I do love canned tomatoes.

Originally posted 2015-09-18 17:19:42.

I’ve always admired white farmhouse-styled kitchen cabinets. There is something “homey” feeling about them. Especially when there is a grandma in the photo.

White cabinets might not be as rich looking as natural wood cabinets but they are universally loved, easy to clean and hold up better than natural wood finishes.

Originally posted 2015-09-16 13:38:11.

Board and batten… cheap and easy.

A fast form of construction that makes use of local materials.

Here we see that it was so cheap and easy that the baby get’s his own house.

I wonder how he opened that door?

Originally posted 2015-09-15 14:17:59.

Here we have a backwoods kitchen so commonly found in hunting cabins or “camps”. The woodstove keeps the room plenty warm and there is just enough room on top to heat water for coffee and to have a pot of something cooking… stew if the hunt was successful, beans if not. And, there is enough countertop nearby to make a few sandwiches on… ahhh the good life! lol What more do you need in a kitchen?

Originally posted 2015-09-14 14:39:22.

I find that timber-framed buildings that are made of hewn timbers (those shaped with an axe, rather than a saw) are much more attractive than their more modern sawn counterparts. The same holds true of log cabins.
They look… handmade.

Originally posted 2015-09-13 14:54:51.

I do so love that stove!

Originally posted 2015-09-12 17:34:45.

Why not build something like this?

Originally posted 2015-09-11 15:19:00.

It’s nice to have a window over the kitchen sink.

Can a window be too large?

Originally posted 2015-09-11 15:06:55.

Maybe this is more rustic… more crude… of a lifestyle than we might want.

But  there is a lot to be said, for peace and quiet. To sit by an open fire and listen to it crackle. To stroke the hair on a companion that loves you unconditionally. To not have all the distractions that fill our world. And to know that a musical instrument is nearby when the urge strikes for us to break the silence.

Originally posted 2015-09-10 19:17:10.

There is nothing else in the world like spotting a Mail Pouch barn going down the highway. Have you ever seen one? How long has it been?

Originally posted 2015-09-10 14:02:12.