Sorry, we haven’t been posting much. We are super busy constructing a house. HA! But seriously, everything has been taking longer than anticipated and of course we had some unexpected issues come up. We are still finishing up the exterior siding. It’s really taking us forever! We are hoping to get to the insulation and … Continue reading
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Exterior Siding
We’ve been working on the house (almost) non-stop since last week. Thanks to a couple of gracious helping hands, we made good progress on our exterior siding. Since we are working with reclaimed lumber, it is fickle and prone to breakage. Before we can put any siding on our house we had to clean each … Continue reading
Windows, Windows, Windows…
….AND THE HOUSE IS HERE! We finally got our house from Bill of Tortoise Shell Homes Friday after a couple of unexpected delays with the truck that was suppose to drive it up here. We are SO grateful to Bill for making this happen for us and starting our home off on the right foot. … Continue reading
Three Little Skylights
Skylights have been installed on our little tiny roof! We have two larger skylights in the great room and a smaller one above the bedroom loft for stargazing and the like. We had a little hiccup with the skylights since Lowes sent us the wrong ones and we didn’t figure it out till it got … Continue reading
Metal Roof
Our metal roofing is on it’s way to being installed. I think it is finally looking “house-like” with the roof on. Skylights are going in next! Stay tuned… Continue reading
Roof Sheathing
Waiting for the roof and windows to be delivered was almost excruciating. I guess I’m not the most patient person… They both finally came in last week. FINALLY. OMG. FINALLY. And everything looks like it’s in order. If everything goes smoothly we should have our house delivered by this weekend. /silentfreakout. We are figuring out … Continue reading
Land for our Tiny House
We are almost 1 month away from (hopefully) moving into our tiny house! Before that, there are some important things that need to be addressed. One BIG thing is where we are going to put (park) the house. We live in San Francisco, so I already know it will be impossible to find anywhere in … Continue reading






