Noah Bradley, Author at Handmade Houses with Noah Bradley

29 06, 2019

A lot of beauty can be found in the lines

Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:19:52+00:00

Isn’t this a precious Sugar House”?
Whenever I view an attractive building I ask myself… “What makes it so?”

There are some lessons to be learned upon careful examination of this wonderful pen and ink drawing by Eric Sloane. The author/artist lays the answer out there for us, so plain, simple, and easy to understand.

This is one of the many sketches within Sloane’s book “American Barns and Bridges” which is one the books on my recommended reading list that I offered a few weeks ago. I’d like to share a few more of Sloane’s sketches with you in the coming day or two… I think you’ll enjoy them.

BTW… I have four duplicate copies of four different books of Sloane’s (one that is out of print) that I’m giving away to four different people that sign up by Monday. I’m going to do a random drawing of those on the list… I’ll shoot the winners an email and ask for an address. ( If you get my free list of the books I recommend reading you will be automatically signed up… the button to get this free guide is to the right on this page… and oh… one last thing… those that signed up to get the free guide prior to this last weekend, there was a technical issue… you did receive your guide, but you weren’t automatically signed up… sorry about that… please, try again, thanks… I’m afraid that I am a much better builder than I am a techie. Noah

Originally posted 2015-08-06 13:17:28.

A lot of beauty can be found in the linesNoah Bradley2019-06-29T10:19:52+00:00

29 06, 2019

Lincoln’s log cabins

Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:19:51+00:00

Here is a replica of Abraham Lincoln’s childhood cabin where he spent most of his childhood, along with his parents and brother. This cabin is built on the site of the original cabin and as authentic to the original as it could be made.

Abraham Lincoln was born in the log cabin seen in the post card above, but his family moved a year or two later, so he had no memory of this first cabin in his life.

This birthplace cabin, according to the website that keeps track of all the cabins that Lincoln lived in, later “disappeared”.

Here is a log cabin that Lincoln built with his father. According to this post card it was taken down and moved for display at the Chicago Worlds Fair.

Originally posted 2015-08-05 13:08:37.

Lincoln’s log cabinsNoah Bradley2019-06-29T10:19:51+00:00

29 06, 2019

Some of the many benefits of living in a log cabin

Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:19:50+00:00

Families who live in log cabins are always happy.
The men where hats and smoke pipes.
All is well with the world.

Living in a log cabin instills peace in one’s soul, and often inspires creativity.

And living in a log cabin has long been known as a cure for infertility issues.

And finally… Log cabins were the original man cave.

Originally posted 2015-08-04 17:12:14.

Some of the many benefits of living in a log cabinNoah Bradley2019-06-29T10:19:50+00:00

29 06, 2019

Classic cabins are timeless

Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:19:49+00:00

A log cabin on an old postcard.

(notice the Model T in the left side of this image)

This cabin looked good when it was built… 1820’s.

It looked good in when the photo was taken.. 1920’s

And, it looks good today.

I guess that makes it timeless?

Originally posted 2015-08-04 13:01:56.

Classic cabins are timelessNoah Bradley2019-06-29T10:19:49+00:00

29 06, 2019

My love of log cabins

Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:19:48+00:00

Several years before I built my first log cabin, long before I ever thought of building them for a living, log structures fascinated me.

If I saw one I couldn’t help but climb them and give them a hug!

I should have seen what was coming. sigh.

I guess I’ve built fifty of them since this photo was taken and performed some degree of restoration on a couple hundred more, and, I have explored and studied well over a thousand. I know cabins.

I wish I could go back in time and tell that young man in the photo what I know today. But, I can’t. So… you all are stuck with hearing me ramble on. lol

Have a great day everybody!

Originally posted 2015-08-04 12:23:20.

My love of log cabinsNoah Bradley2019-06-29T10:19:48+00:00

29 06, 2019

A log cabin with flair

Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:19:47+00:00

Here’s one of the two log cabins that make up this home. There are some interesting details to be seen on this home.

Overall she is very appealing, although there are some features that I would have done differently, such as the stove pipe and the odd window in the gable end… but you know architects. 😉

* (there is an unwritten rule that all builders must make a subtle jab towards architects at least once a week lol)

Originally posted 2015-08-01 14:25:34.

A log cabin with flairNoah Bradley2019-06-29T10:19:47+00:00

29 06, 2019

The use of boulders in cabin construction

Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:19:46+00:00

For those who love log cabins and stone… HUGE stones.

Originally posted 2015-08-01 13:59:00.

The use of boulders in cabin constructionNoah Bradley2019-06-29T10:19:46+00:00

29 06, 2019

Three different photos of the same cabin

Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:19:45+00:00

Which do you like better? The sunset photo. The daytime photo. Or, heaven forbid… the “before photo”?

Originally posted 2015-07-31 12:20:57.

Three different photos of the same cabinNoah Bradley2019-06-29T10:19:45+00:00

29 06, 2019

Finished interior where timber frame meets log cabin

Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:19:44+00:00

Here’s the finished room made from that old house. You can see the posts exposed in the corner where it meets with the log cabin, and you can see the antique joists above. (we not only built the log cabin, and this timber frame addition, but also the cabinetry, and even… the kitchen table)

Originally posted 2015-07-31 11:59:05.

Finished interior where timber frame meets log cabinNoah Bradley2019-06-29T10:19:44+00:00

29 06, 2019

Stick-built and timber-frame combined

Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:19:43+00:00

Okay… it’s time to put the old house back up.

We decided here not to use stress skin panels but rather we would built standard 2by6 exterior walls and then build the old timber frame on the interior of those walls to be seen and appreciated for decades to come. (no real reason for that… I guess there just wasn’t enough of material needed to bother ordering panels)

For all the stone work enthusiasts out there let me point out one feature of the stone that makes it attractive… depth and roughness. Smooth surface stone will never give you the play on light as do rough faced, jagged stone.