The Farmhouse Edit: Designing our forever farmhouse, prioritizing outdoor time as a family, getting out of the house with littles, and more Q&A!

Simple Farmhouse Life

Lisa Bass

Home & Garden, Leisure

4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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In today’s Q&A episode, I’m sharing exciting updates on our farmhouse build, including the unique pantry design I’ve been working on and how we’re planning for long-term living in our new home. I also dive into how I manage those pesky ticks and mosquito bites while prioritizing plenty of free-range outdoor time for my kids. Plus, I answer your questions about managing daily chores with littles in tow and how to stay motivated to decorate when you know your living situation is temporary. If you're looking for inspiration in homemaking, family life, and parenting, this episode is packed with practical tips and relatable insights. In this episode, we cover: Progress on our new farmhouse build, with the basement completed and framing expected soon Answering your questions about the pantry design with lots of windows and a plan for climate-controlled food storage Planning to ensure the new farmhouse is fully functional for long-term living Tick and mosquito prevention tips for families who prioritize outdoor time year-round Tips for balancing daily chores with raising young kids and prioritizing outdoor time Finding the right balance between social opportunities and creating a calm, stress-free home Addressing myths about big families: does having a lot of kids rob them of enough parental attention? How I approach making our temporary home cozy without investing in major projects ⁠View full show notes on the blog⁠ + ⁠watch this episode on YouTube⁠. ⁠Thank you for supporting the sponsors that make this show possible⁠! RESOURCES MENTIONED Listen to Abbie of M is for Mama on her ⁠podcast⁠ and ⁠follow on Instagram⁠ Check out Abbie Halberstadt’s two books: ⁠M is for Mama⁠ and ⁠Hard is Not the Same Thing as Bad⁠ ⁠The Lila Rose Show, Episode 166: The Truth About Babies, Big Families, and Happiness with Catherine Pakaluk⁠ Check out Jennifer Pepito’s two appearances on my podcast ⁠here⁠ and ⁠here⁠ Join my ⁠FREE masterclass⁠ to learn my 4-step framework for making money on YouTube Master the rhythm of sourdough with confidence in my ⁠Simple Sourdough course⁠ Gain the sewing knowledge and skills every homemaker needs in my ⁠Simple Sewing series⁠ Turn your content creation dreams into a profitable business with my ⁠YouTube Success Academy⁠ Keep all my favorite sourdough recipes at your fingertips in my ⁠Daily Sourdough cookbook⁠ CONNECT Lisa Bass of Farmhouse on Boone | ⁠Blog⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠TikTok⁠ | ⁠Facebook⁠ | ⁠Pinterest⁠ Do you have a question you’d like me to answer on the podcast? A guest you’d like me to interview? Submit your questions and ideas here: ⁠bit.ly/SFLquestions⁠.

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0:00.0	The reason I took this question is I want to say that the playdates are for you.
0:21.5	So if you don't enjoy them, don't stress it. Those age kids, they don't have to have 10 friends that are all age 2 and a half in order to be properly socialized. It's great to go out and about. I think for a lot of moms, it helps their mental well-being to see other moms, to feel like they're a part of a community.
0:25.0	That's definitely how it felt for me when I was in those early years.
0:28.4	But if you don't enjoy it, it's stressful, it's too hard.
0:30.6	I would just say, don't worry about it. That just is what worked best for me.
0:32.5	It's what felt the most restful, encouraging, exciting for motherhood was when I was doing that kind of stuff.
0:39.7	My name is Lisa, mother of eight and creator of the blog and YouTube channel Farmhouse-on-Boon.
0:44.2	On this podcast, I like to talk about simplifying your life so you can live out your priorities.
0:48.8	I help you learn how to cook from scratch and decorate on a budget through this podcast and my
0:53.4	courses, Simple Sdough in the
0:55.1	simple sewing series. I also help people reach their goals from home through my business
0:59.5	course in YouTube Success Academy. I will leave links to these resources in the show notes
1:03.5	and description box below. Now let's get into the show. Welcome back to the Simple Farmhouse Life podcast. Today I'm going to be doing another solo
1:15.3	episode answering some of your questions from the Google sheet that we put out there over a year
1:20.8	ago now, I guess, because I did these all last year as well. Now, if I end up running out of
1:24.7	questions, which at some point I'm definitely going to, I will just go back to the interviews or talk about the house build.
1:31.6	So I'll give you a quick update on that.
1:34.0	If you follow me over on YouTube on my main channel, Farmhouse on Boone, I did share the house plan.
1:41.7	So the design and the design process and how we came about with the house that
1:47.3	we are currently building. So that's really exciting. So far, at time of recording, we have the
1:53.6	basement in, but we haven't yet started framing, which hopefully we do very, very soon. It feels
1:59.0	like there's like stuff's happening and then all of a sudden
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