Hi, I'm Eli.
I'm Danielle and this is Ellie,
and welcome to our Sweet Digs.
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You may remember us from a previous Sweet Digs
where we showed you our first rental
property, the Greenhouse.
But today we're showing your new one.
It's called the Barnhouse.
It's also located in the Catskills,
about two hours north of New York City.
We paid 235,000 dollars for his house and ended up
putting in about $50,000 over the course of seven months.
It has four bedrooms and three bathrooms,
and took us about seven months to fully gut
renovate it.
We lived here full time for the last four of it.
I work from home as a software consultant.
And I'm a dermatology physician assistant in Manhattan.
This house was actually built in 1845 as a hay barn
and then converted in the 1950s into
a residence.
We weren't sure exactly what we were getting ourselves into at first.
It just needed so much work.
But it also had so much character.
We just, we couldn't pass it up.
These beams you see here, actually about 175 years old.
This is the living room.
One of the biggest changes we made to this room, specifically,
were the addition of all these windows,
which just brings in so much more natural light.
If you've seen our first house, you know we really love plants
and a good plant wall especially.
It may not be the easiest thing to water,
but we just really love what it brings to the space.
This is our record area here.
Music has always been such a big part of how we like to relax
and enjoy the house.
We got a bunch of these Marshall speakers
and linked them so you can hear music wherever
you are in the house.
We knew we wanted a hanging chair
and a lot of really comfortable places to sit to just
relax with a book or enjoy music.
Welcome to our kitchen.
I think the biggest find was this
cast-iron farmhouse sink that we found on Craigslist.
We built this
wood base for it and had it refinished,
and it looks brand new.
One of our favorite things in the house,
and maybe the biggest splurge, is this range from
Café Appliances.
It's matte white with brass detailing.
Amazing to look at.
And it's just really fun to cook on.
I think this is probably the DIY project that we're most proud of.
We actually built these wood cabinets and countertops as well.
The bases are out of two by fours and four by fours
that we matched out, and the countertops
are plywood.
We sanded everything down, stained it and then poly'd it.
We are definitely not professional cabinet makers,
but we really love how they turned out.
I think the biggest challenge during renovation was
probably that our daughter Ellie was about
10 months old when we started.
And we had to plan the renovation around her schedule.
Luckily, each of us have kind of our specialties.
So typically when one of us is working,
the other one is with her.
Over here we have the dining nook,
which started off as a pretty awkward space,
but we ended up building this custom-made bench and table because we love
to entertain and we wanted a really intimate space
for people to sit around and eat dinner together.
We chose this pendant light from Hudson Valley,
which I feel like really complements the space well.
And these vases here are from Allison Samuels over at Two Tree studios.
Now, I'll show you my favorite room in the house,
the room that we call bedroom four.
This room actually used to be a workshop in the house,
and the previous owners kind of used it as a walk through.
But we knew we wanted to do something really special
and make it an extra bedroom.
During the first half of renovations,
this space was actually our workshop.
So we had our miter saw setup, all of our tools,
it was covered in sawdust.
So it's really fun to see how far we've come.
My favorite part of this room is the custom
tile that we designed with fire clay tile.
There's a hint of blush, a pop of this mustard yellow color,
and it's just such a statement
for the space.
When we decided to make this a bedroom,
we knew we would need a door for privacy.
But the challenge was finding a door that was big enough to fill the space.
So we ended up making this barn door,
and I feel like it complements the space really well.
And here is our loft.
We knew we didn't want a TV in the downstairs main living area.
So we decided to create this cozy place for movie nights.
It was hard finding a couch that actually filled the space.
So we ended up finding this one from West Elm called the Andes,
which is probably the most comfortable couch in the world.
In here we have the hall bath.
We removed and replaced all of this wallpaper
with beautiful floral pattern by Anthropologie.
And we put in the biggest mirror we could find.
In this bathroom we also went with fire clay tile
and decided to do this pretty cool two tone pattern.
We added this brass rainfall shower, which I just love.
This is the second bedroom,
which I feel like has such cool details.
I really love this pendant light that we chose by Hudson Valley.
And actually the entire house has the linen line
by Parachute, which I think is just so
soft and sophisticated.
For this bedroom, we wanted to do something a little bit different.
So we filled all of these West Elm frames that we loved.
Now let's go to the main bedroom.
I love these windows.
They're actually original.
We were really lucky we didn't have to change them at all.
The light that comes through here during the day is just amazing.
In here, we have the ensuite bathroom.
This clawfoot tub actually used to be bright red when we bought the house
and we sanded it down,
refinished it this beautiful naked clay color.
We added a ton of wood and added this window as well.
And I think it's just the serene space for a perfect bath.
One of our favorite things about this house is the outdoor space.
We have a hot tub, a big outdoor farm table,
and a huge field for lawn games.
We love to cook and entertain,
and although we have a Weber Grill,
there's something to be said about cooking over a real wood fire,
so we built this outdoor hearth.
We bought five hundred bricks
and ended up using every single one to complete it.
This is our firepit area.
We actually built the fire pit from rocks we found around the property.
We knew we wanted a lot of seating,
but Adirondack chairs are so expensive.
So we actually ended up building these ourselves.
We're so proud of how the house turned out.
And we can't wait to share it with friends and family
and Airbnb guests for many years
to come.
Thanks for stopping by but I have to go.
It's time for dinner.
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