Category: Episodes

We have been anticipating this day for over 5 months now, and it’s finally here. It’s time for our combo inspection. In this combo inspection, we will have our framing checked, our mechanical work, and our plumbing. We feel ready for all areas of this inspection but know that as amateur builders, there may always… Continue reading IT’S INSPECTION DAY // We MISSED something HUGE

✨ We didn’t come this far just to come this far. ✨ We have had countless (well-meaning) people tell us to just hire a professional to finish the plumbing of our house. And to be honest, we definitely considered this option. But now that we are finally at the finish line of our drain and… Continue reading THEY said we SHOULDN’T DO THIS

Plumbing has been consuming our life these days, BUT we have some very special people to celebrate in our family. Our kids’ and Ryan both have birthdays to celebrate. The kids have been wanting to add some animals to our small homestead, and we are hesitant for sure. Anytime you add a new animal, you… Continue reading This MAY be a PROBLEM // GROWING our FAMILY??

We have been SO NERVOUS for this portion of the build. So much so, that we actually called in a professional to possibly do this part for us. However, we finally decided that WE CAN DO HARD THINGS, so here we go! We are gluing our drain and vent pipe plumbing. And now a little… Continue reading PLUMBING a LOG CABIN with NO EXPERIENCE // Gluing Begins

We leave the build for a city adventure. It turns out we are just a short drive and a arsenic ferry ride away from Seattle so we’re off on a day trip to Seattle. It’s such a fun trip into the city, but don’t worry, the forest life is what we love. So we get… Continue reading LEAVING the BUILD for CITY LIFE?

When you live in the forest in a camper trailer and a yurt, a lot of things are different for you than people living their lives in houses. When it snows, you don’t get to just relax and sip on hot cocoa and watch the snow fall. Instead, the snow puts in you into defense… Continue reading UNEXPECTED SNOW STORM STOPS the BUILD

We are FINALLY getting back to plumbing after a much needed break from it. Lol! This time, though, we are working on our supply line instead of our drain and vent system. This means we get to work with PEX instead of ABS, and it is MUCH easier to work with. Plus, we don’t have… Continue reading A NEW CHAPTER BEGINS // Plumbing a LOG CABIN with PEX

  We have a big list of items to get done before we can call for our combo inspection, and we’ve been slowly chipping away at that list for the past few months. However, there is one task that we’ve been putting off for a loooooong time, and that item is installing the vent for… Continue reading WE PUT this OFF for TOO LONG

  We are stuck for a moment in the build as we wait for parts to come in to complete certain projects. So we redirect our course and get to work, and this time I’m (Sara) super excited because a lot of the projects we are taking on are getting us one step closer to… Continue reading SHE’S TIRED OF LIVING LIKE THIS

  We are getting closer and closer to crossing a HUGE project off of our list. Completing this project means that we are just that much closer to moving on from working on what goes inside our walls to starting the insulation in our walls and then closing them up with shiplap! But first, we… Continue reading WE found THIS in our LOG WALL