After 18 Months of Dreaming, Designing, and Walking the Land, We Finally Begin Next week, we officially break ground on our intentional custom home build at Five Trails, and even writing those words feels surreal. For the past 18 months, this home has existed mostly as an idea we carried with us through conversations, sketches,…
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There’s something oddly humbling about living in a house for nearly 20 years. You stop noticing the little annoyances at first. Then one day you’re tripping over charging cords, trying to wedge Costco snacks into a pantry built for exactly three cans of soup, and playing a real-life game of “door Tetris” in your bathroom….
There is a strange kind of grief in leaving the house that still stands exactly where it always has. The walls are steady. The floors still creak in the same places. The kitchen still holds echoes of rushed school mornings, birthday cakes, late-night homework, slammed doors, whispered fears, healing from life’s heartbreaks and so much…
If you’ve found your way here, chances are you’re building, renovating, dreaming, or quietly collecting ideas for a home that feels more like yours. That’s exactly where Five Trails began. This isn’t a design site built around trends or quick transformations. It’s a record of building a home slowly, thoughtfully, and with real life in…
We’re Mike and Molly, GenX empty nesters who have been married for nearly 30 years. We met in high school (long before the TV show with that stole our names) and started dating after college. At this point, we’ve been together far longer that not. As our three adult kids are busy spreading their wings,…