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DIY: How to Make Your Roof Efficient and Airtight

September 10, 2020~ DIY DREAM HOUSE, Dream Home Come True, HOME BUILDING, YOUTUBE VIDEOS

Wow, it’s been awhile since we did our house update on this blog! We have been documenting it on my home account on Instagram: www.instagram.com/dreamhomecometrue so make sure to follow along there if you’d like to keep up-to-date with our building process. Go take a look at how far we’ve come, we are so happy with how it’s turning out!


In this video my husband will show you how he DIY’ed a way to make sure the roof of our house is breathable but also airtight. He wasn’t happy with the materials that are offered in stores so we have partnered with The Home Depot to show you how he made his own way to do it and I have been so impressed with his knowledge in building science!


Every time the City inspectors come to inspect our home, they have all said that in all their years of inspecting new home builds, they’ve never seen a house being built with such attention to detail, quality and integrity. Many builders and architects have drove by our house to ask Jay what kind of materials he’s using and how he’s doing things, because they are so impressed with what they see. So I am so proud of him and for all the knowledge we are both gaining, as we go through this home building journey together.


So watch the video below to find out how to make your roof breathable but airtight!

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DIY Sewing: Women Swimsuit to Tween Size Alteration Tutorial

October 24, 2019~ Refashion Revision, SEWING, YOUTUBE VIDEOS

In this easy tutorial, learn how to turn an adult women’s swimsuit into a tween size swimsuit.

My daughter really loved this swimsuit that she found online but it only came in adult women size. She is a tween so we bought it and altered it in a few easy steps and now the swimsuit fits her perfectly!

I thought it would be helpful for those of you who might want to do this as well so here is a video tutorial below on how it was done!

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DIY DREAM HOME: MY HUSBAND IS BUILDING ME MY DREAM HOUSE! Episode 1

April 24, 2018~ Dream Home Come True, HOME, Jay's DIY, YOUTUBE VIDEOS

 

 

Welcome to our 1st episode of “DIY DREAM HOME: My Husband’s Building My Dreamhouse!” Click play to see the design of our house, where we will be building and the difficulties we faced trying to design a home we love!

 

(Captions from the video):

I am so excited to share this journey with you!!! This series will be a year long series where I will take you on our home building journey from start to finish, tips, tutorials and the mistakes I am sure we will make along the way so you don’t make the same mistakes! In our 1st episode, I will be sharing with you how we chose the design we finally ended up with, the hardships we faced(even some fights we’ve had), how we were able to resolve our issues, our land where we will be building our dream house and a sneak peek of what our house will look like! So get ready, I am so excited you will be joining us on this crazy journey!

We were suppose to move into our house right now, like this month but we haven’t even broke ground yet. Ugh. I will tell you the reasons why it’s taken us so long.

M husband and I have completely different tastes when it comes to exterior style of homes. He’s more modern, I am more classic, he’s more trendy, I am more timeless. But we are both stubborn and strong-minded. Which equals a lot of disagreements. So we weren’t sure which way our house would go. But one day, on the 4th of July my husband’s favorite Holiday, as he was setting up all his ridiculous amount of fireworks he bought, he said to me, “Sarah, if you let me buy this many fireworks every single year from now on, without complaining or whining once, then I’ll build you whatever exterior house you want.” I thought about it for 10 seconds and said deal.

So it’s a win win, husband gets to explode plethora of fireworks every single year without me complaining that fireworks are money getting blown up, because it literally is, and I get a house of my dreams!

 

My Dream house

We tried to make my vision of the house work along with the floor plan that Jay picked out soon after, but it was a disaster. Jay didn’t want French doors, French windows, the design wouldn’t work with the floorplan, so after compromising so many things things I loved about the house and going back and forth with our architect tens of times and re-designing, the end result was a disaster. It looked nothing like my original idea, It was a really badly designed house, it looked like a big school house. I hated it. So I put my foot down and said, “We are starting all over and this time I will design the exterior of the house, and only THEN you can design the floor plan.”

