This is a look at the cabin from start to finish.
Washed dirt 
Straw to slow the wash 
Measuring again 
“Hold it there while I go get the tractor” 
“Drive faster…my hands are slipping” 
Tying the rope to the tractor 
The ropes are secured 
Tired, but successful 
Future foundation 
Digging for the pillars 
Digging trenches 
Evening out the trenches 
Measuring the depth 
Taking a break 
Corner rebar 
It felt good to gather up the tools 
Eight holes for pillars 
Rebar 
Rebar ready for inspection 
First leg of the ditch 
Ditch for sewer line 
Waterline trench from site to septic tank 
Laying in the pipe 
New water line 
Water lines 
Finished trench 
Filling in the trenches 
Concrete truck 
Holding things in place 
Pouring the concrete 
L.B. and Roy spreading concrete 
Logs in trench 
Emma’s beach 
Pouring the pillars 
Working on the foundation 
Surveying the progess 
Coming along 
Backfilling Finished 
We got started early… 
…and the girls worked hard 
Our mini “cellar” 
Filling the block 
Concrete mixer 
So much concrete… 
Under the floor 
Foundation detail 
Foundation finished! 
Celebrating a milestone 
First wall goes up 
Walls two and three 
Starting to look like a house 
Living room looking into kitchen 
Second floor is on 
Rafters 
Kitchen bath lean to is on 
Dried in and wrapped 
Insulating blue board 
Blue board 
Siding started 
Sawmill and cabin 
Putting on siding 
Siding on two stories 
Mara measuring insulation wrap 
Maddy hanging insulation wrap 
Olivia hanging insulation wrap 
Stapling 
Maddy and Mara 
View from the kitchen 
Stairs to bedrooms 
Kitchen 
Working on eaves 
Poplar boards on eaves 
Working on front porch 
Working on siding 
Three story scaffolding 
Marshall and Dennis putting in a window 
Three men and a window 
Standing an interior wall 
Figuring out the electrical 
Wiring up the cabin 
Three story scaffolding 
Daddy putting in a window 
Roy and Olivia putting in a window 
Temporary electrical pole 
Beautiful stack of wood 
Putting together the tongue and groove 
Drying the sweet gum for the inside of the door 
Girls sanding the finished door 
Maddy painting the door hardware 
Painted hardware 
Routering for the hinges 
Front door detail 
Finally hung 
Two window in 
Kitchen window 
Window and doors 
Working inside 
Cutting Out the Back Door 
Back door hung 
Working in the Rain 
Window in Bathroom 
View From Water Closet Window – East 
Window in Water Closet 
Making wainscoting 
Interior window detail 
Run it through the planer to get it smooth. 
After it’s dry, haul it to the house, stack it, and select the board you need. 
Siding the second story 
Getting ready for chinking 
Ready for the chinking 
Starting the chinking 
Two rows chinked 
Chinking 
Kitchen exterior 
Lathing on back 
More lathing 
Working on board and batten on lean to 
Whole house sided 
Last side 
One sprays… 
…while the other brushes 
Permanent electric 
Wren’s House Saved… 
Interior panel ready for inspection 
Hanging the gutter 
From upstairs window 
Let the disassembling begin! 
This is a group effort! 
Scaffolding down 
This does a great job! 
Standing back to admire the progress 
Gardening in the huglekulture 
Notching the boards with a foot adze 
Marking it up 
Rounding off the edges with a draw knife 
Sanding it smooth 
On the wall 
Log wall 
Chinking with plaster 
Lathe going on 
Tools are amazing 
Lathe and Drywall 
Drywall going up 
The kitchen 
Mudding the drywall 
Making progress 
Top of the stairs 
Two man job 
Insect prevention in the walls 
Yellow kitchen, Green living room 
Looking down from stairs 
Girls’ room is aqua blue 
Looking down the stairs, Mahogany paneling 
Scuttle hole in our room 
Crazy configuration of drywall in stairwell 
Cedar step up closet over stairwell 
Salvage windows 
Salvage windows going in our room 
Back Porch 
New Stairs! 
Laundry and bath 
Kitchen 
Living Room 
Girls’ Room 
Our Room 
East Side of Cabin…after chinking thanks to church friends who came out and helped us last Saturday! 
Back of Cabin – Roy put in a french drain and covered it with river rock. 
4′ Steps – Leading up to the front porch…SO happy to have these. 
Log Wall in Living Room 
Detail of Chair Rail Moulding 
Living Room – Stair rail done(but not stained), fan hung, battens stained. 
Looking Down the Stairs 
Standing at the Front Door – Looking into Kitchen 
Before 
From the rocking chair by the kitchen 
Finished for now 
The pantry shelves are between the kitchen and bathroom 
Standing in front of the washer and dryer 
The toilet room 
Shower room 
Shower room