We were excited to start putting up siding, only to find out that we needed to take care of other details before we could start

We finally poured the concrete for our driveway and front porch, although – naturally – it couldn’t happen without some struggles.

Dealing with Tennessee American Water in order to get our house connected to the city’s main water supply was comically challenging.

Once we had prepped the exterior of the house – by adding wood, foam, and home wrap – it was time to install windows!

We battled through freezing temperatures in order to waterproof our back porch

Installing our standing seam metal roof proved to be one of the most technically and physically challenging parts of the home-building process to date.

Turns out the youtube videos weren’t kidding when they said that metal roofs are razor sharp; the unloading process resulted in our first emergency medical crisis.

The brakes on our truck completely failed thanks to some seriously bed decisions by the previous owner.

We raced to add roof decking before another series of rainstorms hit the southeast

John constructed some creative machines in order to move our roof trusses into their final positions.