Build Your Own House One of the joys of owning a homestead is being able to start building your life from the ground up (literally). This includes the ability to build your own house that is custom tailored to your family's needs! While building your own home is an exciting adventure, I wish I'd had a clear step-by-step process of what I needed to consider before construction …Continue Reading
Woodworking
Best Trades To Know
Reading Time: 3 minutes
As homesteaders, we all focus on self-sufficiency and self-reliance to ensure survival, especially in the event of a disaster. These trade skills we are going over will be both valuable to your home and trade-able to your neighbors. These are the best trades to know so you can be all set! Woodworking When we can't all run out to the store for what we need, craftspeople …Continue Reading
Rustic Workbench Tutorial
Reading Time: 14 minutes
Need an inexpensive and easy way to make your own DIY furniture? Today, we are going go over how simple it is to make a metal pipe table, which can be a perfect workbench for the garage and even a stunning dining room table (with just a little extra work). The great thing about metal pipe tables is that they are very simple to make. Some people spend thousands of dollars on …Continue Reading
How to Make a Sawhorse
Reading Time: 7 minutes
How to Make a Sawhorse Learning how to make a sawhorse is a very basic woodworking project. They can be made with all manner of wood and be any number of different sizes. The nice thing about making your own sawhorses is you can build them exactly the size you need, so you can make big ones to hold a table, small ones for cutting stands, giant ones for crowd control, etc. The …Continue Reading
