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How We Could Have Sped Up The Building Process

Most of the drywall is up now, and we’re going to prime it for paint this Saturday. Steve estimates we’ll be able to move in within two weeks. We’re super excited, especially since we originally hoped to be in by

Mindy October 27, 2015 Updates 1 Comment Read more

Cabbage Update

Cabbage Update

So much has happened in the past month! We have power and water now. It’s amazing to be able to walk in and turn on a light. Unfortunately, we don’t have sinks or taps, but just having the water plumbed

Drew October 9, 2015 Updates 1 Comment Read more

Electric Cabbage Time!

Electric Cabbage Time!

After literally a summer of waiting, we finally have power at the place! I expect that progress on the cabbage will speed up considerably now, hopefully with a move in date of SOON. Just a couple of steps left —

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Floor Plan Update

Our regularly scheduled Walden Wednesday post will be up next week, but we have some updates on the cabbage front that we didn’t want to put off! Look who ended up on a ladder over the weekend! We installed the service panel

Mindy August 26, 2015 Simple Living 3 Comments Read more

Fun with Floor Plans

Now that we have our cabbage, the next step is to come up with a floor plan. After taking some measurements and downloading LayOut, I managed to come up with this:   As you can see, the main space is

Mindy July 31, 2015 Simple Living 1 Comment Read more

Be It Ever So Humble

Be It Ever So Humble

There’s no place like home! We ordinarily like to post on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and I would usually have a post queued up and ready to go yesterday. However. We had been on pins and needles for the past

Drew July 28, 2015 Country Life No Comments Read more

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