A House We Built

Custom House Designed by Husband & Wife Team | Modern Farmhouse Inspired

A House We Built: Introduction and Product Sources

Welcome to the official website of A House We Built. We are a husband and wife team who have just finished designing and building our forever home on our 30 acre forested property.

Note: this page is constantly updated. Every time we do a new project around the house, we add sources here. On a daily basis, we are most active on our Instagram @ahousewebuilt where you can follow the progress and all the latest updates on our house building, styling, and decorating journey.

We began designing this house early 2016. Then in the Summer of 2016, we found a beautiful piece of land that we fell in love with and then purchased in Fall 2016. We put in a third of a mile long driveway to our house site in the middle of the woods. We broke ground on our house construction Summer 2017, moved in Summer 2018, and are now in the process of making this house we built into our home.

This website is a place for us to share sources for the products we’ve bought for our home and that so many of you have asked us for on Instagram. Sources are listed below. Note: if we couldn’t find a product at the place we bought it, we’ve listed it at a different location where it’s still available as of the time of posting, or given similar options (always labeled as ‘similar’). Across our website, some of our sources are affiliate links and as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases, which means we may earn a small commission from purchases you make through our links but it doesn’t affect the price you pay at all. We didn’t collaborate with any brands during our home build, and our content is never sponsored. We hope that sharing these sources we use and items we love may help you in your own decorating journey.

CHRISTMAS DECOR: click here for Christmas decor (I did some early Christmas decor shopping for our house and rounded up a list of holiday pieces that I loved and/or that fit in with my decorating style.)

Living Room Sources:

Kitchen Sources:

Office Sources:

Guest Bedroom Sources:

Master Bedroom Sources:

Gallery Wall Sources:

  • Gallery wall black frames (linked to our size): Amazon (we’re very happy with the quality)
  • Alternative black frames: Target | CB2 | West Elm
  • Alternative white frames: Target | CB2
  • Alternative gallery wall 9-frame set (square frames): Target
  • Alternative gallery wall 3-frame set (same size as mine): Target
  • White cotton wreath: Amazon | (similar option: Wayfair | Pottery Barn)

Entryway/Foyer Sources:

Laundry Room Sources:

Spice Organizers:

Spice Jar Labeler:

Pantry Sources:

Kitchen Organizer Sources:

  • Cutlery organizer: Wayfair | Similar: Wayfair
  • Cutlery organizer (expandable alternative): Amazon
  • Cutlery organizer (expandable alternative): Amazon
  • Utensil expandable organizer: Amazon | Wayfair
  • 12×6, 12×3, 6×3 organizers (similar): Amazon
  • Knife dock: Amazon
  • Under-sink sponge tray: Amazon

Clear Kitchen Drawer Organizers:

Dining Room Sources:

Mudroom Sources:

Powder Bathroom Sources:

Second Bathroom Sources:

Master Bathroom Sources:

Master Closet Sources:

Exterior Lighting Sources:

Interior Lighting Recap:

Cleaning sources:

Cat-related sources:

Appliances Sources (we bought everything except the range hood through Home Depot Appliances):

Hardware Recap (same sizes used in kitchen, mudroom, bathrooms, and closet):

  • Long matte black drawer pulls: Amazon | Similar: Schoolhouse
  • Short matte black drawer pulls: Amazon | Similar: Schoolhouse
  • Black & copper knobs: CB2 (mine were sold out and replaced with these very similar ones)
  • Gold knobs: CB2
  • Black knobs (similar): Amazon | Amazon | Amazon | Wayfair | Wayfair
  • Copper knobs (similar): Amazon
  • V-pulls (no longer available, but this is a similar option from the same source): CB2
  • Mudroom hooks: CB2

Mirror Recap:

Fixture Recap:

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Wallpaper Recap:

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Greenery Recap:

FAQs — Frequently Asked Questions & Answers:

  • Our floor plan is fully custom. We designed our house from scratch together so our plan is near and dear to our hearts, and is the result of over a year and a half of hard work and planning. We have not released or posted it anywhere yet, but may choose to in the future.
  • Our house has 6500 square feet of living space over 4 floors. The main 3 floors are ‘finished’, and we are finishing the basement ourselves. Since we work from home, it includes 2 office rooms.
  • Our ceilings are 10-ft on the main floor, 9-ft on the second floor, 8-ft kneewalls and 15-ish foot vaulted ceilings on the third floor, 20-ft living room, and 10-ft in the basement.
  • Our windows & exterior doors are custom triple-pane fiberglass in Tricorn Black or Simply White.
  • Our exterior door hardware was custom along with our doors.
  • Our interior door hardware is very similar to this: Amazon | Build.com
  • Our exterior materials are a mix of engineered stone and James Hardie siding in Arctic White.
  • Our cabinetry is designed by us and custom made (except this vanity), color BM Simply White.
  • Our kitchen island is 11.5 x 3.5 feet.
  • Our countertops are Italian Quartz in pure white.
  • Our shower glass is all custom made.
  • Our shiplap is an MDF interlocking system.
  • Our flooring is brushed white oak laminate Lionel by Evoke for everywhere that isn’t tile except our stairs which are white oak hardwood stained in a custom color.
  • Our recessed lighting is LED (sourced through our electrician).
  • Our fireplace is by Dimplex (Amazon | Walmart).
  • Our location is something we’ve chosen to keep private to balance how much we share publicly, but we’re pretty open about everything else. For this reason, we do not list local sources.
  • Our tiles were mostly sourced through local suppliers. Local suppliers are the only ones I don’t list as we’ve chosen to keep our location private. We appreciate your understanding.
  • Our patterned floor tiles are cement. Tile sealer: Home Depot | Amazon
  • Our build cost is one of the few things we don’t discuss because building costs varies wildly depending on building location so even if we were to post that information it wouldn’t be all that helpful given how much costs differ everywhere.

Paint Colors:

  • BM Simply White: only white used inside.
  • BM Classic Gray: living room ceiling & guest bedroom accent wall.
  • BM Soot: all shiplap, cabinets, & closet mirror.
  • SW Dorian Gray: window seat & chevron wall.
  • SW Tricorn Black: windows & exterior doors.
  • Hardie siding: Arctic White.

Stains for dining table, console table, tree stand, and master bedroom beam:

  • Pre-stain conditioner: Amazon (don’t skip this!!)
  • Gray stain (one coat): Amazon
  • Matte top coat: Amazon (also used on pantry & office shelving)
  • Note: Stair stain is a custom color

AV Sources:

  • We have an Apple TV in the fireplace column nook, wired in with Ethernet
  • 1x Polk Audio 255c-RT center channel speaker: Amazon
  • 2x Polk Audio RC85i: Amazon
  • 2x Polk Audio RC80i: Amazon
  • We picked these because they’re white, simple, and met my standards for “best quality at reasonable price”
  • We don’t have a surround-sound receiver yet, mostly because we’ve chosen to not have a TV in our living room so we just have a small stereo receiver (Amazon) so we can listen to music

Additional Resources:

If there’s something else you want sources on, you can ask me questions at this link and I’ll add it in.

And please be sure to follow us on Instagram where we post daily updates on our house progress!