A House In A Field

Category: Home Building


Barn Light Electric.

Someone asked where we bought the garage/barn thingy lights. We don’t mind saying that we bought them — and most of the exterior lighting — from these folks.  We first came across Barn Light Electric when we were “de-colonializing”  (yes,…

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Speaking of lights.

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This is not a bell curve.

We went into this project imagining a process that looked like a bell curve.  A few leisurely decisions at the beginning, gradually building towards the middle and a slow, steady glide path leading up to the move-in date. Silliness. As…

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Brenizer Grass.

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Does Amazon sell tire plugs?

A handful of “treasure” after walking around the driveway for 15 minutes with a magnet.

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Ketchup post.

We’re at that phase where day-to-day progress seems  slooooow coming out of the bottle*, but lots has happened by the end of the week. In no particular order : 1.  The exterior is nearly complete.  Patio is done, walkway is…

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Stone walkway awesomeness.

     

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Brendan got a new paint machine.

He asked for a photo of it looking “brand new” because he’ll never see it that way again….

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“Hey blue, here’s a song for you” – Joni Mitchell

Bedroom nickel-gap.  No, not the band.

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“I see a red door and want it painted black” – The Rolling Stones

This should please 70.27% of you. The hardware is just temporary.  Screen door to follow.  (And Brendan would like me to mention that this was just the primer coat.  Final finish is heaps better…)

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