Women in Construction
Dream
Catchers
Turning wishes into reality
one home at time
By Wendy King – Photos by Marianne Helm
>> Janet and Doug Milne set out to build one home for one family — their own.
Now they're passionately committed to building homes for other
families.
'I always call myself 'Inspector 12.' Doug
will put a design together for a show
home, and I'll walk through it as if it
was my house and I have to live in it.'
"We built our house 22 years ago. And we sat down
after the whole process was over and done with and
we said, 'You know, that was a lot of fun,' " Janet says.
"I really enjoyed the administration, working with
the trades, the builders, the contractors, the invoices,
that kind of thing. And Doug really enjoyed the visionary and the ideas and trying to get the components all put together.
"So we sat down at the dinner table one day and
said, 'Why don't we do this again?' "
But there was a hitch, and a second one coming along soon.
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