I’m Michelle and you’re reading Spend-A-Buck Farm, a blog about my every day life on our little farm in the country.

I live in Northern Illinois about 45 miles NW of Chicago. We live in a semi-rural area with two large horse farms on either side and about two hundred acres of county forest preserve on the other. We have two big barns, a red horse barn with full mow and a smaller but taller green barn for storage and office space. I know you are wondering if we have horses and the answer is no. It’s a shame that we have this gorgeous horse barn with no horses but there’s just no time for another life adventure.

We bought this property in August, 2000 and in November, 2008 we finished a complete renovation and remodel on our entire home. And when I say entire, I mean every room was gutted. It was a l-o-n-g process. Not only did I design our home but I GC'd the entire project. I took extensive photographs during the entire process and will be posting them periodically on my blog, so stay tuned!

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Please stay awhile, relax and have fun!





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