Welcome to Our House in the Trees.
Want to learn more about our 40 acres of land and our sustainable home?
Back in 2011, my husband Devin and I came across 40 acres of raw land in Parkland County, Alberta, Canada. It was for sale. And we fell in love.
It had trees. Hills. Places to hide. Places to admire the beautiful view.
It was close to a town, but not too close. It was close to family and friends.
Basically, it was perfect.
The problem? It was expensive. Like really expensive.
A year later, after searching and not finding a comparable piece of land, we bought it anyway.
The plan? To one day build a sustainable home on it.
Over the next several years we built two roads on it, dug two ponds and put up fences. I came up with a sustainable home design and then changed it – four times. We had two kids. We moved the proposed building location. And we spent countless hours in the trees.
In the summer of 2019, the construction of what we call Our House in the Trees began. Five months and ten days later we got the keys to our new home.
This is our journey. Join us!
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Starting a Garden from Scratch: A Step by Step Guide for Beginners Always dreamed of starting a garden? Me too! Here is an easy to follow, step by step guide on how to start a garden and… Read More
Why We Love Our Wooden Raised Garden Beds | Our House in the Trees | Episode 9 Looking for inexpensive garden beds ideas? Wooden raised garden beds from old materials are about as budget-friendly as you can get.This summer was our first… Read More
Building a House | Our House in the Trees | Episode 7 You'd think after eight years of planning, five months of building, one month of moving and another month of pinching ourselves in disbelief, I'd be… Read More
Eco-Friendly Home Tour | Our House in the Trees | Episode 6 We've moved into our eco-friendly home! Just had to get that out there. I'm a little behind in posting about the process, but I've decided… Read More
House Construction Update | Our House in the Trees | Episode 5 Wanna learn all about LED lightbulbs? No?! Okay, how about secondhand light fixtures? Maybe...? Okay, do you want a see our STUNNING cork-backed laminate floors?… Read More
Building an Eco-Friendly House | Our House in the Trees | Episode 4 As much fun as the foundation and framing stages are (for me at least), the REAL fun begins with the interior finishes. This is also… Read More
Sustainable Building Materials For House Construction | Our House in the Trees | Episode 3 The build of our sustainable home forges onward! In fact, so much happened in month three that I had to split it into two. Episode… Read More
Green Home Design | Our House in the Trees | Episode 2 While the second month of our sustainable home build still went relatively smooth, there were definitely some moments of high stress. The continuing uncooperative weather… Read More
Building a Sustainable Home | Our House in the Trees | Episode 1 Ever dreamed of building a sustainable home? Well, I sure did. And now that dream is coming true! Because you know how it goes. You… Read More
How to Find Land to Build Your Dream Home On + Our House in the Trees Update Whenever we tell people about our land one of the first questions they ask is, "How many acres do you have?" Now, 40 acres may not be a lot… Read More
How to Tape Out Your New Home’s Floor Plan + Our House in the Trees Update Something I have been looking forward to doing since I started designing Our House in the Trees was the day when we could tape out… Read More
Summer Land Tour I’ve been wanting to take you all on a tour of our land for quite awhile now. You can read all about how it came… Read More
Former architectural technologist. Current treehugger.
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