24 x 32 1 1/2 story off grid debt free log home in Northern Maine

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Goose and Gillian

@Austin.. Thanks for cking in.:) We arrived home with the girls are few weeks ago and they are doing beautifully! ..and yes we are very thankful to be back working on our homestead.. Yahwehs timing is always perfect!

@Shadow Thanks for the kind words.. Yes we do follow GAPS as a family. Children with Down Syndrome have a higher than average chance of developing Celiac disease so its been a beautiful Blessing for our youngest three girls, and our youngest son who was considered to be in the spectrum, as well as our whole family. ..Another reason we are choosing to homestead.. Growing our own food and knowing what is in it is key for our family. Thanks again for the kind words and so glad you enjoy our posts..

Back out on the homestead today! More sanding and plans that will give us a bit more privacy on the homestead..
http://acountyhomestead.blogspot.com/2015/06/sanding-southern-gable-end.html



Goose and Gillian

Its been working out that we are able to get one side sanded and treated with oil each weekend.. Three sides are done and we just have one left to go. Still loving applying the log oil over stain and really like the color, especially once it dries a bit. We went with Super Deck's log home oil in Autumn Brown. Goes on with a bit more of an orange/cedar but dries to a darker color with more brown..

http://acountyhomestead.blogspot.com/2015/06/three-sides-down.html


Goose and Gillian

Finished oiling the final side this weekend!! With rain coming in next weekend we are looking at doing some interior framing. Then onto our privacy fence, dog run and front porch before we start on fascia and soffit..

http://acountyhomestead.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-final-side-elevated-raised-beds-and.html

Goose and Gillian

Digging footings for front porch, pouring the slab for the solar composting toilet and setting boxes for the back addition (enclosed porch)! ..and a few smaller projects. : ) 

http://acountyhomestead.blogspot.com/2015/07/fourth-of-july-weekend-on-homestead.html

Goose and Gillian

Footings for the front porch are done and the floor system is framed. The 8.5 ft high privacy fence along the road is started.. Working on the porch flooring, support posts and roofing this weekend and adding another section to the fence.

http://acountyhomestead.blogspot.com/2015/07/happenings-on-homestead.html


Goose and Gillian

Installed and trimmed all the big windows. Waiting awhile until all the small ones in the gable end fit into the budget. Built and added shutters with tree cutouts and will be added the porch railing system with cutouts of bear, moose and dear this weekend. Then onto the enclosed back porch addition that will give us a mud room, bathroom ( solar composting toilet and solar shower ) and a three season porch master bedroom. Still hoping to get in before winter but its going to be close. Trusting in Yahwehs timing and just thankful for each weekend we get to work on the homestead. Shalom~

http://acountyhomestead.blogspot.com/2015/08/building-off-grid-in-maine-update.html

Goose and Gillian


Goose and Gillian

Started the shingles this past weekend. We were hoping for cooler temps but we hit a warm spell, great for letting the shingles settle though. We will be working on the fascia, drip edge and shingles over the next few weeks then onto primitive grey water, indoor hand pump water system and solar composting toilet. Thankful that we are getting closer to fall temps here and with the leaves about to turn its going to be a beautiful time down on the homestead.

Shalom~

http://acountyhomestead.blogspot.com/2015/09/our-debt-free-off-grid-homestead-update.html

Goose and Gillian

Goose was able to get the shingles up to almost the halfway mark this weekend.. Hoping to finish off the front this coming weekend and move onto either shingling the back or installing our wood stove (fall comes quickly to Northern Maine).

We don't love the door color and shingle color difference from a distance so we decided to repaint the exterior doors next weekend with a flat black paint. Excited to see how it looks..

http://acountyhomestead.blogspot.com/2015/09/off-grid-log-home-building-update-green.html

Shalom~


Goose and Gillian

Exterior doors and drip edge painted, fascia on and shingles done for the front of the house. Thankful for the cooler temps and excited to move onto the back of the house..

http://acountyhomestead.blogspot.com/2015/09/building-our-debt-free-log-home-update.html

Goose and Gillian

We are still working on the shingles but had some big new this week.. Aside from some smaller projects we will work on and cash flow over the winter our home is now fully funded.. debt free!  ;D Thankful and Blessed~

http://acountyhomestead.blogspot.com/2015/10/huge-news.html

Goose and Gillian

The outside of the house is complete so we are moving onto the interior..

Goose will be doing some videos to share a bit about our inside projects. The first is for the base of the hearth for our cook stove. Hope to share a few more videos soon!

http://acountyhomestead.blogspot.com/2015/10/vlogging-our-inside-projects.html

Goose and Gillian

We started treating the inside walls of our log home with Raw Linseed oil.. The results on the cedar are beautiful. We will be using Hemp on our floors and one of the two on our slate and concrete countertops as a sealant. Cant beat natural oil finishes.


http://acountyhomestead.blogspot.com/2015/10/using-raw-linseed-flax-and-hemp-oils-on.html

jayceevee

The walls are beautiful!!!!  You have an old gateleg table and it's beautiful.
jayceevee
sioux city, IA


Goose and Gillian

Thanks Jayceevee!! Just like anything we do in our home we cant take much credit where we just researched, found others who have gone before us and emulated what they had done. We'd never seen it on cedar logs though and we love the results. ..and I had never heard that name for the table before. Thanks for the insight! I've had it for around 20 years and it was a relatives before that. We aren't bringing much for furniture into the new house but that table was too beautiful not to make the cut. ; )

Goose and Gillian

We had our first snow fall of the year this past weekend so we felt it was a good time to get our cathedral ceiling insulated. :-) Goose went with raftermates and R30 craft faced. We personally don't believe in insulating the inside of our exterior walls when building log homes. To each his own but Goose has seen too many log homes up here end up with moisture issues doing it that way, no matter what new product they try. The thermal mass of the logs has always been more than enough to keep plenty warm in the log homes we have lived in and the ones Goose has built up here in Northern Maine.

Our cathedral is 18+feet and runs the length of our home. Its going to be beautiful once we get it vmatched but for now we are just thankful to have the insulating complete!

http://acountyhomestead.blogspot.com/2015/10/insulating-cathedral-ceiling-in-our-log.html

Shalom~

Goose and Gillian

We decided to try the faux soapstone finish using chalkboard paint that is all over the internet.. We love the results!

And our Bakers Choice cook stove is installed and heating our home beautifully..

http://acountyhomestead.blogspot.com/2015/10/faux-soapstone-chalkboard-countertops.html

On the video be sure to ck out that fire when Goose opens the door.. Yeah I think that will work just fine.  ; )

Shabbat Shalom~

Goose and Gillian

Goose and Gillian

We have a good start on vmatching the cathedral ceiling, we picked up an old cast iron utility sink for the kitchen and we've started cooking in the cook stove. Its starting to look like home.

Our goal is to have the house livable before snow is here to stay.. Over the next 2 weekends we are connecting to our artesian well and installing the indoor pitcher pump over the kitchen sink. At the same time we will be hooking up to our primitive grey water system. Looking to have our solar composting toilet built within the next couple of weeks too.  We likely wont move in permanently until spring but we like knowing we will have the option.

http://acountyhomestead.blogspot.com/2015/11/antique-cast-iron-sink-cook-stove.html

Shalom~