It’s time to paint the interior of Underhill House! Doug and I agreed to do the painting ourselves when we worked out the contract to build with Whole Tree Architecture and Structures . It seemed like one of the ways we could get our hands into the project and save some […]
Everyone I’ve talked to who has in-floor heat says they love it. Heat radiating from the floor feels like sun warming your back on a summer day. And it sure beats convection current coolly wafting past you, blown from a distant forced-air register. I’ve been told that people will comfortably […]
As we get closer to completion of Underhill House (expected move in – mid December – Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!), I wanted to take a step back to appreciate the process that has brought us this far with a time lapse series of photos that follow our winding […]
Drywalling is the moment when a house is being built that the space becomes defined. Framing out the stud walls is like a pencil sketch of the rooms. Dry wall turns it into three-dimensional, enclosed, compartments. At that moment you find out what your rooms are going to feel like. […]
Remember the Beach Boys song In My Room? Underhill House is as small as we could make it, and that means our bedroom shares one wall with the main living area and bathroom and will share its other inside wall with the television in the den. The guest bedroom shares […]
Underhill House will be hosting an open house Friday October 26 from 4 to 6 p.m. 3487 County Road H, Ridgeway WI 53582 Underhill House in July. We’ve made a lot of progress since our last open house when the timbers had just been put in place last July. Unfortunately […]
According to the Solar Energy Industries Association, properly insulated homes use half the energy of those without insulation. Underhill House is a blend of old and new ways to insulate. Over half the house’s walls is insulated with straw bales with an R-value of 30-45. The other half – that […]
