We began building this house nine years ago next month. A year and three months later we moved in with a lot of finishing touches still to do. This is a house built with love, without a doubt. We dreamed of this house for the better part of twenty years before we started, and waited nine long years after buying the property. The time had to be right for we would do a lot of the work ourselves, with the help of a wonderful crew. The house was carefully planned and designed so we can enjoy it into our ‘golden years’. We still enjoy it immensely. This blog chronicles that fun and challenging build. If you want to start at the beginning go here. Enjoy!
Home sweet home
Building a new house is always an exciting adventure! As we start our new house we are quickly discovering just how much things have changed since the last time we did this more than 25 years ago. Our needs have changed too, with the kids long gone and us closer to retirement than we like to believe.
We've been dreaming and planning the new house for the better part of twenty years and started to get serious nine years ago when we purchased the current property. But the new house, like everything, had to wait it's time. In the meantime we made do with the old farmhouse, fixing and maintaining it only enough to keep it livable for we would tear it down when the new one is done. We planned endless variations through those years, looking at every posible option.
The new house is designed to accomodate large gatherings of family as that is an imortant part of our lifestyle. We also host a number of workshops each year and meals will be taken in the new house to make it easier than hauling everything out to the shop. So we've designed the rooms to be large and spacious.
Every square inch of the new house will be a work of art, reflecting our likes and way of life. The outside will be the same, colorful and built to match the other large building on the property - our shop.
So check in from time to time as the building comes togeher. I'll be posting pictures and videos of the project several times each week. I'll also talk about the cool new materials and methods we will be using as well. We have lined up some amazing technologies to use and have partnered with some very talented and knowlegable folks. This will be a house unlike anything you have ever seen.
Let the adventure begin...
-grampa dan