all that we will be

able to accomplish together this year. Now that we are here

full-time (instead of living two chaotic lives, unable to accomplish half of what we'd like to every other weekend or so),

we can finally start to focus on some of the fun projects

we've been dreaming about around The Farmhouse. We still have a

few of the basic mechanicals of the house to complete;

more on that in a separate post - soon to come, but

we can finally start bringing our

VISION of The Farmhouse into REALITY.

Being able to give all of my focus to Tin Roof Farmhouse, instead of just late at night & on the weekends has me overflowing with ideas & plans for the year to come & beyond. I am excited to start sharing with you all that is on the HORIZON.

This year will be a year of

action, creativity & fulfillment!

So my Word of the Year for 2014 is

{ c r e a t e }

So what are you focusing on for this New Year?

Find more inspiration from Tin Roof Farmhouse on our

Pinterest boards & Facebook page.

Cheers ~ Erica

Happy Thanksgiving

I am so grateful to have a beautiful home

in which I can follow my dreams

with my husband who happens to be my best friend.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Cheers ~ Erica

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Midweek Inspiration...gratitude

We are grateful for being able to spend each day at

The Farmhouse!

Whether we're cutting down trees & loading firewood,

clearing the property for our new propane tank or

gutting our kitchen...

We feel blessed to be able to work on the place we now call home.

What are you grateful for?

Sunday Still Lifes...Thanksgiving Inspiration

I truly love Thanksgiving. I love that it is one of the

few holidays that isn't centered around giving gifts,

but instead giving thanks. It is all about

coming together to celebrate gratitude,

the season's bounty & community.

This year we'll actually be spending it at

The Farmhouse, with just the two of us & our animals. Our kitchen

is gutted right now, with a two-burner electric burner,

toaster oven & microwave.  Our gorgeous Viking is sitting

in the garage waiting to be hooked up.  So we'll see

what we end up with this year.

Some images from Thanksgiving at my parents last year...

They have a gutted kitchen as well this year,

so won't be able to host dinner again.

Sweet little Sammy girl's dirty paw prints from our

annual hike out to my parents last year.

We are so very grateful to be starting

our new life & creating our dreams up at

The Farmhouse.

What are you grateful for this year?

We've Moved!!

Well it was a long journey, but we made it. We bought

The Farmhouse 2 years ago & thought we could renovate it on

the weekends in a couple years. As most of you probably know,

things tend to take twice as long as you think they might.

We also found that working on projects on weekends

(even long weekends) wasn't as productive as we would have liked.

We spent a lot of time setting up & breaking down projects

instead of actually completing them.

So we packed up our "beach cottage" rental & moved out

after being there 9 years. Let me tell you...that is a lot

of time for someone like me to collect & pack away

a ton of vintage goodies.

We spent 2 days packing & re-packing our 20' U-Haul

(after already bringing about 10 truckloads up previously).

We were feeling good on the first day

like we had a ton of space. 

By the end of the 2nd day it was like we were working on

a puzzle to get all of our items to fit in the U-Haul. We filled

every square inch of that U-Haul. When we finally

pulled in to our driveway at The Farmhouse we were so elated!

In order to get the U-Haul back without paying for another

extra day we had to just unload everything into the driveway.

A bit of a mess, but it was a happy mess.

We are so excited to start working on our house & all the

projects that we've dreaming about. We have a ton of good things

coming for 2014, so stay tuned for our new adventures.

Midweek Inspiration...Follow Your Heart

Sunday Still Lifes...Packing up the "beach cottage"

Well it's bitter sweet...

We're starting to pack up our little "beach cottage" rental

for the BIG move to The Farmhouse.

I can't believe it's been almost nine years since we moved

into our little shingled shack. It definitely doesn't seem to fit

on the street anymore with all of the houses around us

being remodeled & doubled in size. It seems that the house

and us have run our course on Ash Street.

That being said, we're going to miss this place.

So many amazing memories...

all the improvements that we made

our gorgeous garden beds that we built

and provided us so much nourishment over the years

bringing little Buckaroo and Samantha Sue into our home

(our adopted cat and dog)

and

all the great parties with family and friends. 

A picture journey through our beach cottage"

Cheers to CHANGE!!!

A New Journey...The Farmhouse

We bought our "farmhouse" almost two years ago now and have been coming up to the foothills almost every other weekend to work &/or play. We are by no means close to completing the remodel, but things finally aligned for us and we are ready to move up here full time.

This is truly our happy place!

We're so excited to start living our dream

instead of just dreaming it.

We have a ton of work to come but we couldn't be more thrilled at the opportunity and adventure that lies ahead.

I am excited about so much that's to come:

• waking up in the trees (our own little forest) every morning
• finishing some projects (post to follow) & starting some new ones I've pinned on my project inspiration board
• being able to focus full-time on Tin Roof Farmhouse (more-to-come on that soon!)
• slowing down our life a bit
• organizing, working & playing in my new craft room / office
• exploring our new community
• having friends come up to experience our dream
• creating plans for our garden beds & hopefully a chicken coop
• creating a rustic, cozy, unique home we call The Farmhouse 

Follow along as we stumble through our dreams...