Making a Door
One thing we want to do while building this house, is use what we have, when we can, and refurbish great finds (or great deals) as much as we can. It is about saving money, but it is also a fun challenge. Sometimes it even […]
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Cabin – 5 Months Into Construction – Part 3
Once we had the eaves done, we treated all the wood with 2 layers of Timbor and then stained it all. We are using a neutral stain that we found at an overstock warehouse. It retails for over $30 per gallon, but they had it […]
Cabin – 5 Months Into Construction – part 2
This is the exterior within 2 weeks. The next week they finished the roof and we were officially dried in, although, we still didn’t have windows. By fall we had started putting the logs up. We started on the front and went as far […]
Radiant Heat Barrier Inside
Being in possession of several large rolls of radiant heat barrier, we have researched all the possible ways to use it. It works for radiant heat, so there needs to be air space directly against the silver side for it to work as intended. It […]
Cabin – 5 Months Into Construction
We have made a lot of progress since September. Rain has kept us from working as much as we’d like, but hopefully we will be in by late summer. We’ll post pictures as we can until we catch up. Here is the end of day […]
Cabin – End of Day One
It rained or drizzled all day, but they kept on working. This is what it looked like at the end of day 1…
About the Cabin Floorplan
The cabin we are building was originally planned to be a 24’x16′ two story structure. Roy decided it would work better if we added a 10′ single story lean-to on the back, to house the kitchen and the bathroom. We spent hours and days pouring over […]