Welcome!

I will be documenting the construction of our pole barn home. We decided to build because we had been in the same mobile home for many years. The main reason I started this blog was to help others. When we first started out, we looked for information to help "Do It Yourself" people such as us but didn't find much on the web. With the exception of the concrete foundation work and enclosing the structure, we are doing all the work ourselves. But we have been blessed with family members and friends who have helped us a great deal. We broke ground in July 2006 and we moved in October 2007. If you want to read more about the details of our plans, click here.
Think of this site as a diary of DIY home construction.


Update January 2009:
Hi friends, I had made my blog private for some time but have decided to open it back up again. I was way too busy with other things. I am happy to report we have moved in but still have much to do to complete things. There is still trim to put up, some grouting to do, a few more floors to finish but more on this later. I am in the process of redoing this blog and just wanted to thank everyone for visiting :)

July 22, 2007

Close up photo of kitchen base cabinet


While I was painting our master bedroom today, I decided to take a photo of one of our kitchen base cabinets. I finished these myself and am pretty pleased with them. I painted them a pale olive color. The paint color is homestead resort pale olive (Valspar from Lowe's). We are going to use lots of shelves in our kitchen and not go with many upper cabinets. We're also going to build an island but that will be one of the absolute LAST items on our to-do list. We still have so much to do like putting on the trim on our recessed lights, install ceiling fans, installing the wood-burning stove...the list just doesn't seem to end.

3 comments:

Troy Farwell said...

Nice finish on the cabinets.

Anonymous said...

Thanks ttfweb :) Now if I can only make up my mind on which pulls I want for them. Got any ideas?

Troy Farwell said...

I would need to ask my DW! She is the expert at the details.