Home Building

House of many colors

In 2000, we moved from the city to the country of California in the Sierra foothills near Bass Lake.  For…

11 years ago

Gardening around new construction in the Sierra foothills

Starting from scratch - Then and now Laying out garden beds in clay and decomposed granite is the way you…

13 years ago

Babes in the woods- preparing a place to build our house

I'm only mentioning my impressions of the house pad prep, because to tell it all would be very boring.  Although,....we…

13 years ago

Choosing a home builder in the Sierra Foothills

We had a dream to move out of Southern California to paradise on seven acres in the Sierra foothills. Here is…

13 years ago

How we made our escape from the city and changed our lives

Our adventure We had a dream to move out of Southern California away from the congestion and stress and switch…

13 years ago

Your new life and its keywords

House place, mountain, barn wood, waterfalls, these words describe the place we found in the mountains near Yosemite and Bass…

14 years ago

Then and Now-The stamped patio

In a series of Then and Now photos, it's satisfying to look back nostalgically to see how far we have…

14 years ago

The rock outside the back door

When we first saw our property and took the first photos there was somewhat of a circle drive that became…

14 years ago

Building a command post

Alexander Selkirk was a Scot whose adventures on an uninhabited island were reputed to be the basis for Daniel Defoe’s…

14 years ago

Scale Map of the Sierra Foothill Garden

This is a November 2001 entry from my recently found diary. The diary chronicles how we bought the property and our first…

14 years ago