Category: Episodes

  We were FINALLY getting back into the swing of things when our build was completely stopped. We were hit by a major sickness and it caused us to STOP everything! We had to take a complete week and a half off of the build. When we finally were ready to get back to the… Continue reading OUR BUILD is SHUT DOWN

After the snow from a record breaking snow storm finally melted we were able to get BACK outside of our cabin to tie up some loose ends. We still have window trim to complete on 3 windows and on our sliding glass door. We get to work, and make GREAT progress. We get so much… Continue reading SO MUCH TO DO with so LITTLE TIME // Building our FUTURE FAMILY HOME

  We started our build of our Cabin Kit Home at the end of June 2021. Over the summer, we worked harder than we’ve ever worked on a project so we could get dried in as fast as possible. Balancing this speed of building and editing our videos for us. Remember, we are both VERY… Continue reading WE HAVE A SECRET

  The comment we get the most when people see a picture of our cabin is, “WOW! You guys are almost done.” Which we always reply with, “Well . . . . not quite.” That’s the strange thing about the cabin kit build, once you have the windows and doors in, it looks pretty much… Continue reading FIGHTING our WAY through THE BUILD

  Last week, we were SO excited to be dried in, and YES, we are “technically” dried in, but for our window and door openings to be completely watertight, they all need the trim put on and then they need to be caulked. This is our focus, as the weather allows. When it’s dumping rain,… Continue reading The START of SOMETHING NEW // Couple Builds a Log Cabin Kit Home

  “Do one thing that scares you everyday.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt~ This quote swims through my head a lot as we work on the house build. Oftentimes, I laugh as I think of it, and wonder if I’m earning a stockpile so I don’t have to do as many scary things as I grow old. Because… Continue reading We’re OFFICIALLY DRIED IN // A MAJOR MILESTONE in our SELF-BUILT Home

  Some days are GREAT on the build and some days are HARD. In this next portion of the build, Sara had really hit a breaking point. After leaving our comfortable home in the suburbs and moving to our land, settling into trailer living, and building non-stop (not to mention a lot of SCARY parts… Continue reading She’s DONE?? // Couple Builds House ALONE – Ep. 57

  We have slowly been building up to this HUGE moment in our build. We’re installing the “Window Wall” of our A-frame style cabin. Before we can start installing the windows, we have to complete the sheathing, house wrap, and building the sills. So we have our work cut out for ourselves. And now a… Continue reading Installing MASSIVE WINDOWS with NO EXPERIENCE

In this episode, we are starting our window wall! We have dreamed of this wall for long time. Before we had even decided to build a house ourselves. We knew that no matter what, we wanted a house with so many windows to look out on our small view of the Hood Canal. This wall,… Continue reading Starting Our WINDOW WALL // Couple Builds House with No Experience – Ep. 55

We are racing to complete our chimney pipe and our window wall so we can return our boom lift. The boom lift is costing us more money everyday we have it, but we just don’t feel confident enough yet to tackle our big windows that are high up, so we focus on our lower windows… Continue reading WASTING our MONEY // COUPLE BUILDS own HOUSE – Ep. 54