We are STILL awaiting updated satellite photos. (Why do all the common map makers / navigators use the same old photos?) In the...

Here is a sample of the views you can enjoy from our home at Origins B&B. This is from our back patio, in the morning sun of late Summer:...

Imagine this view as you sit down to a scrumptious breakfast: Here is a typical breakfast menu: Your breakfast may begin with this: ......

While we are not officially open yet, we have hosted several 'friends and family' guests! I know I have not been keeping up with posts. ...

Nose meets Grindstone. Thanks to our kids helping us move stuff (from three different houses), we moved into our new home, officially, on...

In late July, Diane Williams (Karen's sister) journeyed from her Texas home to visit ... and create a mural for the River Room. See for...

WE'RE IN!!!!! The house has passed its initial inspection, and we can begin moving in! So ... now the REAL WORK begins. As we begin...

Sooooooo close! It's painful to be awaiting the final inspection. We have a 3-page 'punch list' of items that need to be addressed, but...

The EXTERIOR is 99% done! Lights, texture, paint, pavers and rock are in place. Our home Vision is becoming Reality. Visit us mid-summer,...

We're beginning to see the finishing touches! The front entry fountains are rising. These three pillars will be filled with river rock,...

Still moving forward.... Flooring is DONE. Mostly. Landscaping has BEGUN. Good 'stuff' is now happening outside; here are photos of the...

Despite more inclement weather and the spread of COVID-19, the exterior is nearly complete! While strong progress is also being made...

The final touches are starting to show! Our home is intended to look like a native pueblo ("Origins Pueblo"). The sculpting of the...

January started off with inclement weather, once again causing delay in progress. But once the humidity dropped, the stucco crew...

December has brought Winter Weather! Progress has slowed, but what a view! December has been rainy ... creating delays in exterior...

Exterior stucco has begun... Also, interior insulation has begun:

The White Castle has arrived! The exterior of the house has now been clad in 2" foam insulation. Wiring is nearly complete. We better...

Patios covers are done! Now work is shifting to interior walls - especially the electrical. Upstairs are River & Copper Rooms; below...

Patios are taking shape now. And with a staircase (albeit, unfinished), one can wander throughout the house now. It's really beginning...

2nd floor walls are up and rooms covered. Looks like a castle! The workshop's foundation has been poured (this lies in front of the garage).

1st floor rooms are covered, and 2nd floor walls are underway. 1st floor window bucks and interior framed walls are added. Looking...

1st floor walls are up!

The house's foundation is poured! Exterior and load-bearing (block) walls begin going up.

Poured footers and laid the stem walls. Plumbing & electrical lines are established in preparation for pouring the foundation.

Demolished the carport. Dug trenches for stem walls.

We obtained a Permit from Yavapai County for construction. Our builder found someone who could use the existing manufactured home, who...

After a 'bake-off' of alternative builders, we selected Noble Heritage Builders to create our home.

We began formal design work with architect Ed Dunn at Solar Design & Construction.

AZ Senate Bill 1350 is signed into law, prohibiting cities and municipalities from banning the listing and use of short-term rentals …...

We began planning for our B&B – both the business plan as well as the house plan. On our frequent trips to Cottonwood, we began...

Karen & I purchased seven contiguous parcels of land along the Verde River, two of which were on a bluff above the floodplain; one held a...