Project Update: It’s Fishing Season!
Here at Kingdom Magnolia, we know we’ve made it through winter and that spring has arrived when we hear the omnipresent sounds of Prince Paddy, our creative and benevolent overlord. He greets us every evening…
garage and mudroom
It’s Really Happening!
Something about the walls going up makes the fact that we're building a house feel so much more real. They make the future more evident, more tangible. They make the space look bigger – which…
Feeling Buff — Mesa Buff
After three weeks of waiting for Mother Nature to cooperate (see photo above of untimely February snowfall), we finally poured our concrete slab today! As I fell asleep last night to a light drizzle on…
When Life Gives You Lemons
Everyone knows the saying that starts with “when life gives you lemons,” but what about when life doesn’t LITERALLY hand you a bucket of lemons? What if those lemons are still attached to the tree?…
Under the Floorboards
How cute is he?!? Yes, it’s true, I left Tache home alone to build me a house while I dashed off to meet my girlfriends for a fun-filled weekend in warm, sunny Scottsdale, AZ. But,…
Concrete Chemistry
Our future house is now two feet higher than it was last week – all thanks to the stem wall we poured yesterday. Progress was slow due to high demand for Jefferson County building inspections…
Shaky Start, Solid Now
We took a nice, long break from the home building over the holidays, but no need to fret – we still got shit done (pun intended!). We brought the septic system up to code, which…
2021 Book Reviews
This Tender Landby William Kent KruegerThis historical fiction novel is so well written that it not only tells of the sad (poverty of the Great Depression) and shameful (Native American boarding schools) reality of the…
Long Songs I Love
In honor of Taylor Swift’s All Too Well breaking the record for longest song to reach number 1 on the charts – breaking the 50-year record of American Pie by Don McLean – I thought I’d mention…
When Your Sister’s a Badass…
When your sister’s a badass in the forest and you’re the only one around to see, does anyone else know she’s a badass?!?The day after Thanksgiving, we worked off our local feast—mashed potatoes from the…