Our Favourite Christmas Bar Recipe | Sunburst Lemon | A New Baby

[@LittleMountainRanch]

The giveaway has now closed and the winners have been announced. Thank you so much to everyone who entered. Love, Cheslea

[@JoyceWolfe-tk7pr]

😊Okay thanks, I still would like to get the news letter when it starts please.

[@sherismith1882]

When your video comes up I get a little burst of joy!! You are so positive in a very negative world....THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! Sheri

[@mjgullickson5168]

Wide steps. I've never regretted wider stairs. The green choice on your upper cupboards is a good idea. This has been a really fun video to watch. As they all are.

[@SimplySherylAnne]

I don't usually leave comments, but your channel Chelsea is one of my guilty pleasures! Hello from Hamilton, ON 🇨🇦 Thank you for sharing all of your experience in cooking , canning, and gardening with us (and all your little fur babies). I personally, have a much better understanding of my garden, thx to you, and it continues to thrive. Have a wonderful day! 😊

[@sarab8084]

Hello fellow Hamiltonian! :)

[@SimplySherylAnne]

@@sarab8084 🖐😊

[@elizabethhutson9767]

The green cabinets make your kitchen so much warmer looking❤

[@Lia_L.]

Maybe steps and a ramp as well? You'll never know, but I'm sure it'll come in handy someday.

[@denisemusicnut]

Oh, definitely put wide steps on the bunkee! Besides being a great place for potted plants, wide steps make a wonderful place to sit. We had a wide set of steps on our porch at our old farmhouse, and it was so nice to sit out there during the summer. Sometimes the whole family would be sitting on the steps, along with our dog, our “barn” cats, and occasionally a chicken or two! It was a great place to stargaze at night as well.

[@SJC49]

Sounds heavenly! Happy memories. Cheers. 🇨🇦

[@ladyjoker4u347]

You can paint the cabin doors al different color so you can name it by color if someone need to bring things over to that cabin 😊

[@suziereinhart7975]

Hi Chelsea, just a little idea, I see your cart that you have beside your stove maybe paint that green as well. It would extend the kitchen, since you have your paint brush out Hee Hee . Or maybe it’ll be too much 🤷‍♀️

[@LittleMountainRanch]

We were just talking about that.

[@valeriejohnston6574]

Pressed tin in a copper colour would look great as a backsplash too, or even just as a backsplash behind your stove as an accent. It would match the drawer pulls. Just a thought, I love vintage style kitchens. ❤ Great bar recipe, I’m trying that one!

[@aura-leekistner1810]

Congratulations on the addition of Blossom to the family! She is a beauty!❤❤

[@karincope3019]

My ex husband’s grandmother was an amazing cook and I had her write down a few recipes for me , she lived to be 101 and I love to have these treasures. She wrote a family history as well .

[@peggymajerus7531]

Your kitchen will be so beautiful no matter what you will do. The brass knobs are perfect , I really love the green😊

[@janew5351]

I think the knobs are copper!

[@SBeck9011]

I received your news letter this morning! What a lovely surprise to be gifted with some recipes via ebook. Blessings to you and your family

[@kimsmith3451]

I think each cabin should have its own color! Doors and shutters, etc. That way you can have the green cabin, red cabin, yellow cabin etc!

[@LittleMountainRanch]

We love this idea!

[@die-hardhexican9905]

I love the Sage and it is one of my favorite colors. It is soothing and inviting where red can sometimes make you feel anxious. I love seeing the progress on your homestead and that calf is so adorable.

[@patriciakoester1580]

Dear Chelsea, ♥️ I just ordered your Hardcover Cookbook off of Amazon as your shop was Sold Out. Can’t wait to get your Cookbook!! Merry Christmas Chelsea & Beautiful Family, Patricia (Daniel)

[@KeithandPamBilyeu]

Pam here…make sure you have hand rail on your steps off deck of bunkie. I fell off my sister in law’s cabin steps…as there was nothing to hang on to and landed on my side cracking 5 ribs from my elbow crushing into chest. A lot of pain and was black and blue entire back and side. So fortunate not to end up with head injury. We made our front porch steps wide, so getting up or out with furniture was easy. Have railings and ledges on the outside of rails for our pots and planters.

