Building January 16, 2018 by 4 splurges we skipped when building a new home 4 things: Master bedroom A basement is born A carriage garage door and red barn lights A concrete floor in the laundry closet A homeowner’s guide to solar panels (and how much they actually cost) A lighting plan for the new house A makeshift playroom in the basement A neutral bathroom and sources (so far) A peek at the downstairs bathroom All framed in Basement plumbing, in-floor heat and walls Build list: Outlets Build list: Windows Building our own house: How much did it actually cost? Building stairs for the UPS guy Built-in hidden dog gate Carpet’s here! Changing the front look of the house Choosing bedroom paint colors Choosing door hardware for a farmhouse Choosing Engineered Wood Siding Choosing wood flooring for new construction Classic vs. trendy design when building a house Creating a slide on a deck platform Dear cabinets: I think I’m gonna marry you DIY carpet installation on stairs DIY fireplace hearth and stacked stone wall tile DIY plaster walls and home progress DIY screened porch Downstairs light fixture tour Electrical progress and planning Farmhouse porch skirting Farmhouse Trim Choices Floors on our new front porch Forget the Joneses Framing walls in the new house Frankenstein fireplace design Geothermal basics for new construction Getting a hex tile look (with vinyl) Hiring a draftsman: How we saved thousands on a custom home plan Home on the range Home-building dreams turn to plans Horizontal railings on the porch House plans How much does it cost to build a new house? How to finish yellow pine floors (without poly) Inspired: dining room Inspired: Moody downstairs bathroom Inspired: Upstairs bathroom Installing floor trusses (and trusses vs. joists) Installing kitchen drawers and shelves Installing wide-plank pine flooring Installing windows in the new house Kitchen cabinet organization ideas Kitchen inspiration for the new house Oh Say Can You See….. On building our own home One year ago, we bought a house… Our (most likely) exterior color palette Our bedroom addition plan and progress Our full exterior palette and a new red door Our master bedroom addition with classic green board and batten Outdoor progress at the house (front and back porches, soffits, trim and siding) Painting doors (black and white) Planning kitchen storage and organization Plumbing, insulation and wallboard for Christmas (part 1) Porch railings in white Porch roofing and exterior lighting ideas Primed and painting Raising the walls in the house Sconce light fixture tour (bathrooms and bedroom) Siding progress (and thoughts on engineered wood siding) Sleeping in the living room The (finish this) house list The big kitchen “reveal” The next big project: Shiplap in the basement family room The roof is on … (fire) The trouble with “cost per square foot” The unfortunate fate of the nest in our garage Trimming out a fireplace with barn wood Wallboard for Christmas (part 2) We have a (very expensive) hole in our yard We’re in (and we still have a million things to do) Weigh in: Ceiling Fans Weigh in: Door colors Weigh in: ideas for our farmhouse fireplace What to buy online when renovating or building a house What to Know Before Building a Home What we’d do differently Word art on the porch