When starting a new project thoughts seem to mingle too much. Three words will be important for this project.  They are in order Faith, Focus and Finish.

You are so invited to travel along with me as I begin the construction of home.  First, it seems I need a plan for how to fund the house.   I am starting  with a very limited income, a lot of debt, a house full of furniture in storage

Faith:  I am looking for property this week and next.  By the end of January, my goal is to find a suitable tract of land.

Come along, let’s go shopping. As with the chicken and the egg, the question for me today, was do I wait for the money in hand or shop for land with Faith.   Faith and I are going to look at land!

Time seems to fly when you are having fun!  I am having too much fun.

Not sure how I let 6 days lapse before writing.  Just noticed it is gone!

I have been reading the Four Hour Chef and applying the learning principles to several areas of my life.

Each day has assigned time to read the Bible in order to read it through in a year.  In thought process with the Four Hour Chef, I am accelerating the time.  I have started a new Job to help fund my little house project and pay current bills.

This week I start the building process for my little house.

Along with my personal project I am in process of confirming two locations for my How To Build A little House workshop!

Stay tuned or join me live at the workshop.

My goal for the year of 2012 was to build a little house.  The most intriguing research for me was the kit homes offered by mail from Sears and Roebuck and Montgomery Ward.  This picture is of  a house ordered from Sears.  It is located in Winterhaven, Florida.

These houses inspired my vision to expand perhaps to the point of again offering a kit for other people’s little homes. That was Plan A.

I give myself permission to change to Plan B.  Plan A did not materialize during 2012.  As others may have to do, my Plan A will shift into a planning stage to enable me to be in the location I want, a financial position to build the house and have fun along the way.

Avante’

While we revisit some of the postings of little houses  researched this year, let us visit  the current housing market place.

Is it time for a new home?  In November there was a spike in the price of new homes of 3.6% which was the biggest rise in two years.  What does that mean to you?  If you are in the market for a home it opens the door to think and compare new homes, used homes, a foreclosure or a Little home.

A future article will follow which will provide guideline suggestions for your choice.  In the meantime, please share your opinion as of today.

  Maybe we could choose a little cottage, or

The concept of a mail order home as Montgomery Wards And Sears offered in the 40’s.

We viewed  George Bernard Shaw’s Writing Shed.

George Bernard Shaw's Writing Shed

Once my little house is completed perhaps I should build a computer shed!

Our menu of ideas to live large in a little house is a smorgasbord!  From the   40 plus houses we have visited there must be 1,000 ideas available for adoption.

Color, convenience, cost efficient makes for an  A+ grade for living large in a little house.  To our left is the World’s Thinnest house.

How would you define Living Large?

Go-Forth and be Happy, Celebrate the Birth of Christ this Christmas!

Molinda