Rewerts Family

2012-01-05T19:36:00.000-08:00

The view from upstairs deck.

Udate Long over due

2012-01-05T19:31:00.000-08:00

I realize it's been years since my last post but I feel like I need to complete the story of our house. Since my last post we finished the house moved in for a year, I lost my job, we fought with the bank, we moved out and then ended up having to short sale it. Big Bummer. Life goes on though and I think it was for a reason. We moved to Redwood Valley and are now in an affordable dwelling next to some more awesome neighbors. I thought I would put pictures up of the house as it was before we sold it. It was never completely finished.

Mason and Santa

2007-12-15T23:11:00.000-08:00

Happy Holidays

Marley and Santa

2007-12-15T22:59:00.000-08:00

Marleys B day Party

2007-12-15T22:45:00.000-08:00

Marley turns Four

2007-12-15T22:12:00.000-08:00

Front Entrance

2007-12-15T21:42:00.000-08:00

Back of House

2007-12-15T21:28:00.000-08:00

Front of House

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facing north

2007-12-15T20:57:00.000-08:00

Earthen Plaster

2007-12-15T20:44:00.000-08:00

Archway to the Front Door

2007-12-15T20:33:00.000-08:00

Radiant Floor Heating tubes

2007-12-15T20:18:00.000-08:00

The DaVinci Code?

2007-10-29T22:01:00.000-07:00

Rich and Bob drew the layout for the spiral stairs on the floor first.

Bob the stair master

2007-10-29T21:47:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Bob Mier our stairs were calculated correctly. Rich and Bob burned some major brain cells trying to figure them out.

Stair case

2007-10-29T21:32:00.000-07:00

M and M on the stair case. to the left is the office wall

Stairs

2007-10-29T21:20:00.001-07:00

Windows

2007-10-29T21:06:00.000-07:00

Marley says Hello

2007-10-29T20:45:00.000-07:00

Bale wall complete. Paper and wire are going up around the house.

Front of House

2007-10-03T22:10:00.000-07:00

The blue tubing you see is for the electric. That is the garage door on the bottom.

Rich Stacking Bales

2007-10-03T21:01:00.000-07:00

Our Dog Koda was loving the play time in the straw too.

Front room

2007-10-03T20:51:00.000-07:00

Is this a house or a barn?

2007-10-03T20:36:00.000-07:00

Mason and Marley had a blast with the bales. Fort making time, jumping into hay too.

What fun this process has been for them. You are looking at the West facing wall. The opening to the left is where the french doors will go.

Filling it in

2007-10-03T20:21:00.000-07:00

This is the front room wall looking southwest. That is a window frame in the middle. On the outside is metal fencing.

2007-09-16T23:30:00.000-07:00

back side

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more bales

2007-09-16T22:55:00.000-07:00

The south facing front room wall

1st row

2007-09-16T22:28:00.000-07:00

Masons room gets bales.

Getting started on the bales

2007-09-16T22:11:00.000-07:00

Marley the helper

2007-09-16T21:52:00.000-07:00

Marley and Mason walk with their Great Grandmother, Janine Rewerts. Rich is the first grand child of the Rewerts family. Mason and Marley are the first two great grandchildren. We always have a wonderful time visiting with the Rewerts family in Manteno,IL. Hi Rewerts's!!!

SK8ter Boy

2007-09-16T21:35:00.000-07:00

Mason just keeps getting better every time we take him to a skate park. This is the indoor skate park in Tinley Park, IL.

Guest accommodations with a view

2007-09-16T21:12:00.000-07:00

For those that wondered where they could stay if they wanted to come out before the house was finnished....there it is.

Bales in the front room

2007-09-14T23:37:00.000-07:00

New play structure for the kids

2007-09-14T23:17:00.000-07:00

Looking in from where the spiral stair case will be and through to the front room.

1st Grader

2007-09-14T22:49:00.000-07:00

Mason at his desk on his first day of First grade.

Heavy

2007-09-14T22:08:00.000-07:00

Thanks Colin. Those bales are heavy. We unloaded 71 bales in around an hour.

The Bales arrive

2007-09-14T21:45:00.000-07:00

Jennie and her crew arrived with 71 bales.

Yes it comes complete with a checkered flag

2007-09-14T21:28:00.000-07:00

This is our upgrade from our first 5th wheel that was 27 feet.

View of Kitchen

2007-09-08T23:47:00.000-07:00

Window to the left is the kitchen. The little window to right is in the pantry window. Up above you can see the frame of the our bathroom window.

Getting the Roof done

2007-09-08T23:26:00.000-07:00

He moved quickly with Seths help to get the roof on so we could get the bales in.

And I helped too

2007-09-08T22:52:00.000-07:00

Roofing Rafters for the front room

2007-09-08T22:23:00.000-07:00

Full view

2007-09-08T22:10:00.000-07:00

Same picture?

2007-08-30T17:44:00.000-07:00

Looking southwest

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Front Entrance

2007-08-26T20:55:00.000-07:00

Rich is fuguring out the roof over Marleys bedroom and entrance way

Looking south

2007-08-17T22:57:00.000-07:00

Our entrance way on the left .

Looking up

2007-08-17T22:32:00.000-07:00

Looking up at the living room and our bedroom windows. To the right are the kids bedrooms and to the right is the kitchen. These walls up front will be straw bale. The boards hanging over are right in the spot where the french doors will go. We are looking East.

