A cabin connected to a cabin
An attractive way to create a large cabin is by combining two or more together as this home does.
Originally posted 2015-09-06 20:24:14.
Quality does not need to be expensive
There is not a single thing in this photo that was expensive… in fact I can say that this area likely would cost less to build than what is being built today in many subdivisions.
Originally posted 2015-09-06 20:11:37.
On placing a house
Now that is one nice picket fence.
Of course, what’s behind it is not bad either.
I was once told by a photographer that “any builder can build a home that has a view… but few know how to build a home that is part of the view”.
Keep that in mind when building your home.
Originally posted 2015-09-06 13:55:38.
Curious what you can find in a wall
Now that is curious… the mason must have run low on rocks to use in this wall?
I’ve seen my share of new chimneys built with an occasional beer can installed, but this is my first full bottle of whiskey that I’ve seen prominently displayed.
Originally posted 2015-09-06 13:42:56.
Wealthy in all that matters
I wish this image was a little sharper. It appears this woman is extremely happy about something… maybe it’s because she has two darling children and they all live together in a handmade log home?
Originally posted 2015-09-05 22:49:01.
A settler’s cabin
I’ve heard it said that men would hike into the wilderness of Kentucky with nothing but a rifle and an axe head. Upon arriving they would take the axe head and create a handle for it. And then, they would take the completed axe and make a simple cabin like this where they would live for a few years while clearing their land and building a larger home… a cabin with wood floors, a stone foundation, and stone chimney.
Originally posted 2015-09-05 22:27:53.
One cozy cabin
It take a LOT of logs to build a full size cabin… but one this size, only a few. This is a one person cabin and that’s including the back addition.
Originally posted 2015-09-04 21:49:29.
Lives have been lived in old cabins
A family makes yarn in the front yard.
I have had the privilege of restoring, and working the materials from, a lot of very old houses over the years that I have been in this unique building trade. I can’t help but reflect on the craftsmanship and beauty of these old structures as I work on them, but I also make an effort to reflect on the lives that must have been lived in them as well. The stories these old homes could tell, if only they could talk.
I wonder… what this woman is thinking as she sits here on this threshold.
And, I wonder what momma has in that big pan on her lap?
Originally posted 2015-09-04 17:44:47.
Ornamental vs “Clean”
A sweet little house that is filled to the brim with elaborate detailing, all of which are in great need of some tender loving care.
I can see from the variances in the shading of the siding on the front of the house that there was once a porch roof that spanned this front entry. Can you imagine the ornate posts and detailed railings that were once on this intimate treasure?
Is this where the grandparents spent their final years, out back of the main house?
And then we have this home, with no ornamentation at all. Gorgeous.
Both homes are very attractive in their own right… but which is your preference?
Originally posted 2015-09-03 14:12:44.
Cabins… all over this great country
Here’s one in Texas.
And one from Indiana.
A cabin in California.
And… a cabin in Virginia (I built this one 🙂
Here we have four cabins from Texas, Indiana, California and Virginia… From the deep South to the North, from the Pacific to the Atlantic, this is a nation of cabin folks!
Have you got one for yourself?
Originally posted 2015-09-02 12:41:41.