 

The misaligned front door, the horizontal windows, the side buildings being wider than the center, and the weird side pop-outs with the sloped roof…. WHAT….

 

So we started all over, which set us back a good 9 months. BUT we have finally designed a house we love, both inside and out and we are so excited to get this started!
I do have to say we fought a ton during this process of designing in the beginning. We fought like we’ve never had before, it’s like parenting where all your worst faults get magnified by a 100x fold and this monster in you comes out that you never knew existed. Many people have told me it’ll test your marriage and lots of couples end up in a divorce through the process of home building and I understood why! I cried many times and one late night in the middle of our fight and I was crying, my husband looked at me and said, ‘If you knew just how much I loved you and how much I pray that this house will be the house of your dreams, you’d be less worried and trust me more.” And as he said those words, it was as if I was him for a moment and I felt exactly how his heart felt and just how much he loved me. It was such an overwhelming love that encompassed my whole being that I was so taken aback. I knew he loved me but I had no idea he loved me that much. That night changed our lives. We both ended up crying and talking it over and decided that keeping our marriage strong and respecting and making each other happy was more important than a perfect house or getting our way. Since then, we haven’t fought once and it’s been 11 months, and our marriage is better than ever.

 

My husband, when he was younger, helped his dad build 3 of their houses in Hawaii from scratch so he knows a lot about building and construction so he will act as our general contractor, saving us about 15-20% of the cost of our house. And he will try to build as much as he can himself, which will probably save us another 20-30%, so we are basically building our house at 50% off or more.

 

So are you ready to see our land and our house design? Let’s do it! Watch the video to see what our house will look like and let me know in the comments what you think!

 

 

 

Like this post? See similar posts:

Husband Renovates My Parents’ Kitchen/Dining room

Ugly 70’s Bathroom Renovation DIY

My Husband’s Man Cave/Tool Shed DIY

 

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4 WAYS TO UPCYCLE OLD SWEATERS/TOPS | SUPER EASY REFASHION DIY

March 21, 2018~ SEWING, YOUTUBE VIDEOS

 

 

 

 

4 ways to upcycle old sweaters or tops! This is a super easy refashion DIY that anyone can do to spruce up their old wardrobe!

 

 

Comment which one is your favorite and let me know if you have any old tops in your closet right now that you can do this to! I hope to see you next time for my new Refashion Revision episode!

 

 

Follow me on @sarahtyau on Instagram to see behind the scenes and sneak peeks.

Watch my other Refashion Revision episodes

We are starting a mother-daughter sewing series! Watch “6 Reasons Why You Should Learn to Sew”

Come thrift shopping with me and help me choose my next refashion!

 

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PARK CITY STAYCATION

March 10, 2018~ TRAVEL, YOUTUBE VIDEOS

 

 

 

We take a staycation to Park City every year and this year was awesome! We swam outdoors when it was FREEZING, made snow angels several times while in our bathing suits(it’s a cool feeling, you should try it!), made smores and more!

What’s your must do’s in Park City? Ours is to go to The Montage for their s’mores from 4:30-5:30 pm, they do it everyday and you don’t have to be staying at their hotel to enjoy the s’mores, anyone is welcome!(We’ve stayed at The Montage several times in the past and only enjoyed the s’mores when we were guests but my friend told me she goes there every time she visits Park City! So we took her word for it and sure enough, anyone is welcome). They have all kinds of fancy marshmallow flavors such as caramel, cinnamon, strawberry, coffee but our kids’ favorite is the plain original marshmallows. Mine is their caramel. Plan to bring cash with you since they only offer valet parking.(We usually tip at least $10, $5 when arriving and $5 when leaving.

*We were not sponsored by any brands mentioned in the video.

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Hello! My name is Sarah and I am so happy to have you here! Here you'll find DIY sewing, DIY home building & decor, honest and vulnerable posts of motherhood and snippets of my family. We are building our dream house and will update you regularly on our whole process from start to finish and I am also starting a mother-daughter sewing series. So I hope you stay awhile!

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