We broke ground in early spring of 2015, just months before we would quit our jobs and suddenly find ourselves operating on a very slim budget! It’s probably good we didn’t know financial insecurity lay right around the corner or we might not have started. Michael did most of our site prep with...

When we started building our house, we weren't restricted by a tiny budget, but we had fallen in love with my mom’s 1930’s cabin in North Carolina and made it our inspiration. “Let’s build our house just like this,” we said to each other. With modern updates, of course. But our hearts were set...