We have footings!
After staring for weeks at dirt and the hole where the old house used to be... We have footings! That means you can now see the shape of...
A very serviceable, but temporary ramp...
From October 7 to December 9, a ramp constructed over the unexcavated part of the original basement gave us access to the back yard for...
Why are we using a coal waste byproduct?
Some readers of this blog might be surprised to learn that we are incorporating coal fly ash, a waste byproduct from coal combustion, as...
Our vision
Anybody who has talked to me in the past 7 years has heard a lot--maybe too much!--about our Olson Lake House project. For everyone else,...
The piano stands alone
I have spent the last year+ deconstructing the old 1957 house my brothers and I grew up in, doing my best to make sure that everything...
Ready to go!
Break out a bottle of wine—we are ready to go! Our builder Josh received notice Friday morning that the building permit was approved!