Building Our Farmstead - From the Ground Up
The last few weeks, the building project has been “on break”. Our basement has just been sitting there, waiting for the next step. Which was getting the floor trusses ordered. They should be delivered sometime next week (the second week of June which will be week 10… [continue reading]
It is well. It was a VERY rainy, slow week on the house building front. My husband has been crazy busy at work, plus I was busy prepping for our daughter’s 3rd birthday party on Sunday, so it was a good week for us both… [continue reading]
Day 28 (Monday, 05/07/18): Our builder finished getting the ground prepared to pour the concrete slab in the basement by covering the stone in the basement with a layer of plastic and then rebar to strengthen the cement and to prevent it from cracking. We… [continue reading]
Another week down on the house build. Here’s what happened this week. Day 21 (Monday, 04/30/18): They started to backfill today, working mostly in the area in front of the house. First, they brought in slate to build the ground up and then topped it… [continue reading]
I can’t believe we’re already done week three of construction. I know that’s still not very far into the house building project, but I don’t think it’s fully sunk in yet that this is really happening. Day 14 (Monday, 04/23/18): They finished putting up the… [continue reading]
Friday Finds is here again, and the theme is “all things green” in honor of spring FINALLY showing up. Everything is turning green here in PA and starting to look so pretty and brilliant again! For some reason, I never really think of green as… [continue reading]
