Hello Homesteading community!
Here I am, once again, sharing updates of our DIY build. Yestersay my man informed me that we will be working on this house for two more years. That is his opinion, we will see! Be it next year or in two years that we finally get to live here, I am enjoying the process of building AND of documenting our work.
And so, I want to start today's blog post with a video clip I made the other day:
The idea was to share that yes, we are building with mostly natural materials but we are by no means purists. We have used bits of plastic, plenty of metal, industrialized windows and even spray foam to make this a modern mud home.
And at this phase we are elbows deep in the mud. The first layer of plastering is about 70% done. Still, there are lots of awkward places to fill in and tons of smoothing out to do. This little loft was a semi-last minute addition. We have three cats and want to build a house where they have plenty of space to walk around & play. The idea is that if we give them their own, custom space, they won't be so inclined to lay on my desk and sleep in my baskets of fabric and herbs. This loft is just above the fire place and connects via a catdoor to an outdoor space specially designed for them.
While Jona (my partner 💚) takes care of climbing the ladder to get to those hard to reach places, I am in charge of making the mix and smoothing out all the bumbs in the walls. Mostly, I enjoy it but it does take a lot of strength, mud gets heavy and pushing a piece of wood over & over a wall for hours a day gets tiring. I really admire people who have the strength to do this for a living. Never before have I appreciated my desk/candle making jobs as I do after an afternoon spent at the build.