New Front Door on the Future Homestead

New front door on mobile home

  We removed the manufactured home’s front door and replaced it with a hand carved wooden door. We’ve been busy the past few weeks on the future homestead with various projects. We’ve replaced the front door, which was a much larger job than expected, picked up free carpet from a friend who was replacing it with wood, spent a small fortune …

A New Backside (on the manufactured home)

A new backside - Manufactured Home Reno

We’ve been busy working on the back side of the future homestead’s manufactured home. By the time we’re done with this It may as well be requalified as a site built home. At any rate, last weekend we removed the back window of the living room and replaced it with a sliding glass door. While we had the window removed, we …

A Humble Beginning – The Future Homestead

Sad looking mobile home

Ever seen a place & thought “Ain’t no way I’d live here”? About a year ago I found myself in saying those exact words to my wife. So I did the only thing that made sense. I bought the place and made plans to move in. At this point you may be thinking we are a bit crazy. Maybe even a …

Why I Built a DIY Home Battery Backup

Emergency DIY Home Battery Backup

How do you cope with the power going out? While rearing two young boys with life-threatening allergies, the smallest things can become big problems. Let’s take losing power due to a summer thunderstorm for example. Here’s a quick story about my oldest son (let’s call him Buddy) and how our DIY home battery backup system kept him safe. He’s two-years-old, …

Help Installing Dryer Vent in Middle of House

Poster image for Installing Dryer Vent in Middle of House video

See how we installed a dryer vent in the middle of our house During our mobile home reno, figuring out how to install our dryer vent in the middle of our house proved to be a bit of a challenge. Before giving up and changing the house layout, again, I found a product that allows you to go down through …

Mr. Heater Big Buddy – Real World Review

Mr. Heater Big Buddy Ultimate Review

Mr. Heater Big Buddy Heater Review: How well does the Mr. Heater Big Buddy Heater work? I actually thought I posted this article and video several weeks ago, but just found it in the pending section. Even though I’m pretty sure the cold weather is over for East Texas, I’m going to put this out there. Since I posted my …

Turning East Texas Red Clay Into Brown Soil

East Texas Red Clay

How can you turn East Texas red clay into brown soil? Those of you who live or play around red clay know just how invasive it can become. You can step in it on Monday and track it all through your house on Friday. It doesn’t drain water and it is super hard and compact. It’s a wonder anything can …