Category Archives: Building Our Homes

Choosing a Paint Color for our Vacation Rentals

When choosing a paint color, it is usually wise to research, gather paint swatches, plaster test patches all over the house, and pray A LOT.  Right?  Isn’t the pressure of picking a paint color almost like the pressure of naming your child…you know you HAVE to get it right or its going to cost a ton...

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Sheetrock complete in Vacation Retreats

We are so thankful that our Sheetrock is complete in our New Construction! What a difference it makes!! It is so nice to have all that Insulation covered up!! Sheetrock When preparing for our Sheetrock installation (aka drywall in certain circles) we first had the installer to come out and quote our houses.  I obviously...

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Insulation complete at Living Water Retreats

It has been quite a while since I gave you all an update on our Retreats!! So sorry about that! We have steadily worked at the Retreats through the holidays, but honestly, things have slowed down a little more than I would have liked! We are nearing the finish though! I see light at the...

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Retreat House Framing Complete | Living Water Retreats for TIEC

This summer we were blessed with the opportunity to accelerate our building project by building our House #2 on site with the students from the High School Carpentry Program vs. waiting until school started for the students to build it during the semester. We jumped on this project because we knew how much easier life...

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Grading Land for New Construction

Grading land for new construction is much more time consuming and expensive than I imagined when we first started to plan our Vacation Rental Business. I originally sent a quote to the bank when applying for our loan with an estimate of $10,000 for our driveway expense…after getting real-life quotes from several reputable companies in...

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Building Our Vacation Rental Home

Last year, when we decided to begin in the Vacation Rental Business, we allowed ourselves to dream a dream. One that Mike and I have talked about numerous times through the years that we have been married. Our dream involved creating a place that would bring people together to hold retreats, host events, and lead...

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I'm Kelli! It's so nice to have you here! I am a blessed mother of five, the photographer at Kelli C Photography, a blogger at Leaning On Her Beloved, one of the proprietors of Living Water Retreats and the wife of the most handsome farmer around here on our little piece of heaven Living Water Farm! This little website pulls all of our adventures into one place! Enjoy your time here!

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