There?s one debate my boyfriend and I keep having time and time again ? I want to stay in an apartment in the city, he eventually wants a house and a garden, if not a bit of land, too. But although I?m a city girl at heart, I sometimes find myself browsing real estate listings […]

There?s one debate my boyfriend and I keep having time and time again ? I want to stay in an apartment in the city, he eventually wants a house and a garden, if not a bit of land, too. But although I?m a city girl at heart, I sometimes find myself browsing real estate listings for old homes out in the country. Finding that rundown farmhouse that I could fix up to my heart?s desire is definitely a daydream I keep on having. When I stumbled upon Ariana and Scott DeFalco, two teachers who made their own farmhouse dreams come true on the outskirts of Nevada City, CA, I was instantly inspired. Today, I couldn?t be more excited to share a project that they worked on for over two years ? an old barn, which they lovingly converted into a guest cabin for their parents and extended family. Before buying their farmhouse five years ago, Ariana and her young daughters used to visit the abandoned property with the neighbors? permission. Never expecting that she and Scott would be able to buy the house, Ariana spent hours imagining what it would be like to live on that beautiful plot of land, completely surrounded by nature. The place even included a partially converted barn, which she thought would make ...