Installing Cabinets Yourself Can be a Huge Savings One way to save money when building a new home is to install cabinets in non-essential areas yourself. The kitchen cabinets are required to pass inspection, but some rooms can be left open and you could put in your own cabinets once you move in. These areas…
New Oregon Home Build After 1 Year This month marks the one year anniversary from when we moved in to our new Oregon home. We are settled in, but have continued to have many projects around the house; one of which is the mudroom. We originally had priced for cabinets and a drop zone area…
Upgrading to a Smart Thermostat THIS POST CONTAINS AFFILIATE LINKS, WHICH MEANS WE MAY BE COMPENSATED FOR SOME OF THE PRODUCTS LISTED. HELP US OUT BY USING THE LINKS. There are many ways to upgrade your home so that it becomes a smart home. You can watch what’s going on outside with a door bell.…
Look for Deals on DIY Project Tools If you’re building a new home there will be opportunities to put in sweat equity. One way to do this is to take on DIY projects. This time of year is a great time to look for deals on tools at Home Depot or Amazon. THIS POST CONTAINS…
End of Summer and Beginning of Fall in New Oregon House We’ve been in our house for about ten months now and no walls have fallen down! We spent much of the summer doing things around the outside of the house while we had good weather. Early in the summer we did our major landscaping…
How We Modified the Mt. Rainier Plan from Adair Homes When we first started looking into building a home we looked at a variety of builders, from totally custom builders to production builders. We talked about what we wanted in a house and started looking at floor plans online. With a custom builder you have…
Adair Homes Customer Feature We have been featured on the Adair Homes website. They have used a really neat slider tool that allows you to see before and after photos. By clicking on the tool you can slide it to the left and right to see the two photos side by side. One set of…
Video of Front of New Oregon Home Being Built One year ago the foundation on our new house was started. The house was finished in about six months from foundation. There have been a few projects that we wanted to do after we moved, but since the weather has been nice we’ve been working on…
Outside Projects for New Adair Homes We finally have a backyard! Our house was completed in the winter and for the past six months our yard has been a work in progress (mostly a mud pit all winter long). We now have a back yard with grass, garden area and play area. Once the irrigation…
Landscaping for an Adair Homes If you decide to build a home with Adair Homes there are many opportunities to put in sweat equity to your new house. One of those areas is in the landscaping. Depending on the land that you build you might not have much landscaping to do, or you might have…
