A Place to Call Home
18 maja 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F
Roxanne purchases an original tiny house 2 blocks away from Pioneer Park. This will be a fun renovation project and, once completed, a great way to stay close to family and have a comfortable home Czytaj więcej
A New Sewer Line
18 sierpnia 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
The sewer line was attached to the neighbors. The City of Billings recommends separating to avoid issues. The little house gets its own sewer line and a required clean out feature.
Demo Part #1
18 października 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ 🌙 66 °F
To ready for the renovation, first out with the old. The walls and old carpeting are pulled up. Old wiring and plumbing is removed. Appliances and kitchen is removed.
Demo Part #2
18 listopada 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 43 °F
The first demo revealed a concrete pour was used inside the house to level the floor. We removed all of that concrete. We may need to jack the house in some places in order to level up the floors. If Czytaj więcej
Planning and Prep
20 listopada 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 52 °F
Brice did a bit more clean up and then we planned and measured for beam support both temporary and permanent to allow the ceilings to be lofted throughout the house. We measured window and door space Czytaj więcej
Cross Beam Install
21 listopada 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ 🌬 55 °F
Brice installs a cross beam the entire length of the house to get ready to vault the ceiling.
Opening Up the Ceiling Space
22 listopada 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F
With the header support beam in place and standing on two solid upright support beams the ceiling cross boards are ready to be removed. About 90% as open as it will eventually be. Just a few cuts left Czytaj więcej
Opening up the ceilings more
24 listopada 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 23 °F
There are parts of the old roof that aren’t giving any support. When the addition was added the carpenter didn’t take out any old parts. These parts were adding unnecessary weight and blocking Czytaj więcej
Taking out the old floor
24 listopada 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 27 °F
Removed most of the old floor, getting access to the crawl space.
The Crawl Space - Underbelly
10 lutego 2024, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 41 °F
This is the rough and unglamorous part of a remodel. The dirt crawl space and the shoring and leveling of an old crooked house isn’t where the ooos and aaahs are at, but it a vital part for going Czytaj więcej
Planning and Drawing
12 lutego 2024, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 46 °F
Doors off / Doors on
18 marca 2024, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
Brice gets the Lowe’s front door and patio door installed. Windows arrived finally. Brice got those installed. Some new siding should hide all her blemishes.
Wrapping the crawlspace
2 kwietnia 2024, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
This heavy plastic sheeting with reinforced nylon webbing inside the plastic makes a strong vapor, dust and moisture barrier and less dusty area to complete the rest of the plumbing, electrical and Czytaj więcej
One woman's trash is another one's patio
29 kwietnia 2024, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
One day the neighbor was getting a new driveway poured. The old driveway was put in front of the little house on the street. Brice being the resourceful and out of the box thinker that he is talked Czytaj więcej
Plumbing, electrical and gas lines
3 sierpnia 2024, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 100 °F
The old plumbing and electrical was out of date and patched together after several remodels on the old house. Brice installs all new Pex pipe and relocates the lines where they will be needed in the Czytaj więcej
Subflooring and Spray on Insulation
14 sierpnia 2024, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F
The spray foam will add sound buffering and insulation at the same time. Once the spray is sprayed in it grows and expands into all the crevices making it very air tight to the outside.
Exterior Siding
22 sierpnia 2024, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
The siding is board and baton style. It will require a vertical installation. Brice started taking off boards to get ready for new surface. The new siding comes pre- painted in a dark grey. So excited Czytaj więcej
Flooring the house
3 grudnia 2024, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 45 °F
The vinyl tile plank flooring. This is the type that is rubbery and comes in tiles that are 4” x 3ft. It was are installed throughout the whole house. It has a wood look and has grays and browns. Czytaj więcej
Kitchen Cabinet Installation
12 stycznia 2025, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 34 °F
The Little House gets its cabinets today. The kitchen is coming together.
Taping the Drywall, installing bathtub
31 stycznia 2025, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 36 °F
The long and tedious process of taping the drywall seams and preparing for floating the mud surface and texture onto the drywall.
Wood Ceiling Accents
31 stycznia 2025, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 37 °F
The fir wood treatment doesn't cover 100% of the ceiling and serves as an accent to the drywall..
I'll say it again - I love the vaulted ceilings. It was such a big IF to do them, but the risk Czytaj więcej
Appliances and fixtures
31 stycznia 2025, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
Drywall Taping and Mudding
23 lutego 2025, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 39 °F
These progress photos don't really show how much work went into putting drywall, tape and mud in all the tight spaces and all the unusual angles. Brice had to have cussed this ceiling often when he Czytaj więcej
Painting
13 marca 2025, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
We picked grey trim, off white walls, dark beams (the same color as exterior siding) and doors of the same. Many days and many coats later, we are ready to move on to installing electrical outlets and Czytaj więcej
Some Assembly Required
20 marca 2025, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ 🌬 50 °F
Today we put together the bathroom vanity, got some fittings for the fireplace to make room for the mantle, got the on demand hot water heater attached to the wall. The dark colored interior doors Czytaj więcej




















































































































































































































































































Podróżnik
This backdoor went directly into the only bedroom. Since this door is closes to the garage and driveway Roxanne wanted to change this to enter the kitchen. Much more convenient for unloading groceries from the car. The bedroom was placed on the opposite side of the house.