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The cabin’s owner told me that I was the eighth person that he had brought in to see if the cabin could be restored.

All of the previous builders had told him that the best thing that he could do would be to bulldoze the place and put up a new cabin.

I told him that it was the prettiest cabin that I had ever seen.

And, it was.

And, he hired me.

Now don’t misunderstand me, the cabin had “issues”, no doubt.

I had never seen a chimney in worse shape. For some unknown reason the bottom of the chimney had experienced tremendous aging… a loss of mortar, a loss of stone, even an erosion of some of the stones… to the point I was concerned that the chimney could fall at any moment.

And the front porch… well, let’s just say that I’ve seen more inviting places to savor the day. My wife, seen in the photo, just walked on by.

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But the logs, they were beautiful. Large poplar logs… one of my favorite species. All in great shape. If you have really nice logs you have the potential for a really nice home.

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This cabin restoration was going to be a treat.

Originally posted 2015-03-02 16:36:56.