Up to this point, things had been cruising along. I was ahead of schedule, and probably for the last time. Day 4 is where things began to get physically challenging – all thanks to OSB. (more…)
I’d like to tell you that Day 3 went without any errors on my part, but that would be erroneous. At this point of writing, I’m surprised at how much I seemed to be screwing up. You probably don’t have much faith in me either. Fear not, with perseverance just about any flaw can be fixed – or covered up. Some of these errors weren’t immediately apparent to me until I began other steps, which is why they weren’t corrected in the first place. (more…)
At the conclusion of Day 1 I was highly anticipating the progress of Day 2. Bre has always made fun of me for my horrible time-estimating skills, and for good reason – I’m never right. Because Day 1 saw so much progress (in my mind, since I was working alone, to get two walls framed up was pretty good), I thought we’d have the entire shell up in 20 days. I was just a little off. (more…)
Finally, after years of research, planning, saving, and more planning, we were ready to begin construction. The slab had been poured, the plans that we had designed were printed, all of our materials had been delivered, the sun was shining and I was ready to embark on our greatest adventure to date – building our own home.
We designed the house for ease of construction since we would be building it ourselves. We also kept the design minimal for aesthetics and for financial reasons. Lastly, we kept it small to force us outdoors and to save from unnecessary costs. Now, all we had to do was build it. (more…)
It’s been quite some time since I’ve been able to share regular content. The fact of the matter is that I’ve been super busy with two very important tasks. First, I’ve spent the past year growing an iconic mustache, much to Bre’s dismay. More importantly, we’ve been building our own home. In some of the past posts I’ve discussed different aspects of the build as we were planning and getting underway, but since hammer met nail I’ve not had the time or energy to keep up with it. However, I did record my daily progress so that I can bring more detailed information about the build as it came together. (more…)
Hey everyone – it’s been quite some time since I’ve written anything. 7 months to be exact. I browsed through the last post that I wrote, and it’s hard to believe that we had just poured our slab. If you’ve been following the posts on our Facebook page, you’ll know that we’ve been busy during that time building our house. In the last post I had mentioned that I was hopeful we’d be receiving an offer on our house. A lot has changed since then, but let’s take a look at some of the highlights from the past year and also look ahead to what’s coming up for us. (more…)