Progress on the house has been a little slow this past week. We got snowed in and no one could make it up our drive, and Kaia was ill this weekend. It’s also been bone chilling cold! But, I got out there and sealed and caulked the tub today. It looks fancy!!! All the window [...]
Toby has done an awesome write up on our new solar hot water system. Click below to read it.
All the trim is going up! Here’s the design we decided on for the windows. Isn’t it classy. I think it goes really well with all the other angles in the house. For the windows, I am going to finish them with a wood finish from Eathpaint made with beeswax, linseed oil, pine resin, and [...]
Here’s the article in the paper. I haven’t gotten the physical paper yet to see what it says. There’s usually more in the paper than they put on line. Addendum: Here’s a link to more pictures that were taken of our house.
Toby’s mom, Kaia, and I worked on finishing up the tub today! I love this kind of work. It’s instant gratification. We got the larger tiles almost 2 years ago free from some place that went out of business. The color was a bit 70′s disco orange. So, I went to the local tile place [...]
Here they are, getting instructions from the boss. And up we go! They now sit to the north of the big house, just outside the back door. (to the right of the panels you can see the trench we dug that lead all the way to the well) I like this pic. because you can [...]
Alrighty!!! My mother-in-law came over this weekend and we painted all the walls!!! As you walk in the front door and turn right, you see the study/office/xtra bedroom. It’s “mulberry patch” colored Yes, those are our new appliances… they are working on installing the solar water system in the mudroom, so we put the appliances [...]