Our First Log.

       Bringing home our first log is a wonderful feeling.  It is the realization that we are taking our first major step towards building the house.  Up until now all of our plans and everything have been just a collection of thoughts and notes on paper; this is the first tangible thing that we have done. 

        In a way it is kind of like bringing home your first child...you can't wait to show it off to tell everyone all about it.  So with that being said...Our first log is 46' long and has a butt of 16" and a tip of 12".  As you can see it didn't quite fit on the trailer and we only had about 2 feet of clearance to keep the tip from hitting the road.  Thank goodness we didn't have far to go to bring it home.  It is also fitting to us that this first log came from the yard of our church; this tree is so large that it has been there since my husband was small.  If only this tree could talk, what would it say about all of the wondrous things that have happened at our little church.

       This log will most likely be one of the logs that will be used as the floor supports for the loft.  It has the honor of having the #1 lid/tag attached to the butt end and we will update this post with a picture of it in the house sometime in the future.

      We have many more trees that we are adding to the list, but no tree will be as special as that first tree.

An Architect at Last.

                      At last we have decided on an Architect for our project!

    We interviewed and submitted plans to a total of 11 companies and it took us a little over 1 month to reach our final decision.
       We have chosen to work with Josh Wood of Design Intelligence. 

    We have been pleased with everything that we have asked of him and especially his quick responses to our requests.  We contacted him about a quote for the job, and then we asked for pictures of his work, next it was references, and then samples of foundation and roof plans...he is always quick to reply and sends us the information that we requested.  So our signed contract and a check for them to begin working on our plans is in the mail.  Please check out the website above and get in touch with them for your designing/drafting and engineering needs.