A House In A Field
The story of a house. In a field. And how it gets there.
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Team Photo
We had lots of awesome people help pull this place together and a few of them swung by this morning for a team photo. That’s our general contractor — John Rousseau — in the lower right corner. The crew from…
Read MoreIt’s our one year anniversary. (And yes, it feels much longer to us, too.)
Can you believe we’ve been doing this nonsense for a year? On August 1st of last year — as both a long-term memory aid and as an exercise in stress management — we started writing about our adventures in real…
Read MoreEngineering Inspection
We’ve come to appreciate that building a house is really a series of inspections interrupted by brief periods of work. There are town inspections to ensure that we’re following the appropriate local codes. Bank inspections to make sure our their money…
Read More“The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.” – Thomas a Kempis
We can’t say the weather has been a huge help — a steady diet of drizzle — but the framers are making things happen. The first floor “deck” is done as of tonight. They’ll spend another expected rainy day working…
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