Phase 1 & Phase 2: Moods and Mood Boards If you read July’s recap, then you know it was pretty full of a lot of heavy things. August turned out to be even tougher, with some tricky medical things that surfaced out of the blue, including a pretty scary hospital stay in the middle of…
project recap – july 2026
Phase Two – Lots of Balls in the Air This month just sort of went *poof* – I’m not sure what happened. I think maybe it’s because we closed on the construction loan at the end of June and had a lengthy first meeting with our contractor on July 3rd. The rest of that long…
project recap – june 2026
Phase TWO (!!!!!) – Properly Terrified Well, we’ve done it. After a year+ of due diligence, we’ve pulled the trigger and engaged a general contractor and closed on a construction loan for the second phase of this project. Up to this point, we’ve paid for materials and subcontractors from our savings. The work we’ve subcontracted on…