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 Keep it tidy
The night before we left for Africa I was at the house til midnight or better running all of the in-wall/ceiling speaker and hdmi wires. The walls would (hopefully) be insulated and drywalled by the time we got back, so it was now or never.
nik Septic elves
When you spend all morning gathering and buying the supplies to lay your septic field, get to your house, and someone has already laid a septic field there. Without you asking (or wanting) them to. One of the more interesting moments of this build.
nik She can do it all, folks!
Dana finishing up some backfilling.
nik Safety first
Milly with the chainsaw face shield.
nik Mind the gap(s)
Our first official dinner guests, the Hosegoods, come out for a wiener roast.