[@marykoufalis7666]

You will never regret having wide steps. I agree with you that it will give you such flexibility to be able to put some planters on either side but also just give you plenty of room going up and down if you need to bring things in and out.

[@chrisanndunn8814]

That calf is so precious. That’s the one…that’s the cow I want for Christmas! Santa, please deliver her to me. 😁😍

[@jamesbrown8718]

Wife steps would be beautiful with the flowers puts down each side. And I would keep the same color theme on your property. Red doors are beautiful with the black trim. Congrats on the new addition to the farm she sure is cute for sure. Looking forward to the drawing tomorrow. I r m love to win the pressure canner. But I never have any luck winning anything. Good luck to everyone. 😊

[@nancysadewater964]

Blossom is a beautiful baby. She looks like she is doing great!

[@AnnaBoyetteTV]

Ivy is as old as I am! That’s crazy! Alive all those same years!

[@jackiegagne2625]

Blossom is a blessing! She is gorgeous! Thank you for the newsletter.

[@brendawheeler5456]

Years ago they use to paint front doors red when their mortgages were paid off. Showing everyone they owned their house.

[@Sherrypentictonmicrogreens]

Hi Chelsea, I just want to give you a few tips on Microgreens. First soak the peas for at least 6-8 hours. To have good growth plant 275-330 gram in a 1020 tray. Put another tray on top and weight it with a couple of bricks. After 4 days then put it under light. Each seed has different requirements. Have fun

[@marytillison8392]

Wide steps on cabin! Flowers set it off!!

[@traceyvaile7625]

I love that cookbook binder. I have all of my Mum's hand written recipe cards and I have been organizing them, then I laminate them, use a 3 hole paper punch and then put them in a binder She had such lovely handwriting.

[@jarrodashley-vanduser676]

If people weren’t aware you were Canadian before, they definitely are after hearing you talk about how it’s 28 degrees Celsius in your hockey rink room.

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

If I were to build that cookbook shelf close to the stove, I'd put glass doors or a curtain in front. I found that oil floats in the air and settles on things nearby. Probably not noticeable if you are cleaning often, but I'm a bachelor! Dirt doesn't get cleaned until it's noticeable. 😄

[@crazycatlady61]

Wide steps always look better. In front of the front door centres the look of the building, always better.

[@patriciaflaherty5029]

Suggestion for kitchen: While admiring the great looking white shelf over your stove I thought how nice it would look to put similar over the windows eliminating the need for fabric curtains. I installed a hanging light fixture over my sink as task lighting which I love. There are many to choose from that would give that 1930s affect you like ( a school house fixture for example). Welcome to the world, Blossom!

[@jordanpower7451]

For the Cabin door - Sage Green, Chestnut Brown or a Maroon would look beautiful and compliment the natural colors around it

[@brianandtamiolson2330]

I like the idea of large width stairs on the bunkie, flower pots sound nice but a planting of evergreens on the ground along the stair would be lovely as well. Beautiful place

[@katrienvh4289]

I hope you will not regret painting the bottom and railing black because that will show dirt and dust very soon (rain, wind... ) . The color your kitchen has is perfect to hide such things and would look crisp much longer and will save you in cleaning time. We choose that green color for that reason for our garage door and it so nice.

[@heatherbarbour781]

Dan is doing a great job on the cabin. Thanks for sharing your life.

