As I sit here typing this, a winter storm is moving in from the North-West that is going to blanket most of Germany in snow. We’re only supposed to get a couple of inches but other places will get almost a foot. And in this region, that’s pretty much...
Take advantage of the exclusive NOH reader discount at Mackenzie Frames’ Etsy shop ! Thanks to all of you who entered and made the contest a huge success, the discount has been extended so you can still save 15% on every order until January 3rd! Just enter...
It’s been an incredible year of growth at No Ordinary Homestead. So I thought it was time for me to ask a reader question – how can I make No Ordinary Homestead more useful and enjoyable for you? You don’t necessarily have to answer the questions below...
When you live with a little kid, Christmas starts to take on a whole new life again. I’ve always been a fan of Christmas, but there were definitely a few years before we had Mackenzie that we we starting to feel a bit fed up with all the commercialism. When...
Late on a Saturday afternoon in 2010, less than two weeks before Christmas, Stefan and I were sitting around in our farmhouse in Germany and thinking about our plans for the rest of the weekend. We’d gone out running errands in the morning, buying everything...