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There is something about a rainy, cloudy week in the June garden that makes you feel like anything is possible! (check back in with me in a week and see if the weeds are mocking me endlessly!)#hhgarden2024 #vermontgarden

A big push this weekend and our bedroom is almost finished! All we need is a few light fixtures and the closet interior. What a labor of love and craft this house will be. The floors are all locally milled wood, the window sills black walnut we brought from Oregon, the walls a homemade lime plast...

A huge milestone - after 4 years of carrying water in buckets and watering everything by hand, we now have pressurized running water and a HOSE! So excited for this development and my garden will be too! #hhhousebuild #offgridliving

12 years ago we left the Oregon home we rented for 12+ years and moved to Missouri (which was followed 6 years later by a move to Vermont!). Last week we got to revisit Echo Hollow, sharing with the kids memories of the kitchen and living room in which they were born, the greenhouse and gardens i...

Sound on to hear the most pure joy of watching the total eclipse. Our first total eclipse in MO in 2017 was cloudy and while it was still an incredible experience, todays perfect corona was so worth moving to Vermont for #totalsolareclipse2024 #pathoftotality

An exciting moment - electricity in the kids rooms! You can see how their personalities are reflected in their lighting and wall color choices. Everett is all about the disco, flashing, smartphone-controlled lighting and modern white walls. Ellas organic, artsy, nature-inspired. Each so beautiful...

A conversation about #puertorico and #culebra with a friend led to a spontaneous lets go together with our families! which, miraculously, actually happened. 9 people, 8 days, and dozens of hours of Beach. Such a gorgeous place and Ive returned a better version of myself.

Ella got to see her room in 95% finished state tonight! The good news about the way we applied the lime plaster is that we used the trim and baseboard as a stop for the trowel. So unlike many hand built houses (iykyk), the room is completely trimmed out!#hhhousebuild #handbuilthome #offgridhome #...

After many weeks of prep, we have finally started plastering the upstairs walls with a homemade lime plaster mix. The prep involved taping and sealing the drywall joints with Durabond, then coating every surface with a sand primer made from Elmers glue, water, and sand.Now we mix the lime plaster...

Its rare and wonderful for our town ponds to be frozen solid, with no snow. Such fun skating!#vermontwinter

The year in house building progress! It is less dramatic than framing, for sure, but 2024 WILL be the year we move in! #hhhousebuild #handbuilthome #offgridliving #offgridhomestead

The story of these black walnut sills began over a decade ago when a neighbor (in Oregon) invited us to take the wood from a tree he had cut. Brian had it milled locally and the boards sat in piles waiting for the perfect project. A few years later we moved across the country to Missouri, re-pile...