Sharing our restoration journey of an 1890's homestead in the PNW!
We didn't get to do too much with the Cabin again this weekend, but that didn't keep us from being productive! We've learned that there is always more to be done around here! My father-in-law brought home a beautiful tractor and I was given the privilege of the maiden voyage running the tiller! I did… Continue reading Homestead Living
The great thing about being back in school is being back on the school schedule. You get more holidays - plus random days off for "faculty days" and such. And you get BREAKS. It's pretty awesome. This week was Spring Break and I got a whole week off! Only 5 more quarters to go!! This… Continue reading Spring Break!
So this weekend we didn't get to make too much progress again. It's not as much fun when we don't get to see as much change over a weekend. But we do have a log cabin restoration specialist scheduled to come out and meet with us on Wednesday morning. I'm excited to hear what he… Continue reading Weekend Ten
(Fair warning: it was a slow weekend in terms of work done and progress made on the Cabin) This weekend we didn't do a whole lot of work to the Cabin. Really, we spent a little time cleaning up the piles from the previous weekends and ended up spending more time mountain biking (and there… Continue reading Weekend Nine
Addition Take Down: Part Two! Would you believe it if I told you it snowed twice more this week?! Neither would I. But it did. Weird. There's still snow in places where the sun doesn't shine much, but it's melting! This weekend we worked hard to get the remainder of the addition removed so that… Continue reading Weekend Eight
So there's good news, great news and bad news. The good news is we still have a little snow around! The great news is, we're no longer snowed in!! The bad news is our driveway is still pretty treacherous, though we can see a bit of gravel in even the roughest of areas now. PROGRESS!… Continue reading Weekend Six
This weekend I got scheduled to work on a Sunday instead of a Saturday, and it ended up working out beautifully. We worked on the Cabin on Saturday and on Sunday morning, winter arrived. It's already February, but we haven't had barely a dusting of snow so far. This Sunday, however, it snowed all day… Continue reading Weekend Three
Weekend Two consisted of more tear down. Stripping the layers off of the log walls and removing the interior walls. Our main goal is to get all the stuff we want removed in the cabin done before we get a big dumpster rented and maybe even some machinery to get the addition out of here.… Continue reading Weekend Two
We will be working hard to bring this beauty back to life for the foreseeable future, and we're excited to share the journey with you! "We" - myself, my husband, and my in-laws (his parents) are currently living on the homestead. The in-laws have a trailer and we have an RV, and together we turned… Continue reading Welcome To The Homestead!
The Homestead Journey 