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Building my own dream home, myself.

Newest progression pics for those that follow my project. Wired up insulating and covering with actual boards. I hung antique rusty wagon wheels with boat anchors and antique chains to turn into chandeliers in the kitchen, dining, and Livingroom. Started make my own kitchen cabinets too to keep the rustic narrative going as well, I am looking at cabinet door designs and hardware presently for the doors to the cabinets I have built so far.
Livingroom area.
Dining room area
Kitchen and dining rooms
Kitchen
Antique metal wheels I hung with boat anchors and chain for chandeliers over dining room and kitchen.
Over kitchen towards dining room
Smaller wheels over the living room for lights. You can see the stair railing in the background. Going into the woods today to harvest more poplar trees to finish up the railing upstairs.
Heartlander · 80-89, M Best Comment
Wow!! Love it!! Can't wait to see how the inside blends with the outside. Love the use of timber so close to its natural forms. So nice to see someone turning their fantasy dream home into reality.

Only one suggestion: if multi-level, be warned that you may one day not be able to safely go up and/or down on your own so at least think ahead for how you will be able to handle that. Maybe pick out where you plan to put a freight elevator when that day comes?
Heartlander · 80-89, M
@WillaKissing One of my old best friends likewise worked himself up on the Rock Island line. Another good friend's father spent his life as a porter on a Pullman. Great railroad stories.
WillaKissing · 56-60
@Heartlander Yes, they are. During WW2 the US government would not allow my grandfather (Mother's father) to leave the railroad as a conductor on the trains to enlist in the military. The Conductor was the one responsible for the entire train passengers and freight and getting it to its destination on time. After WW2 he became the first NTSB man to investigate train and airplanes crashed both. When he went to the Pennsylvania railyard in Columbus, Ohio later to become Conrail and now Norfolk and Southern and said my son in law need s job. The yard master said send him to me tomorrow morning and he will be put to work. Great stories, and in 1989 when I was in South Korea on the DMZ my father by coincidence only on my father's 50th birthday he drove the Presidents train through Ohio.
Heartlander · 80-89, M
@WillaKissing My friend with Rock Island had worked his way to conductor just before they folded. And likewise had spent years as an engineer. Our porter's daughter friend was one of of the benefactors of what I understood to be a massive settlement of a class action lawsuit seeking a payoff for porters having to live on the train without pay. Imagine flight attendants having to live on the plane between flights?

I recall the train political campaigns. They took the whole campaign with them, even the bands. I believe Steve Goodman's memoir "Facing the Music" had a bit about being on a train campaign with Edmond Musky .

Matt85 · 36-40, M
That looks great. I love a lot of wood.
WillaKissing · 56-60
@Matt85 Thank you
Oster1 · M
WOW! I'm so impressed! I have several business interests and one is Design Build Construction and Development. This is truly amazing to me, for one man, to accomplish! Damn, make a blog on here. I can't wait to see the fully finished results!!! 😊👍
WillaKissing · 56-60
@Oster1 I love building, but I am not much for tech/ I honestly would not know how to start a blog. I do not have a single App on my cell phone either. LOL. Tools and work and years of useless now military training.

I thank you greatly. Getting the shell up I had a two-man Amish crew assist with that at $2000 a week. Once the metal was on the outside I was done with their help.
Oster1 · M
@WillaKissing I sent you a pm. I've had/have many experiences with the Amish community here, in business contractural, procurement and leasing my farm land and other property. I totally understand. I will see you soon! 😊
WillaKissing · 56-60
@Oster1 Yes, if someone has not dealt business wise with the Amish including land/farmland use they have no idea what they are really like to deal with, it is not the same as an Amish made rocking chair or pie.
MarineBob · 56-60, M
Nice. Coming right along
WillaKissing · 56-60
@MarineBob Thank you
Eddiesolds · 61-69, M
Man this place is beautiful!!
WillaKissing · 56-60
@Eddiesolds Yes, the land was my first goal, and I raised my son and daughter here by myself once I moved to the farm. Started the home after the kids were out of high school and off doing their things in life. Hunting fishing forest land and building keep me fit and my mind sharp.
Eddiesolds · 61-69, M
@WillaKissing I need to keep moving also. Im pretty active. I love going to the mountains. I can always feel my sciatic nerve . I need to be careful now. It scares me. Ive hurt it so much in the past. Now it doesnt go away. I wont stop what im doing though. Im way too young yet! Lol!
WillaKissing · 56-60
@Eddiesolds The same for me.
That's very cool. The angle of the ceiling suggests a barn style or Dutch Colonial style roof.
WillaKissing · 56-60
@Oster1 Thanks my computer changed the spelling on me.
Oster1 · M
@WillaKissing Absolutely no problem! I understood you! 😊
WillaKissing · 56-60
@Oster1 Than you.
meggie · F
Wow just wow! My friend demolished an old house once and used the seasoned timbers to do a self build. He got paid £2000 to demolish the house too so the self build was pretty cheap.
WillaKissing · 56-60
@meggie I bought my timbers from an Amish sawmill total cost for the timbers was $6,200 US dollars and $275 for a log truck to deliver them. I saved hundreds of thousands of dollars this way.

