Steps

Well we haven't gotten much done lately, but about to do a whole bunch more this weekend. Richard did get the steps built and the post set for the handrails. I'm getting so anxious....I WANT TO MOVE IN!!!!!!

Can you say.....TIN ROOF!!!

As you can see we got our tin roof on. Our son-in-law Daniel helped Richard with this. What a life saver he was. He's a very hard working young man and also one that seems to love to learn new construction stuff. I guess maybe I should have had at least 1 baby boy after all for Richard to have taught his trade to....lol, too late now. At least he has a wonderful son-in-law. I just love the pretty silver shine of the roof now.


Here you can see the tin that Richard and I put on the porch roof together just yesterday. We also painted all the rafters under the tin before we put it on. Doing that first made it much easier because then you didn't have to worry about getting it on the tin. I said we, but Richard painted the rafters and I painted the porch post. Helping him with the tin was hard but fun. He was on the porch roof and I was carrying it from the truck and handing it up to him. When you hold it up to hand it up to the roof you better pray the wind don't blow. LOL, its like a big sail and throws you off balance.
Till the next post...Love thy Earth!

Almost closed in!!

Doors and Windows!!!!!!!!
Well I do still need a kitchen window...but hey, its still very exciting!!

House pics

So this is looking in the house from the front left window. The forefront is the living area. Where the chair is sitting is dining area and straight back from there is the kitchen. Directly behind the steps is the bathroom and in the very back left corner is a wash and mud room off of the kitchen. Its also holds a pantry and a extra closet that will probably be for linens.
This one is made from out on the road in front of our place. As you can see we only have maybe a half acre out of 5 acres that is cleared so far. Lots more clearing to do. Slow but sure.
Just a shot from the right side of house!
Till the next post.....Love thy Earth!

My homestead house in progress!

Yeah...I finally got to add a pic. This is what we have so far. I'll be posting some more pics later, but right now I have to go do some errands with my elderly mother. Hope ya'll like my picture!!!

A great find!

I don't have a house yet, BUT I have a bathtub and toilet. I found and bought a cast iron bathtub off of Craigslist for $30 and got the antique toilet thrown in for FREE!
In response to a couple of comments..... About the trees, well I have five acres of about 7 yr. growth of pine forest...so its a LOT of trees.
Yes, I agree, I DEFINITELY need pictures. I'm working on that, but it takes money to buy a camera. Hang in there....I'll get it pretty soon I hope.
Till next time.....Love thy Earth!

Bulldozer man

So, its $70.00 an hour to have a man on a bulldozer come out and push up a bunch of pine tree stumps. UGH...that's a lot of money. He's saying it will at least take a really good day...so I'm thinking like 10 hrs. We are going to try and build this little tiny house on the cheap, cash as we go. I think I'm going to keep a kind of loose type record here of the cost as we go. We have a set sum of money and once we are at the end of it...that is it. My hubby is sure he can get it "livable" finished. Not finished. Livable. I may be halfway camping in this thing. Oh well, we'll see how it goes. Wish me luck. Hopefully I will have a camera soon to help document this adventure.
Till the next time I write....Love thy Earth.