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.
The Adam Thoroughgood Home
Here is the Adam Thoroughgood house… perhaps one of the most recognized of historic American homes.
I’ve never been to see the Thoroughgood home, but I did once have a client who had an exact replica of this house built for himself. That house, was… amazing… much more visually impacting than this photo could ever hope to reveal.
The combination of good design, handmade brick, and a slate roof, makes for a fine home.
Originally posted 2015-10-19 14:31:35.
Log cabin abuse
Help me!
My trim has been painted an awful shade of yellow.
And, I’ve been surrounded by vinyl covered cubes!
Originally posted 2015-10-19 13:16:58.
Dry laid stone fence
Can you think of a better fence than one made of stone?
Originally posted 2015-10-18 22:03:36.
Grandma’s house
A gorgeous old country farmstead.
Originally posted 2015-10-18 21:57:32.
A desert cabin
Yes, it’s true, there are even log cabins in Phoenix, Arizona.
This replica is of an original pioneer cabin.
Originally posted 2015-10-18 21:41:25.
Metal siding on a house
Here’s an intriguing cottage.
It appears to be a new home, built using salvaged materials.
I have never used metal roofing materials for siding, but you know, I kinda like the look. And, it would make for a low cost, zero maintenance option to wood siding
I understand that metal panel siding is popular in the state of Texas, but unheard of here in Virginia other than for new outbuildings.
What do you think of this rustic cabin?
Originally posted 2015-10-18 15:50:45.
Why are house sizes regulated?
The smallest house in Charleston, South Carolina.
As cute as a button.
I’m sure it’s admired and loved by everyone there.
And, I’m equally sure it’s now illegal to build another one as small as this.
Go figure.
Originally posted 2015-10-18 14:57:07.