December 23, 2017 at 09:30PM

I got the house blocked up on solid piers. It doesn't rock at all when we walk around! I also strapped it to the anchors. It feels good to have the "due diligence" done. But we still are relying God's protection for big winds, of course!

December 23, 2017 at 09:22PM

Cranking in the earth auger house anchors. I put in most of them until the 3/4in shaft started twisting instead of rotating. I stopped before I twisted them off!

November 30, 2017 at 05:44PM

Last load of our stuff, heading to our new house. After closing out our Apartment.

November 27, 2017 at 07:23PM

We had one gas leak when we turned on the gas. Got that fixed, and now we have running hot water! Also, checked the last of the water fittings for leaks (no leaks), and hooked up the washer. Alas, the washer didn't run correctly. Maybe something rusted while it sat for a year.

November 23, 2017 at 06:21PM

Wiring the breaker box while fresh bread bakes.

November 21, 2017 at 11:18PM

Installed the faucet. I tried repairing an old one, but when I couldn't get the drill-out brass to thread, I gave up and bought a new one. So. Much. Easier. We now have running water... But no hot water yet...

November 21, 2017 at 11:15PM

Hooking up our homemade heated, insulated water supply line. We now have water to the house, and there was only one small leak, which I re-telfon'ed and re-tightened.

November 15, 2017 at 10:08PM

Parking the tiny house in its new location. God gave us safe travels and a beautiful day for the trip to a beautiful place!

November 14, 2017 at 07:21AM

Does someone in Wichita have a dolly we can borrow?

November 11, 2017 at 11:33PM

Getting the house ready for it's trip.

November 10, 2017 at 08:43PM

Kitchen needs cleaning up, but it is a kitchen! You could put water down the sink and everything!

November 05, 2017 at 06:21PM

Am I plumbing a sink, or joining the Blue Man Group?

November 02, 2017 at 10:02PM

Getting down towards the end of the floor. It is coming together!

October 28, 2017 at 10:43PM

Putting down the wood floor.

October 26, 2017 at 10:52PM

The Tung oil makes the cedar come alive!

October 26, 2017 at 05:29PM

Recessed glass into the cedar floor. And Beth is painting the metal brackets underneath in the kitchen ceiling.

October 21, 2017 at 10:17PM

Here is the kiln I used to bake the bugs out of the cedar boards. Kept it at about 150 degrees for 5 hours, which was well over the worst bug's time/temp values. Here it is moved back by my house, but while it ran, I parked it away from anything else, in case it caught fire.

October 21, 2017 at 10:00PM

Laying the red cedar flooring in the main loft.

October 20, 2017 at 10:23PM

Two years and many happy hours later.

October 18, 2017 at 09:53PM

Building the temporary kitchen.

October 18, 2017 at 09:52PM

We put milk paint on the walls. I want it a little whiter, so we'll wait for the next shipment of zinc oxide, and then do another coat on most of it.

October 11, 2017 at 08:37PM

I machined the floor (using a router) for the sloping drain trough. Tonight I lathe'd the drain clamp-ring to change it from a threaded to glued joint. It's so good to be using a lathe again!

October 09, 2017 at 10:35PM

My parents came out and helped put in the wood flooring in the other loft. Also (not pictured), my mother on a ladder, caulking the nail holes, finishing the walls

October 07, 2017 at 09:34PM

I looked at it, and I thought a bit, and I looked at my frozen chum. Then, "Here!" said I, with a sudden cry, "is my crematorium". --The Cremation Of Sam McGee, Robert Service

October 07, 2017 at 09:52AM

Usually the cedar bugs eat along the bark, but this guy just went out across the red wood.

October 02, 2017 at 08:07AM

Wichita friends: anyone have a tile saw I can borrow?

October 01, 2017 at 10:14PM

First coat of green paint on the floor! We painted a third of the house with this copper-sulfate milk paint. It should turn green with time, and the CuSO4 should kill mold.

September 30, 2017 at 10:59PM

Working in the sloped end under the loft. ☺

September 23, 2017 at 10:44PM

Beth has been filling the screw holes on the wheel well, and the ceiling. When she is done it's almost invisible.

September 22, 2017 at 06:59PM

1wheel well done!

September 22, 2017 at 05:19PM

Working on the wheel well. Got the vertical cover on, next is the ends and top.

September 19, 2017 at 10:42PM

One more sheet of wallboard to complete the main house.

September 19, 2017 at 10:40PM

Beth is arranging tile for the mud room and hearth. We also got tile for the bathroom.

September 18, 2017 at 06:38PM

I made a three dimensional square.

September 18, 2017 at 06:36PM

Last ceiling panel.

September 17, 2017 at 07:52PM

Last sheet in the loft!

September 16, 2017 at 09:02AM

We keep a shop vac nearby so our workspace stays clean.

September 16, 2017 at 08:59AM

I have achieved enlightenment, or whatever you call it when your stomach is full.

September 15, 2017 at 10:13PM

Some of the wallboard cuts are pretty complex. Here is one around a place where the pipes transition from being in the wall, to running through the "chase".

September 15, 2017 at 10:10PM

The wall board is going up. Sheet after sheet, another sheet, another sheet...

September 15, 2017 at 09:59PM

Cutting out the windows with a router and a flush-cut bit.

September 07, 2017 at 09:53PM

Putting up the first of four sheets of bead-board (or "car-siding"). The lofts get plywood, but the living room gets bead-board.

September 05, 2017 at 09:29PM

Putting up panels on the ceiling. 3/8" BC sanded plywood. I added counter-sinks where I was going to put the screws, and did a round-over with a router on the matched edges. I touched up the sanding with a belt sander. This was the third ceiling sheet, and it fit perfectly the first time.

September 04, 2017 at 05:14PM

I gnawed a hole in the floor to put a gas line through. I drilled a lot of holes real close together, and then drilled them bigger. Thanks, Rusty, for lending me the drill!

September 02, 2017 at 06:01PM

My wife found this cheap little cutter, and we've used one for the rubber roof, and this one made quick work of the re-reused billboard tarp -- trimming the excess.

September 02, 2017 at 05:52PM

Finished the bathroom, and put up a tarp on the ceiling as a vapor barrier. We had gotten this tarp a long time ago, to cover up our house while it was being built, and now I'm able to reuse it as a vapor barrier.

August 26, 2017 at 10:51PM

Installing a titanium plate to back-up one of the door latches.

August 26, 2017 at 02:03PM

I put up two of the corner covers. You can't really notice much because they blend in so nicely.

August 12, 2017 at 06:20PM

Making a drained box for the hot water heater in the back of the kitchen.

August 12, 2017 at 11:55AM

I came out to work on the house, and there was a just-hatched butterfly on the corner of the storage unit. It's wings are still soft. Well, I'm off to spray some foam under the house. I'll be happy to get out of the chrysilis of a tyvek suit! Time to go get that on, and see if I transform into a butterfly!