A family yurt adventure

[BecomingArt]

Hi everyone, glad to be here.
I have been learning a lot from this forum and I finally have something to share. My name is Lisa, my husband and I are building a 24' yurt with our 4 boys this fall. We will be moving into it gradually over the winter into next spring. It is our plan to start a good sized homestead on some property we own about an hour away . A yurt seemed like the right way to make the transition from city to country since we only have weekends to work up there.

We are building the khana, the rafters with support studs, platform, deck, windows, door and

insulation

ourselves while Laurel Nest will provide us with a cover, the roof ring and

dome

.

So far, everything is working out pretty well. We finally have the platform to the point it has flooring. Now we need to sand and stain the floor and finish sanding and staining the khana. The parts from Laurel Nest should be here in about 2 weeks. Then we will set it all up!

I admit, I'm a little nervous about staying warm and fitting 6 people into a 24' yurt but it's also very exciting to do something new. We live in snow country and I'm not a stranger to power outages and waist high snow, but my kids are

I added photos of some of our work in my album if you care to look:

Yurt Forum - A Yurt Community - BecomingArt's Album: 24' yurt