WELCOME TO BUILDING RUNYANS
Building a family, building a life, building houses, we are Building Runyans.

Location, Location, Location
The location of a build can impact so many things about the house and your lifestyle. Will there be a commute to work/ school/ sports,...
Backyard Pond Q & A
During these hot summer months, I have been dreaming of pools for our new property, but there are other ways to incorporate water into...
Maternity Leave Just For Me
A maternity leave is generally a designated time for a new mother to rest and recover from pregnancy and heal from delivery. The time is...
Learning to love the stillness
How are you? Keeping busy! This is how most conversations go when we run into friends and acquaintances around town. I am almost always...
Black Hills Getaway (winter)
Our family decided start the new year with a family get away in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The best part of these trips is that we...
Storage Spaces
When looking at floor plans, I thought a lot about storage. I wasn't thinking about how to add more storage spaces and closets, I was...
Building, Buying, or Both?
As we outgrew our first house, we considered buying, but we couldn't find a house that matched our style, or that had a functional...
New Year
The old proverb says "we plan, God laughs" but if you really want to make things interesting, let God do all the planning without asking...
Home
As 2020 comes to a close, its clear that this year was all about home. Thanks to quarantines, virtual learning, social distancing, and...











