Building a house? Small Things That Get Forgotten:

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6. Remember to bring a hammer,

...and plenty of nails.


Our home building has been an Ad Lib DIY salvage/finishing of a partially built cedar cabin that had been abandoned for 8 years.
Most of our plans have been verbal flights of fantasy,
later reduced to pencil sketches, or even twig drawings in the dirt.

It has taken us a long time,
but we have managed to go from this:


to this:

....in just 5 short YEARS!!!

We decided that instead of paying contractors and builders,
we would spend the money on tools,
and learn how to do it by haunting the Internet, and watching non-stop DIY Channels on Sat TV.
We have made a few mistakes,
but so far, so good.
We generally use screws instead of nails
because it is easier to take it all apart and re-do it the right way.

We are very rural, and there is no zoning, building permits, or required inspections,
so that makes it a little easier.

We recently finished the bathroom,
and are happy with the results.