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A Home for Hosting

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!)

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At least one of the kids is always asking how they can help. Carson gets a workout here with the caulking gun.

Dana managed to pull off what almost feels like a heist from the Future Shop/Best Buy changeover, saving better than 60% on a fridge, washer/dryer, and dishwasher package. Even the manager wasn’t too sure about why everything was coming up to such a low price,

There aren’t a lot of options when you’re trying to lift a 16 foot long, 10 foot high wall made of 2×8’s on 1 foot centers by yourself, but this option actually worked splendidly.