No He's not praying..... or maybe he is

2007-08-17T21:52:00.000-07:00

Sorry so out of focus

2007-08-17T00:16:00.000-07:00

Raising the wall 2

2007-08-17T00:03:00.000-07:00

Raising the bedroom wall

2007-08-16T23:36:00.000-07:00

Five guys tried raising this wall the day before but could only get it waist high. Rich went and borrowed the wall jacks that night and was able to raise the wall the next day. Thanks Joe!

Helping Rich is (starting from the right) Seth, Rich's Left hand man (Rich is left handed), Byron,

our young 16 yr old friend and carp apprentice, and on the left side of Rich is Matt, Seths' friend who came out and helped that day.

Last day at Dance Class

2007-08-16T22:39:00.000-07:00

Marley does the tambourine dance in her little ballerina pink outfit. She chasse's beautifully.

Living Room

2007-08-16T22:05:00.000-07:00

You are looking North. One car Garage below, Family/Living Room on top. The framed wall is the wall separating Masons room (on left) and Marleys room( on right) from the living wall. the doorway leads to the hallway to the bathroom and the kids bedrooms. The ladder leads to our bedroom floor and to the right is the kitchen. Richs truck on the left is parked where the deck will be.

Marley in the wall

2007-08-16T21:47:00.000-07:00

He may Fit now

2007-08-16T21:33:00.000-07:00

He may fit in the wall now but we'll see what happens in 10 yrs. Rich took this one of Mason his main helper.

That went quick

2007-08-16T20:21:00.000-07:00

Rich sheeting the kitchen roof. He worked alone for around 2 weeks with only myself and occasional help from our neighbor. Sticks is amazing.

Hands on experience

2007-08-16T14:47:00.000-07:00

Yes I, Laura ,help from time to time. Although I find it hard to concentrate when Rich is so supportive.

Big Beam

2007-08-15T09:59:00.000-07:00

Rich placed the main beam for the second floor.

Marley in action mode

2007-08-12T12:43:00.000-07:00

Marley's Pony tail

2007-08-12T12:32:00.001-07:00

Marley likes to put a pony tail in sometimes to look like Terri Irwin. Masons in the background with calk caps on his fingers.

First two walls

2007-08-12T12:18:00.000-07:00

Insulation

2007-08-12T11:54:00.000-07:00

Sheeting the floor

2007-08-12T11:24:00.001-07:00

Rich and I insulated the first row so he could get started on sheeting the floor. I then finished the rest of the insulation on my own. We are using cotton insulation. Recycled blue jeans. It's pretty cool when you look at it has little chunks of blue jeans in it. It is a little more expensive than the asbestos filled stuff but we think its worth it. You can't put a price on health.

We are attempting to go green the whole way(or blue in this case).

Is there nothing this man can't do

2007-08-12T10:45:00.000-07:00

After being together for 16 years I finally saw Rich fold laundry. This was so amazing I had to take a picture. I knew it wouldn't last long so I ran for the camera. Not only can he build our house he can fold our laundry. I am such a lucky girl. This unfortunately was the first and last time he has done this.

Floor joists

2007-08-12T10:17:00.000-07:00

It didn't take long after the concrete was poured Rich had the floor joists on.

Just like the Playdough Factory

2007-08-12T09:54:00.000-07:00

Rich and Seth watch as the cement comes out of the hose, most likely cracking jokes.

Pouring the concrete

2007-08-12T09:33:00.000-07:00

44 yards of Concrete were used for our foundation. Granite Construction came with 8 trucks.

Thank you to all that helped that day, Seth Martin, Larry Jensen ( our neighbor), and Arion and Morgan ( our other neighbors and friends). The round wall is for the spiral staircase up to our bedroom. Rich and Larry are right at the entrance way. And the top left of the photo is our Kitchen area.

Forming

2007-08-12T09:12:00.000-07:00

Crikey what a Collection

2007-08-12T08:50:00.000-07:00

After getting a new Steve Irwin action figure for his birthday he decided to pose all of his Steveo collection for a picture. His collection started with the remote control 4x4 from Grandpa.

The new yard

2007-08-11T23:34:00.000-07:00

Mean Gene and His Digging Machine

2007-08-07T13:39:00.000-07:00

Thanks to the talented Gene Wickson!!!

The View

2007-08-07T13:34:00.000-07:00

Part of our view standing back on the drive way again. There is Rich and I think Marley with the wheel barrel.

Can you dig it? I knew that you could.

2007-08-07T13:10:00.000-07:00

The beginings of the foundation. Gene Wickson ,of Willits, came out and worked his magic with his digging machine. This view is from the drive way coming down to building site. We are facing North West.

Green Light

2007-06-24T16:39:00.000-07:00

FINALLY, after 18 months of waiting red tape, jumping through hoops and bending over backwards we have received our loan and are funded. Thanks to all those who sent their good wishes. They worked. WE BREAK GROUND THIS WEEK!!!! We have the incredible Gene Wickson coming out to move dirt hopefully Wednesday.

Underconstruction...The beginings

2006-07-10T22:30:00.000-07:00

Hello, we hope to keep everyone posted as to the progress of our home building and the family in general as we make our way from camper to Palace. A special thanks to my parents for lending us their 5th wheel 18 months ago. We have since grown out of that one and had to buy one with a room in the back for the kids. Mason literally grew out of the first one. We went from 28 ft of cutesy comfort to 37 feet of luxury.
Anyway, I hope to have the pics up of the bare land soon and maybe of our little love nest camper which is housing Me, Rich, Mason, Marley, 3 dogs ( one very large), one cat and a lizard. At least our 5 chickens can stay outside.
Many blessings on you all.
Laura