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Story of an average couple, with below average income that
built a modern home using a large % of natural and recycled materials - by
themselves with no building loan. The Sing Log Cedar house called "Spiderhollow".
In late
'96 Dulane
(Dee),
and
I
were
hunting
for
a
house
to
buy.
At
the
time,
housing
was very
expensive,
and
our
incomes
were
very
limited.
But, when isn't that the story.
We finally found this wee slice of property hidden
amongst big trees and very Natural landscaping (more like a tanglewoods), which
was tucked away at the cross of 2 intersecting utility corridors. Gravel
roads, bordered on 2 sides by 500' utility right of ways. Quite secluded,
yet close to suberbia.
READ the
quick Story
of our search and purchase of the property and how we struggled to take
"Building a House" from a pipe-dream into a reality. Or, forge
ahead on the links above to see our determination and processes used to build it ourselves.
 We
took This ole TrailerHere it is in all it's glory.
1969 mobile home with additions on three sides. |
 And
Made it into ThisThe New SpiderHollow Custom Log House |
Drive leading into the new property. Nice long serpentine driveway.
I love it, visitors hate it. Lined by bushes it creates natural screening,
but it's hard to back in/out of. |
 There
are also many natural bushes and trees. Lots of Rhododendron bushes, large
& small trees and "natural landscaping" (Think Tanglewoods), Lots of Huckleberry bushes,
Blackberry bushes and Salmon berry bushes, and many others. |
Below is a piece of spirit after the years of
efforts to complete the SpiderHollow project.
The night before Josh was to come over and start
demolishing the old trailer - Dee, Sonya, and I danced and sang high spirited praises as
we smudged the new house, and proceeded to the trailer with drums
banging & sage smudging. Sonja and Dee were praising, I was
banging rhythms on the drum, and we all said goodbye to the old
trailer, a life now past and moved our spirits into the new home built
by our hands, our blood, sweat, and tears. It was all good - very
spiritual. Thank you Sonja thankyou Dulane and thanks to all that
made this successful.
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