From Dirt to Dream...and everything in between

Well... Remember in my last post I had mentioned we wanted to be 100% finished this house by mid-May? There's a perfectly good reason fo...

When I was at Rona this week getting the heater for the foundation I grabbed a flyer. I always love a deal! There weren't any items in t...

Brrrrrr!! It's a cold day when your house doesn't have a roof. Or windows!  Thanks to a few cm of snow, we were up at the crack of d...

After a fun weekend of friends, drinks and food we spent our Sunday morning cleaning up the yard.  It's just one of the negatives of bui...

Since winter is approaching, our schedule to get this house closed in is quite tight. So this does have the potential to be a "scheduli...

I guess we should probably post a few elevation drawings and the floor plan so you can see what we're working towards! This plan onl...

We spent a lot of time researching, calling, emailing and asking around about trades.  This has been taking up the bulk of our time up until...

Our neighbours will likely be pleased... After a spring and summer of letting our lot grow wild and free, it was finally being taken care of...

Hey!  Thanks for stopping in!  Jake and I decided to keep a blog/journal of our self-contracting adventure.  When we were researching buildi...