Seven Years of DIY

By Senseless

Building a house is just like adding an addition, it just takes longer...

I designed this house and did most of the construction myself and paid for the bulk of it by buying and remodeling then selling a few other smaller houses.

It took me about 5 months to frame it and get the roof on and then I rolled a truck and crushed my head which slowed me down a bit but I just finished it to the point I could get moved in.

I probobly have a month of doing mouldings and stuff then I plan on taking a longnap.

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January 01, 2007

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Senseless

January 03, 2007

A video camera is one tool I don't have..

bruno

January 02, 2007

Oh yes, I'd love a video tour as well.. any chance?

jflogo

January 01, 2007

wow very nice. room looks inspirationally beautiful. Video tour? yes?

Senseless

January 01, 2007

I've kept a journal since I started on the house here...

http://senseless.livejournal.com

and I have 2000 photos here...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/senseless_/

When everything is unpacked I'll probobly try and make a webpage but I have one a friend made me after I had the accident here...

http://senselessadventures.com

The floors are 3/4 oak I got from lumber liqudators dot com and I used 25 boxes of nails to put down about 2800 square feet of it. I have a lot fo trouble remember when and how long thing took and happened since I wacked my head but I think the floors took me about 10 weeks or so.

I just found this site lots of good posts on it.

Thanks for the comments!

Sijbrich

January 01, 2007

Wow! That looks really nice. I love the floor. Are you going to show us the rest of the house?

alexrussell

January 01, 2007

This room looks gorgeous. Did you do the hardwoods yourself also? I'd love to design and build my own house. Alas I'm not a framer. Do you have pics of the house as it went up?