Building a house, and a family, one step at a time.
How can you create a home that’s more welcoming, more inviting, and more people will be blessed by entering? Well we’re not entirely sure, but here’s a sample of what we’re doing to try to create a Home for Hosting. On this site you’ll find how-to’s, stories, a build blog, and product and technique reviews on what we like, what we’d do differently, and what to avoid when building your own home.
(Oh yeah, we are still very much building this site and importing a ton of posts over from our previous home building blog which was pretty haphazard. BUT, we are already getting some pageviews despite not yet sharing it anywhere, so if you happen to stumble upon this site somehow, please check back later when we’ve got it all prim and proper!)
nik Working hard or hardly working
Milly helps Chip bolt together some deck beams, while NEVER ONCE COMPLAINING. Actually she really did enjoy it and did a great job.
nik Super trooper
Chip bolting together the beams on the front porch deck.
nik Chef’s tasting
Grandma Old and Aunty Fran feeding the crew some egg sandwiches.
nik Spray booth
Dana laying down some paint with the super-handy Graco sprayer in the mudroom.
nik Sanding machine
Grampa Old sanding down the sheathing joints before flooring is laid. Lots of exposure made the joints swell during the build, but he belt-sanded them all down.