How we proved to manage the risk for a bank considering us for a construction loan to build our modern farmhouse.

When you’re building a home, you want to prepare for everything. You want to be ahead of every possible curveball. But the honest truth? Some things are going to happen no matter how prepared you are.

If I could go back and give my past self one thing during our custom home build, it wouldn’t be a bigger budget or a faster timeline. It would be this tool.

I get messages about building a home almost daily. Some version of: Where do I even start? Do I need a GC? How long does this actually take? What order does everything happen in? And every time, I think the same thing — there is no way  a DM can do this topic justice. So instead of half-answers and voice notes sent at midnight, I sat down and worked weewy weewy hawd  (iykyk) to put everything  into one simple, no-fluff Google Doc you can actually use. This isn’t something I’m

How to design a timeless and cozy home.

I created my FREE Budget Tracker to help you organize, plan, and confidently bid out your new build without the stress or guesswork.

I get this question all the time —and there’s no way a DM can cover it. So I worked "weewy weewy hawd" to put everything into one simple Google Doc you can actually use. It’s the playbook we wish we had: clear steps, realistic details, and zero fluff. I am not selling this, nor do I get paid from sharing any of this information. Just passing along to the next family who is sharing our same dream, hoping it can help just 1 person. Who this is for First-time homebuilders who w