This cabin has a very nice chimney… a tip of the hat to whoever the stonemason was on this little home.
The wood shake roof and the aged board-and-batten siding add greatly to the “rusticness” of this cabin.
I was concerned about how low to the ground both the cabin, and especially the sided addition were… I advised the owner to maintain a regular scheduling of termite treatment and that likely one day there would be a need for a lot of wood replacement due to rot… but for now… all was well.
I have to admit that if I had built this cabin I’d likely have done a snazzier job. I would have built the addition higher and put more of a stone foundation under her.
If the owner’s of this cabin wanted a wood-stove in this back addition I’d have talked them into a second stone chimney rather than a pipe run out the side of the wall. Yeah, my version of this cabin would have been more refined.
So, I am thankful that I wasn’t the builder, because it is these differences between what this cabin’s builder did and what I would have done that make this place as special as she is.
I really like this cabin, I could see myself living here. (my wife, not so much, she likes my refined farmhouse/cabins better) I find myself drawn to the backwoods charm and the down-to-earth feel that this cabin offers. Nothing pretentious here… You don’t vacuum the floors… you use a broom.
Nice.
A perfect man cave.
Originally posted 2015-07-22 12:54:13.