[@kaybusby7507]

The new calf is so cute. The lemon dessert is amazing. Thank you for sharing. Love all your videos and your advice and teaching

[@melindawargowsky8176]

In order to have lambs for sale for fair week, we had to breed for lambs in February. Worst month of the year to be in the barn pulling lambs at 2a.m.! And they ALWAYS picked the coldest night of the winter 🥶 So glad when we decided not to worry about fair lambs any more and could put in the buck later😊

[@SJC49]

Love your grow room! Wide steps definitely - I can see some of your beautiful flowers in pots lining the steps!

[@theresaegbuniwe5808]

I was just thinking how the green cabinets have opened up/lightened up the kitchen. Painting the uppers the same beautiful color will tie it all together. Job well done!

[@CrystalSchoenle]

😊The green cabinets are fabulous! Sage is my absolute favorite colour and loving the vintage looks you are going for👍.. I think the wide steps on the Bunkie is definately the better choice! It's great oppertunity to beautify the bunky with gorgeous flowers and with wider more open steps (to me.. ) is very inviting. 😊

[@christineeckhold6341]

My vote would be for an evergreen accent color to blend with the trees. 😊

[@tamararoberts9307]

I admire your passion and collection of cookbooks and recipes. I too have always been that way for over 50 years now. I've even saved recipes from food packages 😊 my favorite wedding gift ( the only gift I still have ) is a hand- written notebook of recipes from my sister in law ( she was raised old-school country/farm) and learned alot from her mother and grandmother

[@suel1634]

Seeing all your newspaper clippings have me an idea. You could make replicas/copies of the old pages and use them to cover the inside back wall of your cabinets/shelves.

[@Ninafaye6611]

Welcome sweet bossom.She is precious!

[@k.craney-welch5842]

Have you thought about painting the doors of each of the buildings a different color? That way, when you get to using them as air BNB units, you can rent the "red bunkie" or the "sage bunkie" or whatever color you paint the door.. . .

[@leafgreen9099]

Love the green on the upper cabinets. You might want to photograph all your old newspaper/index card recipes anyway because ink fades over time.

[@billydee8048]

Blossom is adorable 🥰 The bunkie is looking fantastic, definitely go with wide steps and the sage green accent color would look so beautiful 😍 Thanks so much Chelsea for the ebook recipe gift through your newsletter it’s such a blessing 💚Dee

[@janicecraig2364]

Oh yum. Anything lemon is a favourite.

[@kanderson8981]

Blossom is a beauty! What a fantastic surprise!

[@canhope1821]

Wide steps on the bunkie with flower pots on the sides sounds amazing!

[@fishinghole333]

It might be nice to have the parking area to the left of the cabin so that the view from the front and side deck wouldn't be obscured. You probably already thought of this 😊. Then a short ramp against the house on the left side to help with moving things, luggage, etc. into the cabin and wide steps in the front.

[@manub6556]

EINEN WUNDERSCHÖNEN 2.ADVENT SONNTAG WÜNSCHE ICH EUCH 🌟⭐️✨️🌟💖

[@mumsie2739]

Love the green cupboards...bottom and top 💕 And really like the idea of the counter top next to the stove with shelves facing your living room. Beautiful calf 😍

[@lastoeck]

Since the plan is to eventually have several cabins, maybe a different color door for each to make it easier to refer to them.

[@ashleyashcraft1754]

Sage in kitchen is great and I'm happy you didn't go with subway tiles. The bunkie is awesome and black can be the accent color. Otherwise, I like the idea of a dusty red. I think Sage would look good on the bunkie, but for a main house door/outside, I think it isn't bold enough for an exterior. And since red and green are complementary colors, a soft Sage and dusty reddish is bold enough to complement, traditional enough for a farm, and soft enough to be welcoming. Blossom is gorgeous like her mama. I love when you share the babies on the farm!

[@boething]

Love your videos! I wish I lived with more room to garden and have chickens again, but I’ll live vicariously through you!!

[@susanrichards4844]

Definitely a wide stairs on the front of the bunkey!!!!!!

