About three seconds after we got the green light on the rough framing, I had the insulators and drywallers scheduled for installation. I am so ready to have walls– to…

You know that all I want for Christmas is some walls in my house, and last week the building inspector came through to do what building inspectors do… tell us…

I can’t really accurately describe the blissful days of hanging siding that the weekend consisted of if I don’t tell you a little bit about the week of hell that…

Foundations are fun, I agree, and not just because 1.) you get to dig a bigass hole in the ground, and 2.) my family owns a foundation company. Actually, I…

When you take the first step on to that gnarled, winding path of building your own home, there are things you know you’re going to do. Frame a wall. Tile…

This week could either be very exciting or very disastrous for our plans, depending on which way the wind blows. Figuratively. Literally depending on whether or not we get our…

Since we decided to hold off on breaking ground on the actual house, we’ve put all of our energy into turning the station into a livable space. In the last…

Now that we’re praying sure the roof won’t collapse on the Station, it’s time for the fun stuff, like putting in new windows. The openings are 50×55″ or so, which…