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The begining of the end of our sanity begins right here on this three acre lot, compelte with tiny little house and old dilapidated gas station. More on testing the limits of our sanity here.
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The Station roof was the the first chore on the new property. I only do roof work with a death-grip on the peak. More on my white knuckled fear here...
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The advantage of small towns is someone always has some old pictures they're willing to shareClick here for more of the Stations history...
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Ripping up carpet is always step one to ridding a house of a smell. Unfortunately it didn't work in this case. More on why renovation always begins with a Dumpster here...
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A new metal roof is starting to make a difference on that poor old Station.
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It's not tin, it's galvanized steel. But it's done, and that's what counts. Just in time for the Southern Michidan Deep Freeze, too. More about finishing the first project on the house...
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What was under those cabinets? Enough mouse poop to fertilize a small country. That must have something to do with the general funkiness of the place. More on the delicious combination of cabinets and mouse poop...
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Started off the garden right by building some raised cedar garden beds. Learn about how they were constructed...
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We have a plan! Thanks to the help of a superior architect, we finally know what the place will look like when we're finished. In the year 2045.More about the first step to building your own house addition...
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What better way than in the Station. Don't worry, it only almost fell over ONCE.
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The Station got a new floor with the help of some talented concrete men. More info on the stamped, colored concrete and my lack of involvement in it...
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Which means one day in the far, far distant future, we will have a bathroom in here.
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When one door closes, another one can be cut almost anywhere, if you have a big enough saw. More about the Station progress so far...
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It's nice to have windows you can actually see out of, instead of old plywood. The neighbors think so too. More on the window trimming...
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Weeks of furring strips, foam insulation, fiberglass insulation, and 2x4 framing studs finally pay off.
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It's finally time to start finishing the station so we have a place to live next year while we're working on the house. More on the lessons I learned trying to install drywall by myself...
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More on how we trapped innocent bystanders into helping us...And more like a place you could actually live in. If you like living in teeny, tiny spaces.
