The House
What will our love nest look like?
The posts below are about the planning and building of our love nest.
One discounted tile at a time: the bathroom
Personally, I don’t understand why people what huge bathrooms, or two his/hers sinks (or other non-herteronormative equivalents). Things I want in my bathroom are warmth, light, and a towel within reach. And to not
Certified pre-dented truck
As Richard said, we just bought a truck. A certified pre-dented truck. It is also canary yellow. Or perhaps 35mph-turn-ahead-sign yellow. Or perhaps daffodil yellow. And let’s hope it’s not lemon yellow. Here’s
It’s Truck Time!
There was hemming… There was hawign… Gears shifted and grinded and then it happened. We bought a truck! A truck has been one of our major house-related purchases that we knew needed to be
Light Switches
You know one thing I never expected to disagree with Kori about on this project? Light switches. But we found ourselves at an interesting impass a few weeks back and it led to some
Latest House Plan Update
Here’s a visual update to our latest house plans. We have played with dimensions a lot moving things around as we placed windows, and debated the fine points of deck size and commode gappage.
Making Stakes
Today I decided to make some stakes for marking out various locations on the property. Locations that need to be marked include the septic field, well, driveway, and house. 3 ft. Pine Grade Stakes
Under-Counter Appliances
We got our first appliance and drum-roll …… its a microwave !!!!! Why am I so excited? Because this isn’t just any old microwave – its an under-counter microwave. A what you ask? Let
Closets? Scmosets!
One of our newsletter subscribers (you have subscribed have you not – click here) asked a very astute question the other day – where are the closets? It’s a good question and one I’m
The Floorplan
It has come to our attention that we don’t have a floorplan of our house yet. But wait – we do !!!!! Below is our current plan which results in about a 900 sq.
Windows !
Our first purchase for the new home is complete and it’s …. WINDOWS !!!! Kori and I rolled down to our local Habitat for Humanity ReStore (ReStore) because they were having a 25% off
First contoured sitemap
Today I finally got contour data imported into Revit and was able to create a 3D sitemap. Below is the first picture I’ve created showing the sloped hill, flattened area for driveway, and the
Man is the only animal to borrow tools
Today we joined the Denver Tool Library. This is really a very cool option for those who need use of a variety of tools but don’t have the space, money, or allowance of a