The house we spent nearly 10 months building is finally complete. We moved in at the end of September, and it's been a whirlwind unpacking, organizing and just settling into our new place. This whole thing started a couple of months after our wedding ... we decided it was time to start thinking about our [...]
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House Building: 65 Days Until Closing
It's crazy to see how quickly things are coming together! We had a chance to stop by the new house with Dan (our real estate agent with Group O'Dell) - we hadn't been able to really scope everything out since our trim walk back on July 3. Drywall, hardwood floors, cabinets, and finishes are in [...]
New House: From Foundation to Framing
I am REALLY behind sharing an update on the house. It's been a month since I last posted - the foundation had just been poured. We've made a ton of progress since then. Everything is pretty much framed and the roof is scheduled to go on this coming week. The next big meeting in the [...]
Dig a Little Deeper
Things are moving along at the new house! Initially, construction was supposed to start two weeks ago, but due to an ice storm they weren't able to start digging until this past week. The dig itself went pretty fast, but we got some news that they were going to have to do piering. Our builder [...]
New House Pre-Construction Meeting
When we signed the contract to start building the new house our real estate agent, Dan O'Dell, told us to prepare to feel like a lot of nothing was happening for a while. He said that we would likely drive by our plot often and see the same dirt in the same place for a [...]
House + Love = Home
Eric and I are really excited to share that we are building a house! What started as just "exploring" neighborhoods turned into a pretty fast decision to pick a lot, builder and floor plan. We fell in love with a neighborhood adjacent to a new mixed-use development in a suburb of Kansas City. We already [...]
The Palm House KC 