Our Quaint House

It’s bigger than you think One of 4 truck ready to be unloaded from our dirt road and up our dirt driveway One of the benefits we like about a log cabin kit is that everything needed to dry-in the house is delivered all at once. Logs for the walls Interior first floor joist Interior sub floor Interior partition walls …

Time to Dig After what was actually years of waiting, the excavator has shown up and began it’s work. This is where the fun begins. This is where things start moving and visions start to come. The stone at the front is too much for the excavator too! The drive down was marred with traffic and detors, but he made it …

AKA - Microplastics What’s that saying, the path to hell is paved with good intentions? That’s what I think of erosion control, especially on large, rural, wooded property. If you’re not familiar with erosion control, it’s the black woven plastic fencing you see around construction sites. One portion of the silt …

Southland Log Homes As mentioned earlier, we choose Southland Log Homes as our log home kit supplier. I have to say everything about working with them has been a breeze. In fact I originally set up an account on their website becuase it was the only way to access their design system (which is free). Being early in the …

Government, Weather, or Bank All work comes with delays be it needing a midnight snack while your writing your final report for class tomorrow, to a snowstorm grounding your flight home. Building a house has more moving parts that just about anything else on individual will ever do. We had crazy aspirations when we …

Log Home I’ve had many different ideas over time as to the style of house I wanted to build. From geodesic dome, to earthship, I always wanted something unique. Unfortunately those two are hard to find builders to build, and even harder to get past local town building departments, (not to mention buy in from family!) A …

Keep looking… I’m not a city guy, nor is my wife. We each grew up in the suburbs on average sized lots in average sized houses. There’s nothing wrong with that, it’s just not what we want. We searched for property that fit our criteria: At least 5 acres access to electric & high speed internet within 90 minutes of our …

Our House! For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to build my own house. Too many collective days, weeks, and years spent fixing things across my family’s assortment of houses, wondering what we’ll find behind a wall, beneath the floors. How are these wires run, why isn’t there a plug here. Just why? For almost …