Working on moving in, so any progress photos would look more like a train wreck than anything y’all would want to see, but wanted to let...

A lot of work got completed at The Cottage, over the weekend, as we prepare to move in. Sadly, the solar heater that I planned to put...

Insulation has been going in at The Cottage, this weekend… which is good, because winter weather decided to arrive. Since the stove...

The fence around Blue is halfway finished. This is great news, as many other projects at both properties have been delayed due to having...

The folks at the home improvement store didn’t think we could fit it all in the van, but those Tetris skills came in handy. One step...

This weekend was spent putting subfloor into The Cottage. In all honesty, it was a one day job but I stubbornly refused to take the...

I’ve gotten a lot of questions about how we will stay warm in the winter, without central heat. Rest assured, we will not be freezing. We...

The cottage now has real steps, so we can safely enter. (Don’t worry about that ugly crawlspace under the house, eventually there will be...

The cottage officially has a porch light! Naturally, it’s solar powered and I specifically chose a model that allows the bulb to be...

When you ask a kid to close a paint can, always double check they did, indeed, use the hammer to close it entirely. Otherwise, you may...

For a long time, I have hoped to buy a small bus or a cargo van to convert to a camper. After all, it would be invaluable when I travel...

If there’s one thing I learned from spending last winter in a portable building, it’s that sealing the gaps are of vital importance. This...

I am genuinely touched! A reader has organized a fund raiser to help pay to replace the greenhouse and door at Blue, as well as to build...

The structure of the house on the Two Acre Wood is officially finished! I mean...it only took a week to build, so it's been finished for...

I’ve been working on some blog posts to show y’all all the work that we’ve been doing, one of which was to show you the brand new...

...sort of. It's a start, at least. And the rest should go up pretty quickly. I will give full details on the structure & why I chose it,...

Contractor was supposed to call before heading to The Two Acre Wood, so that I could meet him, because it can be hard to find if you...

I promised that I’d revisit how I wash laundry, since I don‘t use the manual washing machine (mostly because it aggravates my carpel...