[@karincope3019]

One of our mares who didn’t come into heat fir over a year and we had her checked and our vet determined through ultrasound that she was barren , the next year I woke early looked out our kitchen window and her snd foal were in our hayfield was an interesting surprise .

[@lassie5573]

Everyone...Chelsea wrote to me after I was having trouble with the online cookbook ordering. She took care of my issue promptly. I downloaded the cookbook. You must get this. The recipes are great, the quality and fonts size is perfect for these old eyes. The illustrations are lovely. Thank you Chelsea for all your help and for sharing all your family faves with us. You are the best! ❤

[@LittleMountainRanch]

I’m so glad I was able to help and even more glad you love the cookbook!♥️

[@florencecampbell774]

I think your green looks cosy and warmer,you made the right choice.❤️🌺🌺

[@Sunnylane02174]

I think the green upper cupboards will look so good! And with the brass handles!!! I love it!

[@tinagravelle3458]

I think the green on upper cabinets is great! Every time I watched your video, since the paint job, I thought of contacting you to suggest the green. So glad you have chosen to do it.

[@kittyrichards9915]

Wide steps for ease of getting luggage, laundry, groceries etc in and out.

[@loriwhitesell2213]

Love lemon bars but the seeing the beautiful calf is my favorite! We raised and milked Jersey's and Guernsey's when I was young. I sure miss them and the time I had learning to milk and care for them from my Dad. 😍

[@Melissa.Bordelon84]

Absolutely love the extended countertop idea, the new calf is so freaking adorable, the cabin is absolutely looking fabulous and cozy, I would do the 4 foot stairs in front of the door. and the only thing I don’t like the edge of is brownies. The middle is so warm and gooey yummy

[@bronwenjensen]

Wide stairs and sage green accents. Have you maybe considered also painting the window frames?

[@judygillespie3242]

So glad you are going with the green for super cabinets. It looks so unfinished with the white. Good choice.

[@dhansonranch]

Congratulations on the new calf - she is a sweetie. The cabin looks great - I would suggest the wider stairs centered on the door. I think the cupboards will look nice in the sage green.. Good idea with cupboard - a butcher block top would be nice to tie into the one you work on regularly. I am thinking that upper cabinets over the stove would also be a nice addition -mind you our potato chipper would then have a home over top of the new cupboard. Great, fun video.

[@hearhermccleary3154]

Do a different color for each front door so each cabin has a color theme that you can carry through inside it.

[@lorimcmichael5846]

Wide and in front! I agree with you Chelsea! It’s going to look great!

[@thetwoofussweden]

Paint the door "senapsgul" is what we say in sweden. In englisch it would be mosterd yellow would look great with that black!

[@Barbie62963]

Oh my....that calf is adorable. I grew up on a farm. We raised steers from small, sometimes bottle or bucket feeding, until market. I just love cows. I think wide steps would look nice on the bunky. Love watching your videos.

[@susanwitte350]

Wide steps in the ftont of the cabin would be great. Especially if walking little kids up the stairs.

[@donnabuchanan1507]

Love your cabinets. The lemon bars look great. And the baby is so cute. Thanks for everything you do.

[@Deba_ra]

I like the sage green with the brass knobs and pulls. Good choice. Congrats on the new baby calf. I like nice wide steps too, great for photos.

[@lindas.8036]

Thank you for the fun. Please do consider putting a glass front on your cookbook shelf. It is my experience that literally anything in a kitchen that is within 6' of a stove ends up getting very greasy--and I noticed that your new Collected Recipes notebook is fabric! Ugh! If you do any frying at all, which I know you do, a glass front would protect those books. Yes you would have to clean it, but it's the better option!

[@belieftransformation]

I love lemon bars & it made my mouth water seeing them! Thanks for sharing the beautiful Blossom calf& her mom, sheep & kitty! The bunkie is looking wonderful! Blessings to all 🤗💕🇨🇦

[@justme-uw6bz]

When you look at your kitchen from the lounge area the white cupboards looked too much like the dishwasher, fridge and oven, so to me it sort of made it look smaller. I'm so glad you're going with that beautiful soft green.

