It's been a year since we began our adventure and slowly but surely it is coming together. Aaron has been working on the plans and patiently addresses each change we decide to make. Aaron only has one day a week to work on the plans and often that day is used for other things that need to be done. Hopefully the plans will be finished soon and we can finally get started building.
The layout of our house has changed a little bit since our initial plans. The house will now be in a U-shape with a 40x40 courtyard in the middle. I have dreams of a humming bird/butterfly garden for that area as well as a nice outdoor living space. We also decided to add a living room that will be not be part of the shipping containers. This will give us more space for our kitchen and dining room. It will also allow us to have a big front porch that faces Mount Graham. I plan on spending lots of time watching the sun set from the porch.
Aaron got a 3,000 gallon water tank and hooked up the pump for the well. The pump runs on solar power and works great.
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| View of the mountain from our front porch |
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| Water tank |
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| Solar panel for the pump |
