The Magic of Fall

This DIYed Idaho home has the perfect blend of rich tones, vintage finds and soft textures for the autumn months.

- EMILY IRBY

Sometimes you can find your dream home. Other times, you have to build it. That was the case for blogger Emily Barlow of Handmade Farmhouse. When she and her husband Shaun began their search for the perfect home, they wanted one where they could put down roots and raise their three children amid plenty of open space in Pocatello, Idaho. But they found little success on the housing market. "We were looking for a home and didn't have any luck finding one, so we decided to build it," Emily says.

Fortunately, Shaun has experience in construction, and after long days and nights of hard work over the course of 20 months, they had a finished home that was suited to their exact needs, built with their own hands. "We didn't roof it, and we didn't lay the foundation, but everything else we did ourselves," Emily says.

THE PERFECT BASE