[@dlgrilli]

On the cabin - being a senior citizen I need to use hand rails to go up and down steps. What if you made it a wide step, but put make the rails easily accessible for using but put the plants on the outside of the rail. Hope that makes sense. I love the idea of lemon bars with a shortbread crust. I made a pumpkin cheese cake for thanksgiving with the short bread crust - it was so good! Oh, and back to the cabin, I am a big fan of sage green too, but a red door would really make the wood on the bunkie pop (IMHO). One other thing, I'm going to email some pics of recipes from my 1890 recipe book for you to see.

[@aferguson0327]

A sunshine yellow on the doors with black hardware!!

[@Sharon-bo2se]

I quite like the green on the upper cabinets, good decision. Lemon bars are a favourite, need to make some soon. Nice surprise, she looks very good. The new idea for beside the range is much better, both for the counter space and keeping your collection safe and on display. I hope you are using archival sleeves for the old papers.

[@theresas4486]

I think everything you said you wanted to do sounds great. Wide stairs on the side you want. Its going to look great!

[@Thatsabignope]

Those lemon bars we have been making for years. 😃😃 Delish! Love the green on top as well, it is beautiful. 😊 That cabin is looking so good. Kudos to Dan 🙌🏻. I think a black front door would look sharp on the cabin, to match the future spindles. But the skies the limit. Front doors can be any color and they always look nice. How fun! I look forward to your videos. Thanks for sharing. Baby Blossom is darling ❤️

[@tammymurphy2707]

The corner edge of anything is the best!!!

[@karenthomas1456]

I love the sage colour (green is my favourite colour too) and the copper hardware looks fantastic. One thing about your cookbook shelf. You might want to put doors on it because so close to that big window you will get sunlight damage on your books over time and if they are treasured books it would be a shame to damage them. xxx

[@juliecolbourn8232]

I think a sage green or dark green for doors would look awesome. Blossom looks lovely.

[@1bbbewitched]

The cabinet for your cookbooks is a great idea but the sun from your sliding glass door may bleach the spines or covers of them, dust and dirt may be another issue, you may want to consider using doors on the front of that cabinet with uv glass.

[@johnensminger7675]

Oh boy! Have to try those things now! Thanks for sharing your life with us!

[@teriharman566]

The bars look so good. I think the bunky door would look nice Olive green a little darker then your cabinets

[@1944chevytruck]

AWESOME! Good idea on stove shelf/cook book thingy... Merry Xmas!

[@brendadonabedian6324]

Love your videos. I say paint the doors a sage green so it fits better in nature. Red is beautiful but would really be bright among the wonderful colors of the trees

[@maureenhargrave3568]

Wide steps. When renting this out space to carry suitcases up. It also feels welcoming.

[@brendaharnum]

I think green on the upper cabinets will look great!

[@danamama6766]

Yes the green does look beautiful top cupboards. And I would so keep the counter top too :) Love it. Wear and tear just means a lot of love. Love love love the book to save those recipes. Fantastic. Oh my gosh how amazing the little book from 1887 and in pretty darn good condition wowsa!!! Oh my gosh baby girl is so so beautiful 💕💕💕I do so love lemon bars! Can't wait to make them. Was on my list but well....maybe tomorrow. hugs

[@deborahpullen9940]

Love the sage green, but really like the look of a red door.

[@donnanorman340]

Go with the wide steps with railings, it will be easier when your visitors have luggage.

[@Melissa.Bordelon84]

I made Italian Christmas cookies with lemon extract instead of Annas. They came out absolutely fabulous. ❤

[@SJC49]

Chelsea - what about a skin blue accent colour? Would definitely look pretty in the summer with the flower pots. 😍🇨🇦

[@calichrist1790]

Yes, upper and lowers green… it looks cohesive!