It is time to start putting in some of the final finishes in our house!! Can you believe it? We’ve been building this house for 2 years and we are starting to see the finish line of moving in. First on the list for finishing our house build is finishing our bathroom. We’re pumped to… Continue reading SHE DID it BETTER // Tiling our bathroom with NO experience

We’re movin’ on up these days. First, with a full-sized washing machine that is properly hooked up to our house plumbing system, and now it’s time to really focus on building our bathroom! The most important focus for us at this point is to get a toilet installed so we can say goodbye to our… Continue reading WE’RE TIRED of LIVING LIKE THIS

We are beyond excited to get our bathroom complete in our house. Gone will be the days of trekking up to the composting outhouse in the dark, the rain, and the cold. No more opening the bucket only to be met with 2 beady eyes of a mouse. No more cleaning out the buckets and… Continue reading Our SEPTIC SYSTEM has ISSUES

Lately, everyday we step onto the build, our quality of life improves. This week’s work on the build is no different. We’re starting our kids’ bedrooms, and we’re so excited for these two rooms to be completed because our kids have been beyond patient during this build, and we are pumped to give them each… Continue reading HUGE TRANSFORMATIONS are HAPPENING

We are SO EXCITED about this portion of the build. We are FINALLY starting our bathroom. After 2 years of using a camper trailer shower and a composting outhouse, our whole family is ready for this upgrade. Follow along as we start the build of our first bathroom for our cabin in the woods. And… Continue reading UPGRADING our QUALITY of LIFE // The START of our BATHROOM BUILD

For the past two summers, we have been building our future family home in the summer heat so we are so excited about this next project. We are adding an air conditioner from @MrCoolComfort to our house, and this is going to elevate our quality of life this summer. To check out your own DIY… Continue reading Couple Installs Mr. Cool Mini-Split [FULL INSTALL]

We’ve lived on our land for almost 2 years, and in those past two years, we’ve realized that having a generator back up system for our house will give us a lot of peace of mind. We are so excited to be setting up this system so we can power our house (and well pump)… Continue reading INSTALLING a WHOLE HOUSE BACKUP system using EcoFlow Delta Pro

Words can’t describe what this milestone in the build means to us. In this past year, there have been times when we’ve thought that we would never see the finish line of our house build, but today that feeling has disappeared. We finally get to start closing up our walls, and see what the interior… Continue reading INSTALLING our FIRST SHIPLAP WALL

This week, we tackle the completion of our roof insulation, BUT we have one other project to complete as well. At our past inspection, the inspector realized that we had not installed some very important structural tie-downs. Since we did not install these at the correct time, this project is quite a bit more difficult… Continue reading PAYING for our PAST MISTAKES

Last week, we started insulating our log cabin kit home. The project was moving along pretty good, BUT we found out that a lot of our insulation had water damage. Since then, we have processed our insulation supply, and we are READY to crush this project. The hardest part of insulating our roof is the… Continue reading Installing INSULATION on our 24 FOOT CEILING