A Quaker stone home… notice the quality of the stone and it’s workmanship. Most impressive.
I can’t help but wonder what the folks of “years gone by” would think of our use of old wagon wheels as decorative items. So many old homes and cabins have them leaning against the home for an aging affect. I wonder if our descendants, a hundred years from now, will use 21st century spare tires to add a bit of our vintage era to their homes?
Originally posted 2015-10-15 19:29:09.
Light the fire and bring on the food!
Originally posted 2015-10-15 18:59:23.
A log cabin by itself is breathtaking if designed and built properly, and located in an attractive setting. But with the addition of a few outbuildings the place becomes magical.
Originally posted 2015-10-15 14:31:05.
Worthy of a minute of your time…
The oldest wood frame house in West Virginia…
http://www.relivinghistoryinc.org/
Originally posted 2015-10-14 18:48:01.
An example of hewn log cabin construction at the “top tier” level of skill. No backwoods pioneer, or farmer during his down time, crafted this cabin… for sure.
Originally posted 2015-10-14 18:18:59.
All too soon it will be time to hang the stockings by the fireplace.
Originally posted 2015-10-14 15:41:35.
I’ve always admired a steep pitched roof, but this roof would likely split a rain drop in two that landed on her peak. Can a roof be too steep?
Originally posted 2015-10-14 15:31:23.
Something is just “not right” about this cabin.
It’s clearly a new cabin, built using old logs salvaged from another source.
I try not to be critical of others work, but a discerning eye is important in trying to perfect a craft. I do the same of my own completed work. There is always another lesson to be learned it seems.
There are minor issues with the cabin… things that I would have done differently… the windows on the front appear to large, the porch staircase appears too modern, and I prefer stone piers under a porch rather than a solid foundation under it.
But there is a major visual problem on this most classic of log cabin designs… there is so much that is done very well with this cabin… but…
The roof appears too large for the little log cabin that sits under it. The eaves of the roof extend too far out for a classic cabin look and those extra few inches are distracting.
The unwritten rule on vintage homes with regard to eaves is to be extremely cautious in ever exceeding ten inches wide.
It is said that wide eaves protect a house, but I have seen many New England homes with no eaves that have fared well for centuries.
Originally posted 2015-10-13 14:19:15.
Now, here’s a chimney… with four fireplaces… and two windows!
Originally posted 2015-10-12 18:29:04.
So often a log cabin is seen with a mysterious door on the end, seeming to lead to nowhere. Often the answer to this oddity is that the cabin was not originally built with this opening, but as time went by the cabin was added onto… most often with the use of our more modern framing method. Years went by and the cabin outlasted it’s newer appendage which would be removed as it fell into disrepair.
Originally posted 2015-10-12 16:07:51.
