January 19, 2019 at 12:57PM

My tiny stove is making little pieces of slag. I am mostly burning (Brown?) Ash. And some cardboard, junk mail, etc. The slag isn't plastic--i put it in the flame of a propane stove for a while.

December 01, 2018 at 03:02PM

Installed the sink in the bathroom. Used composite lumber for the frame. I was able to score a fancy faucet from ReStore.

November 01, 2018 at 05:47PM

Installed a vented tile panel behind the wood stove, and the new stove shelf.

August 26, 2018 at 07:29PM

Built a shelf for the water filter. Red cedar with Tung Oil! (Anybody need some Tung Oil? We have extra...)

August 25, 2018 at 02:13PM

Built a shelf for a water jug in the kitchen. Now I'm able to move the filter off the counter by the sink, making doing dishes so much more handy.

August 19, 2018 at 10:51PM

The top (cream) is a heavy cotton canvas. The sides and bottom (blue) are nylon canvas, with a sealing layer. I put a piece of felt on the foam, under the cotton.

August 15, 2018 at 09:24PM

Cut the mattress into 3 pieces: two will be the couch, and the third will be used in the reading nook. All three will be used as a bed. I also got some perfect fabric to upholster it with.

August 11, 2018 at 08:17PM

Working on the couch/bed. Next step, I'll save for another day: cut the foam into three pieces. And then I'll need to sew upholstery for those pieces...

August 04, 2018 at 09:12PM

Building a couch.

April 22, 2018 at 12:47PM

Detailing some of the last tiles. All of them are installed. Now I need to feather the edges and do grout!

April 01, 2018 at 09:15PM

Cut a hole in the wall (see the tree in top center: those grow outside). This is for the stovepipe. I tell you, it's hard to cut hole through the sheathing, bigger than the hole through the metal! I hope that's the hardest part of this!

April 01, 2018 at 09:08PM

Spreading the last layer of liquid-applied shower waterproof membrane. I had just enough! It was like the widow's oil (Bible story, where God supplied, as much as they needed, until they ran out of places to put it)

March 11, 2018 at 08:55PM

Spreading glue and putting down rubber to be the "layer of last resort" -- if the other layers leak, this one should catch it and take it to the weep holes.

March 11, 2018 at 08:52PM

Spreading mud to glue down the tapered foam that will support the shower tile.

February 25, 2018 at 09:27AM

Putting Tung oil on the table I just installed. This is made from slabs that my brother and I cut out of a tree.

January 29, 2018 at 11:17AM

Making a closet.

January 19, 2018 at 07:58PM

If you can decipher this picture, you'll see that the sunlight (from the South window) shines though our house. With the low winter angle, it almost shines out the North window (at the top of the picture). Our south windows are working so well! When the sun shines, we get so much heat in our house!

January 12, 2018 at 08:30PM

Thermostat for the electric heater. Accurate enough for fermenting yogurt too.

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!