raising the roof…and ready for windows…
Even though I have been down for the count for the last few days, the workers have been working hard over at our house. Check …
building our Home
Frame it, baby…
We found out the Friday before spring break that they were planning to start framing on Monday. Right on schedule, they started to frame out …
waterproofing, cement floors, and wood delivery…oh my!
Last Sunday, my in-laws came up to Grand Rapids to check on our house progress. It was a beautiful day, warm and sunny, and it …
a shock & awe kind of week…
What a difference a week can make! Last Friday, I was taking pictures of a flat chunk of dirt with a promise that they would …
an x-ray of the foundation…
Today’s progress? Basement wall forms. It was so strange to walk up to the lot and see the forms sticking up all over and pushing …
a surprise over the edge…
I slowly rumbled by the house again today, and almost didn’t stop. It looked like the same piles of dirt, the same hole, but I …
let the excavation commence…
After I dropped Madi and Parker off at school this morning, I drove over to see if they had started working on our lot. I …
ready to start digging…
We sat down with the construction manager last Tuesday to go through our house plans…one last time. I sat there, trying not to fidget as …
Consider me “designed”…
We have been thinking about building a house for a couple years, spending time strategizing about layout, talking about the speckled shag carpet we must …
on saying goodbye…
I’m not very good with goodbyes. Never have been. Never will be. So this “saying goodbye” business to our house has been rather…difficult. It doesn’t …
