farm livin’ is the life for me
the Barn at Riverfarm
We recently moved out here to Goshen full-time, and I’d like to take you on a tour.
The Backstory: Mr. Flea got interested in old cabins and barns a few years ago, and started buying them up. Eventually he had quite a number of these structures dismantled and stored on the farm. His plan had been to put up a little cabin he could use for dove and duck season and that we could enjoy on weekends. What we ended up with is a large structure merging an Amish-built timberframe cattlebarn from Ohio with a log-built tobacco drying barn from central Kentucky.
view of the river
So this is the Barn at Riverfarm. We live here full-time now with Thing Two, who is in highschool. Thing One comes home from Virginia for frequent visits. A place like this is tailor-made for a flea market addict.
I love crusty old paintings. There’s Mark Twain next to the Pope who’s below Jean Harlow. That would be a good dinner party.
every cabin needs a washer on the porch
The lady who sold me the washing machine told me it worked good, but it’s washing days are over. It’s now a cooler for parties.
Instead of a hammock, we hung up this little boat from an amusement park in England. I think it needs antlers.
when I'm in the middle of a dream, I stay in bed, float upstream
can't have too many quilts
I keep my house too cold for most people. It’s not my fault if you have neglected to keep a decent layer of fat on your body. Quit whining and grab a quilt.
The basket is made from split-oak and came from my Mississippi cousins’ cotton farm. When I was little I kept my toys in it.
mmmmm- coffee nips!
The kitchen is fun to work in- the stove came from the Archbishop’s residence in Louisville and we call it the Holy Grill. The pizza oven burns wood and gets heavy action in wintertime. The sink came from England via an antique dealer in Boone, NC. Don’t buy a sink from England. Their drains are a different size. The island is an old Chinese butcher’s table. I bought several Chinese things for a song when they first started showing up at the markets- now they are mostly reproductions.
There’s a lot more to show you- but I’ll stop for now.
Adios from Goshen! Gotta go do some more unpacking!
