I just discovered your site while searching out some dimensions for building a flip-up queen sized bed. (That is a whole other story.) Regardless, your blog on the Calderwood Cottage is cooler than cool! Nicely Done!!!

My wife and I have been working on a similar project for the last year or so. We decided to build our own home in very rural south-east Arizona. We are not quite as aggressive as you. We hired a builder to do all of the construction through sheetrocking and taping. We have done the rest ourselves – painting (of course), hanging inside doors, floor tiling, building all of the cabinetry, wall tile, trim, etc.

I do have a blog where I have commented on our successes (and failures) through the build process, similar to what you have done with your Calderwood project. It is located at: mtacres(dot)net.
If you are interested in the details of how I did the cabinetry or why I did it in the order that I did, please start reading from about May or June 2017 and read forward. Otherwise, I thought I was a couple weeks ago, but wife gave an arm sized list of a BUNCH of other woodworking projects she wants. So I guess the house is not done and I am happy as a clam in woodworking purgatory.

Thank you for sharing my journey with me! Your encouragement and excitement in what I’m doing helps me keep going!

Well none of them have shared posts yet. I’ll introduce you to each one as they share their posts. Tomorrow will be our first one!

Hi Shane! I want to visit Australia someday. We’ll have to meet up when that happens.