VirginBuilder

Welcome to Virgin Builder!

It's January here in Seattle and as such it is raining. We're not cursed with the tempestuous downpours of other regions, but we end up with a thick grey drizzle that seems almost constant. Natives are appropriately referred to as "Mossbacks" and thus winter is NOT a good time to be building. So, how did this happen? Why would someone with no construction experience dive into a project like this, especially with a two year old daughter and almost no time to do it? Well, that and more is what this blog is about. I actually started building 7 months ago and purchased the property just over a year ago. I plan to catalog what happened along the way and within a short time have the events on the blog be caught up with what is actually happening on the project. I also want to to catalog the books, materials, and suppliers that have been helpful along the way (as well as ones that weren't.) For the books and relevant tools, I'll post them as link buttons to Amazon.com, both to make them easy to find as well as producing some small revenue stream. I mean, really small. How many people are likely to read this thing anyway?! =) Materials and suppliers will be simply mentions, because I'm not creative enough to find links to pictures for every thing I use. I will try to be specific so that people can find similar materials if they should so choose. And please, e-mail me! I'm always open to questions, comments, and anything besides outright flames. I mean, feel free to write "What the hell were you thinking doing 'X', 'Y', or 'Z'", but please keep the "You're a F'ing retard" comments to a slow dribble please. I mean, I've got a two year-old, a new massage practice, and I'm building a home. I obviously don't need MORE pointless stress.

posted by VirginBuilder @ 12:42 PM