Category: Episodes

  In this episode, we work to complete the loft subfloor. We have high hopes of completing this subfloor in 2 or 3 days, but just like every project, it takes us much longer than we guess it will. And we’re starting to realize that the race to getting dried in is in HIGH GEAR!… Continue reading Our SECOND STORY is TAKING SHAPE // Couple Builds a LOG CABIN KIT Home – Ep. 43

  I feel like we say this with each step of the build, but the cabin is really starting to take shape as we complete the loft floor joists, and raise the 24 foot column that will support our 2 ridge beams. As we are working hard to get our house dried in, we call… Continue reading This is INTIMIDATING // Raising a 24 foot GLULAM TIMBER COLUMN by Hand – Ep. 42

  This episode begins with Ryan starting the framing of the walls on his own while I am (Sara) am gone to turn our past home into an AirBnB. While Sara is gone, Ryan starts to frame the interior walls of their Cabin. Ryan’s goal is to complete the prowl front framing of the house,… Continue reading Something NEW // Framing the Walls of Our Log Cabin Kit Home – Ep. 41

  We are SO EXCITED as we complete the log wall in this episode. We were able to FLY through the lower portion of the wall, but when we got to higher portion our progress slowed down. Working with the scaffolding and ladders added more steps into the process. Not to mention dealing with the… Continue reading We’re FINISHED // Constructing the Log Walls on our Log Cabin – Ep. 40

  When our cabin kit home first arrived, Sara’s parents were kind enough to take our two kids on a summer adventure with them so we could get a strong start on building our log cabin kit home. While our kids were away, we were able to set our foundation beam, lay the floor joists… Continue reading REUNITED // Putting Up the LOG WALLS on our Log Cabin Kit Home – Ep. 39

How did we get from a young couple that bought a piece of raw land to building our own cabin in the woods? Follow along today, and you’ll get a peek into our story. Our whole build started about 2 years ago, and it wasn’t all that easy because we were living 3 hours away… Continue reading From Raw Land to Log Cabin Walls // Couple Builds Own House – Ep. 38

We have been waiting for this day for SO LONG!!! It’s time to start stacking logs on our log cabin kit home from Conestoga Log Cabins & Homes! Starting this part of the job requires a little more than just placing the logs. We first put on flashing to protect our subfloor, and then comes… Continue reading Putting on the FIRST Logs // Couple Builds a Log Cabin Kit Home – Ep. 37

It’s time to lay our subfloor! Before we can start the subfloor, though, we have to pass our underfloor inspection. We had to wait for this inspection for a week so we were SUPER anxious and nervous leading up to it. If we failed, we were worried we’d have to rip out and re-do a… Continue reading It’s INSPECTION Day // Laying the Subfloor for our Cabin Kit Home – Ep. 36

We are finally working on a project that allows us to FINALLY see our house start to take shape. We are laying the floor joists! Ryan and I have been so excited to get to this step. It took us a little longer to get there than we hoped, but we’re finally there. We laid… Continue reading We’ve Been WAITING for This // Laying the Floor Joists for our Cabin Kit Home – Ep. 35

Our cabin starts to take shape as we install the rim joists. The rim joists are the wood that wraps around the perimeter of the house, and the floor joists will actually connect to the rim joists. It is SO important that the rim joists are square because if they are off, then our floor… Continue reading This was HARDER Than We Thought // Framing the Floor of our Cabin Kit Home – Ep. 34