Downsize & Simplify

A long overdue update on our home building project – Our Little House in the Woods.

I had good intentions of regularly posting updates to keep you aware of our progress on our home building project.

Well, the actual work got in the way of the Blog Posts – Sorry.
Now that we are closing in on the 2 year anniversary of breaking ground, I am posting one of my final photo updates. We still have a few things to complete, like the kitchen cabinet doors and some touch up painting, but we are moved in and quite settled, finally!

It’s not a big home or a fancy home, but we built it entirely on our own. We saved a lot of money by purchasing supplies and materials on sale, second hand, by barter, through Craigslist, and trade. It’s a great feeling to have accomplished all of this. Of course most of the credit goes to my hard-working, general contractor, husband who completes every project down to the very last detail – No procrastinating for him!

The cabinet doors, stairway and railings, and built in bookcases were primarily built from lumber harvested from the trees on our beautiful wooded lot. We are very grateful for the friends and family who gave up many weekends and the comfort of their air conditioned homes on some 90+ degree days, and miserably rainy days, to help us frame and roof our house and stay within our deadlines. We are truly blessed!

Aaaahhhh……….. SMILE!