In the spirit of celebrating the fact that we survived three hundred and sixty-five days of construction, here’s what it looks like when a bearded dude and short slightly-overbearing powertool junkie build a house together.

In the beginning, there was demolition:

And a whole lot of dirt:

Then, painting fascia at all hours:

Pondering the mysteries of a rotted sill plate:

Using the brake to bend metal for the sill and top of windows:

Removing brick ledge for old porch:

Braving a cracked 2×12 up on ladder jacks while installing siding:

Cutting studs for miscellaneous interior framing:

Trenching for geothermal lines:

Pondering the mysteries of drywall:

Braving the elements:

Finishing walls:

Trimming down porch beams:

And…I don’t know about anybody else, but I’m ready for a nap. And a real bathroom.

Here’s too twelve more months of having this much fun. (But hopefully actually living in our house.)

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