Cabins are the result of our cultivated inspirations. One of the beautiful aspects of building a cabin is that there are no "rules". We all have memories of family cabins, lake cabins, and vacation retreats. We designed and built our cabin based upon our memories of those special times with family and friends. Your vision of a cabin may be significantly different than ours, but again, that is the beauty of designing and building a cabin is that you make it yours. Cabins are personalized.
Combining our past memories with the reading of a rather large pile of cabin and small home design books and magazines resulted in what we feel is our version of a cabin. Truth be told if we were to build again it would indeed be a different design. Favorite authors were Sarah Susanka and Dale Mulfinger. Just paging through one of their cabin books and you soon forget your day job!
I think Dale Mulfinger said it best when he stated 'cabins are sometimes a dream waiting to be dreamt.'
Our pace of construction has slowed as we spend more time enjoying the outdoors and our time unplugged. That said, we have made good progress this past year and many of the things we are working on are finishing touches and the cabin is beginning to feel livable! To really appreciate indoor plumbing you must first endure carrying drinking water and enjoying an outhouse. We've been there, and done that for 20 years.
We're now at a point where we have finished walls, finished wood floors, a working bathroom, heat, and functional kitchen. Imagine for the first time in 20 years you are actually sleeping on a real bed rather than a blow up mattress! Throw in a comfy leather chair and we are pretty darned thrilled with what we have. We're pretty amazed with what we have built and filled with gratitude to all who have helped us along the way. It's humbling to sit in that leather chair remembering the friends and family who have helped us.
Our neighbors are building their cabin and it's wonderful to see their dream come to reality. To see and hear their excitement and anticipation in having their family retreat. We are blessed to have a wonderful family as neighbors as we share a little slice of paradise.
We continue to be amazed by the number of people following our blog. Your interest and words of encouragement are wonderful. We had some recent visitors who not only read but remembered in great detail the information we have posted in our blog.
Below are some pictures of our cabin progress.
Enjoy!!
M&M
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| Barn Lights |
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| Entry Tile |
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| Bathroom T&G Ceiling |
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| So that's what those tiny windows were for! |
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| Please don't tell them until they are finished that the wood stove weighs 575lbs!!! |
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| No it's not photoshop ... the sink actually works!! |
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