Building our new house
In early 2007, we began building our new Round House here at Sacred Groves with a vision to expand our residential community on this beautiful land.
We purchased 3 round structures from Oregon Yurtworks--a big house with a large round Great Room that has become the heart and hearth of the Sacred Groves community, and 2 yurtlettes, private bedroom-cabins for new residents. We are modeling a "small is beautiful" lifestyle with small personal spaces, sharing kitchen, bathrooms, laundry, living room. We are enthused about the joys and challenges of community living, committed to the spiritual and personal growth required for sharing life in this way.
This blog, which has the most recent entry at the top, tells the story of the construction of the new house, starting with the foundation built Spring 2007. Carpenter and Groves resident Tere Carranza has managed the project from start to near-finish.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
We're READY!!
Sarah and I celebrated the 4th of July by installing the ring of beams in the main house. It was a hot one - and we really felt it in the pit. We also finished the center platform where all the pie shaped floor pieces will come together in about 2 weeks! Eddie 'gets' to hand mix and pour concrete into the 'cosmetic curb wall' ( it ain't gonna be pretty...) that didn't get filled the other day. Sarah and I are going to finish installing the center platforms for the two small yurts.
I feel the usual aaahhhhh out-breath of post-concrete pour. The fawn made an appearance yesterday, the crows-chasing-hawk-troupe made several noisy splashes across the deep blue sky, the water in the round tank is getting close to perfect dunking temperature... ahhh - summer! (PICS)
Tomorrow we're getting a truckload of pravel for the pit - and then we're pretty much ready for delivery!!
The trucks start arriving on Monday - and Oregon Yurtworks has scheduled one truck a day for three days to head up to our little island.
Therese and I hope to take a short camping trip to the Olympic Mountains after the third truck is unloaded - to catch our breath, do some intensive relaxation before the BIG PUSH - which starts on July 16.
posted by Tere # 10:08 AM 