It’s the dead of winter and our yard is hibernating. Everything looks like dirt and mud and dead leaves, with some hardy plants popping through and quietly doing their thing. It doesn’t look like much, but underneath it all, the plants are quietly gearing up for a spectacular spring explosion.

That is pretty much what is happening on the house front, too.

We have pulled in a little help from our friend Thomas at SHED to, well, make a shed a part of the plan. Barbara from Root Studio Design (who has been with us this whole grueling way, through several design iterations and a lawsuit) is tweaking the permit set to scale our ambitions for this first go to a manageable piece we can actually finish and maybe even afford to do.

We have some engineering to do, a few detail questions yet to answer, but we are on track for a spring explosion. Yes!