meggie · F
@WillaKissing and it is probably better quality too. Theres a real cool site on facebook where people build amazing stuff out of pallets for virtually nothing. I can give yoi the name of it of you like.
WillaKissing · 56-60
@meggie Please do. I would love that. Thank you in advance.
kodiac · 22-25, M
That is amazing!! You must be a master carpenter!! To be able to say i built this has to be super rewarding! Awesome job!
WillaKissing · 56-60
@kodiac Thank you, and I will not claim master, but I do improve as I go.
akindheart · 61-69, F
That is beautiful. what is in the loft? i love the back doors. can't believe you are doing this yourself.
WillaKissing · 56-60
@4meAndyou Thank you it is truly a full circle type deal. I always heard every time we walked in the ancestor's home the words hey your uncle or grandfather built this house and that house from Massachusetts to Louisiana to Indiana to Ohio to Tennessee to Florida. So, yes very well connecting to them. It is as if I can feel them mentoring me as I ponder what and how to do something next.
4meAndyou · F
@WillaKissing I think that's beautiful.
WillaKissing · 56-60
@4meAndyou Thank you.
deadteddy · 26-30, F
Very nice. Keep us updated 🥰
WillaKissing · 56-60
@deadteddy Thank you I will as I have more major work done. Thank you.
originnone · 56-60, M
kind of impressive tbh
WillaKissing · 56-60
@originnone Thank you.
Barbiequeen · 22-25, F
A hard worker
WillaKissing · 56-60
@Barbiequeen Thank you, it goes slow because I am doing this all out of my own pocket too. Buy a little material and put it up and wait until I can buy or make more.
Barbiequeen · 22-25, F
@WillaKissing your welcome and smart moves u make
WillaKissing · 56-60
Very cool.. do you mill your own lumber?
@WillaKissing thanks.. i finally started on it yesterday.. going to get a few blocks for it today.. lord willing 😃
WillaKissing · 56-60
@SStarfish Good luck post pics when you are done.
@WillaKissing
this is what i wanna build.. we just got the blocks for the footers today 😅
Funlov · M
Why did you cinderblock? Why did you pour a foundation your own slab a
Funlov · M
@WillaKissing oh, you’re on bedrock makes sense
Funlov · M
@WillaKissing at least you know it’s not gonna movie pretty good there
WillaKissing · 56-60
@Funlov Exactly! Lol. This is Ohio as well, so no California mud slides either.
akindheart · 61-69, F
Willa, please post your land with the barn on it. That is like a picture postcard
WillaKissing · 56-60
This one?
@akindheart
akindheart · 61-69, F
@WillaKissing YES!!! that is the one...it doesn't look real it is so beautiful.
WillaKissing · 56-60
@akindheart Thank you Luv.
dakotaviper · 56-60, M
Wow. It's looking great. I simply adore the natural woodwork that you're doing.
WillaKissing · 56-60
@dakotaviper Thank you, brother it is serious hard labor. But well worth it saving $100,000 of thousands doing it myself.
dakotaviper · 56-60, M
@WillaKissing that's the best part. Doing It Yourself.
WillaKissing · 56-60
@dakotaviper Yes, absolutely so.
Gangstress · 41-45, F
This is incredible! Can you build me a new dream home ?! I can pay in kindness and weed lol 😆
Well done for doing this..its gonna look so good
WillaKissing · 56-60
@Gangstress Thank you, let me get mine done first. I like the kindness, but you can have my half of the weed with the PTSD that I have form life and 27 years in the Army. This building and my cross dressing are my coping tools.
JustNik · 51-55, F
Amazing stuff! I’m delighted for you! 😄
WillaKissing · 56-60
@JustNik Thank you.
deadgerbil · 22-25
How hard will the plumbing be?
WillaKissing · 56-60
@deadgerbil Easy because when I was pouring the concrete floor I had run all water and sewer lines in the exact places I wanted toilets, tubs and sinks. It will be like playing Legos as I run the lines and piping.
SW-User
Looking fantastic!
WillaKissing · 56-60
@SW-User Thank you
Lilymoon · F
Wow... that is fantastic
WillaKissing · 56-60
@Lilymoon Thank you Luv,
Elanor · F
Coolio, best wishes in your new about 😌 🌷
WillaKissing · 56-60
@Elanor Thank you.
Lilnonames · F
U did great. I like it lots👍
WillaKissing · 56-60
@Lilnonames Thank you sweetheart.

 
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