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!)
Don’t show Grandma Old
This guy thinks he’s still 25. Grampa old hanging out a 15′ high window working on waterproofing with Blueskin.
How deep is a hole?
Carson spreads crushed gravel deep in the step-footing trenches.
Loader’up
The payloader stayed on property most of the summer, and came in handy nearly every day.
Angles
What’s 45* times a million? Hopefully they all just line up somehow. The retaining wall that wasn’t in the original plans does make for a convenient place to add a couple deck posts and shorten up joist requirements, however.
Floored
The view is one of the main reasons we settled on this land. Steve and I finished up the second floor decking on one of the nicest evenings of the year.