Category: Episodes

  After WEEKS of doing electrical, we are BACK to building. It’s time to start a brand new project and we are stoked! This project will create a HUGE transformation to the outside of our house. Follow along as we break ground on our wrap around deck. And now a little back story on us,… Continue reading BREAKING GROUND on SOMETHING NEW

  Rough-in electrical is ALMOST behind us. All we have to do is pass our inspection and then we can keep moving forward on this build. We make our last minute preparations for our inspection, and that determines what our next steps will be on the build. Will we be surprised with a pass or… Continue reading TWO SURPRISES IN ONE DAY // Couple Builds House with No Experience

  People said we couldn’t do it. So many people told us to hire a professional. We were told repeatedly that what we were doing wasn’t safe. But we tuned out the haters, put on our blinders, and leaned into positive comments and the voices in our head telling us that we could do it.… Continue reading CROSSING the FINISH LINE // COMPLETING the ROUGH IN ELECTRICAL in our CABIN KIT HOME

  It feels a little like Groudhog’s day in the build. Walk into the build in the morning, pull wires all day long, rinse, and repeat. The feeling of overwhelm that goes along with a project of this length is hard to explain. In order to get ahead of that overwhelm, though, we make a… Continue reading DOING IT ALL OVER AGAIN // COUPLE BUILDS OWN HOUSE

  Like we’ve said before, wiring your own house is a HUGE project. Way bigger than either of us anticipated. Believe it or not, we’re still tackling running the wires from the panel to each room. In this episode we take on the loft bedroom. What should have been an easy and straight forward wire… Continue reading WE’RE HIRING PROFESSIONALS // Wiring a House with NO Experience

  We’re quickly realizing that what we thought would take us 2 weeks, will definitely take us longer. We want to do everything correctly though, and we are continually making additions to our plan, so we know that moving slowly through this portion of the project is important. And now a little back story on… Continue reading GOOD THINGS TAKE TIME // Couple Wires Their Own House

  Most people think we’re crazy for taking on a house build on our own. Then when they find out that we’re also planning to do the electrical on our own we become double crazy! Well, now it’s time to go double crazy. It’s time to take on our rough-in electrical. And now a little… Continue reading SHE SCREWED UP // Couple Starts ROUGH IN Electrical on Self-Built Home

  We asked all of you what questions you have about our build and our lifestyle, and we tried our very best to answer them all. From “how can we afford this?”, to “what do our kids think about all this?”, to “how do we get along on the build?”. We talk about it ALL.… Continue reading CAN WE REALLY AFFORD THIS? // Answering QUESTIONS about our SELF BUILD

  We’re ready to complete our furring strips so we can move onto electrical, but FIRST we need all the pieces to our scaffolding. Sara makes a quick trip to Home Depot to pick them up, and then we get them into place. Then we bust out the remaining furring strips so we can get… Continue reading STARTING ELECTRICAL in our SELF BUILT HOME

As we prepare for furring strips it leaves us feeling a little overwhelmed as we figure out how we’re going to reach the top of our 24 foot vaulted ceilings. We problem solve and try to do it with the materials we have on hand, but finally decide that we need to outsource materials. This… Continue reading THIS WAS NOT SAFE // PREPPING for ELECTRICAL in our SELF BUILT HOME