On being “Noah”
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:28:48+00:00
Originally posted 2016-05-08 13:28:19.
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Log Home apprenticeship opportunity
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:28:42+00:00
How would you like to work with me? To give me a hand? To become an apprentice? Or, to join my crew?
I get multiple requests or offers every week to do just that. Sometimes, I get several per day. I’m humbled, flattered, and a bit overwhelmed by it all.
Over the years I’ve had several hundred young people work beside me… as well as a few who were young at heart, if not quite so with regard to the calendar.
My response to the current requests is…
Thank you for your interest and your offer!…
I’m currently taking a sabbatical from hands-on building… a time-out of sorts, after doing it nonstop for quite a few years. A time to share with a broader audience what I’ve learned through several decades of building unique homes, houses where owner involvement has been of key importance. I’ll be putting the tool-belt back on in the near future with plans to build my next home which I hope to share the process with everyone. Maybe… the timing of that project will be right for you to lend a hand? I urge you to sign up on my email list here on this site if you want to keep better posted on my dreams, plans, and ideas. And please, consider taking the Handmade House Academy when it becomes available in a couple of weeks… those who take the class will be given first options at future offerings. Notification of the release of the Academy will be sent out to those on the email list! Noah
Originally posted 2016-04-30 16:08:54.
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Half way there
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:28:36+00:00
Here the log work has been completed on this cabin.
The massive stone chimney is built,
and the roof is on.
At this point in the construction many of us become anxious… we see our cabin and we want to move in!
But, the reality is that most of the work still lies ahead. It’s time to focus on the joy that comes with building one’s own home.
Once completed this cabin will offer a lifetime of enjoyment to those who dwell within her walls, and many memories of it’s creation.
Originally posted 2016-04-27 15:36:51.
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Go for your dreams!
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:28:30+00:00
Don’t be on your deathbed someday, having spent your life dealing with all of it’s distractions, instead of pursuing your big dreams.
I promise you, it’s worth the effort.
Originally posted 2016-04-21 15:54:57.
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A porch in Winter
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:28:24+00:00
It seems that whenever we have built a cabin that we have always been in a race against the weather… hoping to get a cabin “closed in” before Winter’s arrival.
Our goal would always be to be able to enjoy finishing the interior work with the nearby comfort of a good fire in the fireplace.
Quite often though Winter would win, as it did on this cabin project… the first snow fell too quickly.
Oh well, it still beat working in the city.
And, the porch was still inviting, though plenty cold.
Originally posted 2016-04-06 17:23:12.
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The perfect small log cabin
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:28:18+00:00
I was once challenged to design and build a log cabin, of the highest quality, and as small as possible… without being ridiculous.
And this… is what I built.
(I’m giving away the blueprints for this cabin to everyone who enrolls in the Handmade House Guild and Academy)
Go HERE to learn more!
Originally posted 2016-03-26 17:29:00.
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Chinking… from then, to now
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:28:12+00:00
Here is an example of primitive chinking.
In the early days of this country chinking, or “daubing”, would have had to be frequently repaired or replaced.
When lime became available chinking would become more durable and pleasing to the eye.
Later, cement would prove to be the best material… low cost, attractive, effective, and long lasting.
And then, man invented an expensive, synthetic, toxic, petroleum-derived product that was designed to look like cement as much as possible. This manufactured goo is messy to install and clean up after, and it’s durability is unproven (plastic products don’t have the best record of holding up under direct sunlight) But people buy it… why? 1) there are salesmen and businesses that promote it (for profit) 2) there are brochures touting the benefits of it (whose going to produce a brochure or sales team for cement chinking?) and 3) it’s human nature to assume that the latest product… the most expensive choice… is the best choice.
Originally posted 2016-03-20 15:23:18.
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Blue and grey
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:28:07+00:00
This cabin impresses me in how well all the colors from various building materials blend together so well.
Originally posted 2016-03-18 14:45:23.
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Cozy cabin
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:28:04+00:00
This is about as small as a cabin can built and still be useful for habitation.
Originally posted 2016-03-16 21:37:58.
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Three “warm weather cabins”
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:28:00+00:00
It sure appears as if Spring has arrived early this year. (Here in central Virginia the weather has been in the 70’s the past few days and it is forecasted to continue).
I’ve seen cherry trees in bloom and I even had a thrill yesterday when a pair of bold eagles stopped by for a while on their journey north.
So… I guess it’s time for me to change the “snowy cabin scene” from the top of this site to a more seasonally appropriate one. I’ll go ahead and post the top three contenders today… do you have a favorite?
Originally posted 2016-03-12 14:01:39.