Timber frame
For those who wanted the look and feel of ancient timbers, but want more light, and height, a timber frame can’t be beat.
Originally posted 2015-12-26 13:13:32.
A single log wall
Just having one log wall in a bathroom can change it’s whole character.
Originally posted 2015-12-26 13:08:44.
We just garnered the attention of over a million viewers…
In a world where you can find almost any service online, there’s one service not so easily found.
The days of the hand made home craftsman are not over, but they are particularly hard to find.
Old style homes and cabins continue to pop up here and there, but many of these craftsmen are Amish, or do not make full use of internet technologies. They are country folk and mountain men and women. They seem to have dropped into the background of society since the world has come to rely on Google to find services, and they are not so easily found there.
One man fights to see that one old world tradition isn’t forgotten, as he himself an old-world hand craftsman, Noah Bradley moves to inspire while sharing pictures of old to his facebook page, (Handmade Houses With Noah Bradley) as well as those he has constructed over time.
His building knowledge lends itself to a particular brand of commentary that understands the construction at hand, how it was built, what’s falling apart first, and what needs to be done to preserve it. The following photos from his facebook page and web site share bits of commentary from the eyes of wisdom that come from many years of experience.
Originally posted 2015-12-26 12:55:33.
What is it about logs?
Log walls are special, whether you are inside of them, or outside.
Originally posted 2015-12-21 21:12:13.
She is not symmetrical
Notice how the center door and window are skewed to one side of the center of this cabin… and ponder, if you will, the affect that this change has given to this log home.
I imagine the reason the builder did this was to be able to create two equal size rooms within the cabin. He ignored the urge within most of us to make the home symmetrical, which tends to make a home “formal” looking and instead created… “charming”.
Originally posted 2015-12-21 16:09:07.
Siding and whitewash
It doesn’t appear that we are going to have a white Christmas this year… but the option is always there for cabin owners to have a white cabin.
Back when almost everyone lived in a log home a coat of whitewash on a home was considered a major upgrade.
Originally posted 2015-12-21 15:36:30.
The downside of rural living
Yeah, it’s a nice place…
But, think how far they have to drive to get to the nearest Walmart!
Those poor people.
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Originally posted 2015-12-20 17:51:20.
Wood is such a wonderful renewable resource
Originally posted 2015-12-20 17:31:15.
Vertical corner post log home
Here we have a different type of log cabin… one where the corners of the cabin are made up of vertical logs where the wall logs are pegged into place with mortise and tenon joints.
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I’ve seen a few cabins built this way over the years. I would have thought that water would have gotten into these corners and rotted them out… but that has not been the case.
Originally posted 2015-12-20 17:25:26.
What are the benefits of living in a real cabin?
It’s a great question… and today, I’m not going to try to answer it.
But rather, I’d just like you to take a moment and look at this photo and contemplate for yourself on how living in a place like this would affect you. Would your life be better?… Enough so that having a place like this should become a goal to have, rather than just a daydream?
I heard it said the other day that “a goal without a date is just a wish”.
And we know that to be true… if we aren’t putting out some effort towards getting something it will likely never happen and then one day we will find ourselves living with the regret of never having tried.
So maybe, make this coming year the time where you will make the first small steps towards having a handmade home of your own. I’m working a little video now that I hope to release soon (free) that will give you a dozen or so inexpensive steps that you can take that will get you far enough down the path towards having a place like this that you will find yourself living in that cabin before you know it!
Originally posted 2015-12-19 15:21:53.