Merry (day after) Christmas!! As of late in between Christmas and New Years are a number of the ones I sit up for all 12 months – my coronary heart is so full from celebrating with household (the Christmas Eve expertise present went loopy); I’m getting along with my very long time mates who’re dwelling for the vacations and there’s even sufficient time to sneak in slightly 2 day getaway journey with my boyfriend this weekend. There have been a few years the place the vacations haven’t felt as shiny and completely satisfied as everyone knows sudden life occasions unfold on their very own timeline, so I’m simply tremendous grateful to be right here celebrating with family members and with all of you!! OKAY sufficient sap – we’re right here to talk Instagram at the moment!! It’s so enjoyable to put in writing this yearly and look again on all that we posted. I do know a few of you might be probably over on Instagram and have seen a couple of of those (thanks for the likes and feedback – they imply a lot!), and for these of you who aren’t on Instagram as a lot, I hope you get pleasure from seeing a few of what we’ve shared over the past 12 months!
At the start of the 12 months, we introduced on Marlee, who has upped our social recreation SO MUCH. It’s been so fantastic having somebody along with her genius mind up in Portland capturing all of this content material – she was really the lacking piece to our EHD puzzle, and I’m personally so grateful for her! So a few of these Instagram posts had been created by our superb Mar, and others had been created by me (Mal), which is unquestionably not complicated in any respect. So right here we go: the Mar and Mal social gals current to you…
The Soake pool was put in in 2022, however 3 years later, we nonetheless get requested SO many questions on it. We posted a couple of completely different yard replace movies on our Instagram this 12 months, so naturally, it made sense that we had remark after remark desirous to know extra. In case you’re unfamiliar with it, it’s a small(ish) pool that may be a daily pool within the day after which warmth as much as be a sizzling tub by evening. It additionally has an computerized cowl for the winter and is often more easy to put in than constructing a daily pool from scratch, since Soake swimming pools are ready-made. It’s excellent for the Henderson farm, and the youngsters completely find it irresistible (and so does the web!)
Talking of sharing yard updates – this was one in every of them! The farm yard landscaping, out of doors kitchen, and pickleball courtroom had been all completed this 12 months, so we needed to point out extra of the structure (and provides the pigs and alpacas some extra much-deserved display time). This reel popped off, and I’m not stunned! That yard is fairly loopy and superior.
Marlee created this reel throughout one of many Portland trend shoots, and it turned out SO cute. Em’s model is so enjoyable, and I like the angle Marlee got here up with for this! Additionally, this reel satisfied me that lengthy shorts + tall boots is a really cute look that I can be partaking in. The 3k feedback additionally counsel you guys actually favored these outfits too 🙂
This was one other tremendous intelligent one by Marlee! Proper earlier than Em switched out her sofas to The Alice from our Room Service assortment (which has a detachable pillow if you happen to don’t need your canine to take a seat on it, ha!) I like the textual content on it – so easy and so humorous. Nice job, Mar!
This one TOOK OFF, and we had been shocked. I had realized we by no means actually did a full “begin to end” artwork barn submit on the grid – and it’s at all times really easy to neglect the place a challenge began! I discovered a brilliant outdated picture of the artwork barn shed earlier than it was upgraded, after which did some handwritten textual content on it (which was our first time doing that…and we had been shocked at how properly it did!) I believe the story is simply so enjoyable, so I’m glad this submit obtained plenty of love. What a cool challenge that was (I would like an grownup craft barn now lol).
Marlee pulled this AWESOME carousel collectively, and I believed it was so genius. I keep in mind we had been going again on what the quilt image must be – it was initially a photograph of the completed kitchen, after which we determined we needed to stroll you thru the story a bit extra. Then we discovered that first progress picture our superb photographer, Kaitlin Inexperienced, took and had been like YUP, THAT’S THE ONE. I like the way in which it walks you thru the design course of and takes you alongside for the journey. That kitchen turned out so superbly, and with that tremendous inexperienced stone, it’s definitely not boring in any respect!
If there’s one factor I’ve discovered from social media this 12 months, it’s that individuals love while you say “they mentioned don’t do that…” “so I did it anyway” about actually something. There’s one thing about that “rule breaker” mentality after which having it look unimaginable on the finish that “proves individuals unsuitable” and is throughout tremendous enjoyable to look at. It’s kinda just like a basic “earlier than and after” all of us love seeing, however with slightly edge. Marlee killed it with this edit and cinematography!!
Talking of individuals loving earlier than and afters…this one actually popped off! Marlee got here up with this one as a result of we needed to submit some extra enjoyable natural content material (and the farmhouse is such a tremendous earlier than and after, so we’re at all times arising with new methods to showcase it). These reels are actually enjoyable to create as a result of they do pump out to lots of people that don’t comply with us – so it’s useful to point out a little bit of what it’s they’ll count on to see round these elements 🙂
This out of doors kitchen is so beautiful, so I’m not stunned to see it so excessive up on this checklist!! I do know individuals love seeing the performance of how kitchens, mudrooms, and actually every other utility house since these rooms work HARD, which is why I edited collectively this reel! And having an outside kitchen is such a enjoyable factor to consider including if you happen to’re somebody with an outside house who hosts lots – so I hope this reel was a enjoyable look ahead to individuals! And for primary…
Massive assertion right here, however this is likely to be one in every of my favourite reels I’ve ever made – so I’m REALLY completely satisfied to see it as primary!! We had a lot superb content material of the farm that we’ve taken over time, so I needed to drag one thing collectively that had essentially the most visually impactful footage and shared the best options in Em’s superb dwelling. The engagement was additionally wild – at 149k likes, that is our highest favored submit ever!
In case you’ve made it this far – thanks! I hope you all have a beautiful remainder of 2025, and I’m really wishing you the most effective in 2026. Completely satisfied virtually new 12 months, mates! Xoxo
