Stone cottage
A house can be designed and built in such a way as to compliment the landscape. When that happens a house becomes more than just a place where people live, it becomes a work of art.
Originally posted 2015-10-22 17:55:09.
Log cabin back porch
Now that’s a back porch.
Years ago a back porch was more than a place to sit and reflect. During the warmer months of the year there was plenty of kitchen and laundry work that needed to be done… mainly food preservation of the crops that would sustain the family throughout the Winter and coming Spring. It was much more pleasant to be doing these chores out on the porch where the heat from all the fires needed to can and heat water didn’t make working so unbearable.
Originally posted 2015-10-21 20:11:58.
A fine early farmhouse
This is “Stagville”, located in Durham, North Carolina.
Originally posted 2015-10-21 16:00:43.
Rustic charm
I can’t help but notice that no board on this cabin is cut exactly right… each is to some degree a little too long.
Better too long than too short.
I know from experience that when building a home with the aid of a handsaw, rather than an electric one, that work is often performed “good enough”… not “perfect”.
Originally posted 2015-10-21 15:51:46.
A truly remarkable log outbuilding
This structure is an easy build, with a minimal amount of materials, and is so attractive, and would serve many purposes… from storage to a guest house. Why more farms don’t have one of these is beyond me.
Originally posted 2015-10-21 15:39:21.
Rustic metal siding
This product… “Truten”… (of which I learned about through one of our members here at HandmadeHouses… thank you Chuck) is a metal application that has been rusted and sealed… has some real potential to create an attractive home exterior. I’ve yet to find an attractive home design coupled with this material, but I think the result of such a combination would be eye catching, durable, and low maintenance.
Originally posted 2015-10-21 15:32:28.
Historic home of Walter Reed
The home of Dr Walter Reed, in Gloucester Virginia.
One chimney, to heat the home.
The other, to cook the meals.
What could be finer?
Originally posted 2015-10-20 18:04:26.
Age is beauty
Stonework improves with age.
Build yourself a stone home.
Then give it a century, or two, and see how pleased you are with the result!
Originally posted 2015-10-20 17:25:12.
Wide hewn logs
A cabin with huge, wonderful, logs.
All hewn with an axe.
And, with half-dovetail notches in the corners.
Large trees were common back when most of these historic cabins were built, and still today wide logs are available with a little bit of looking. I’ve wondered about why more cabins were not made of wide logs like these are, and even wider ones… the only thing I can come up with is the practicality of working with logs… it’s much harder to hew a really wide log… and it’s much harder to lift a really wide log.
Originally posted 2015-10-19 15:18:27.
A sweet little cottage home
A house that is cute… and shy.
Just barely peaking above the fence line.
A modest home… even for it’s day… yet it has two masonry chimneys, a metal roof, wood siding, a large front porch, and attractive windows… all features missing in most new homes today selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Originally posted 2015-10-19 14:45:49.