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29 06, 2019

Log cabin – Farmhouse

Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:03:39+00:00

You know, it’s these homes with simple designs that I find most visually striking.

Take this cabin for instance… I doubt if there is another one out there like her.

There are no fancy details to be seen, and no faux embellishments have been added, and yet… this home has a bold appearance about her not seen on modern houses.

I would think a new home built with these lines and using high quality materials, like perhaps… a slate roof, antique logs, and a timber-frame addition, would make for an incredible dream home.

Originally posted 2015-11-06 15:13:47.

Log cabin – FarmhouseNoah Bradley2019-06-29T10:03:39+00:00

29 06, 2019

A well worn path…

Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:03:34+00:00

What a great cabin. It appears the cabin on the right was likely the original home and that the one of the left, with it’s “cat’s head” roof was later on creating a breezeway between the two.

Originally posted 2015-11-05 12:14:37.

A well worn path…Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:03:34+00:00

29 06, 2019

A home that stirs the soul

Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:03:20+00:00

I often catch myself pausing for a few minutes when I look at a photo like this… there is an unusual mix of calm and wonder that I feel.

I’m at home.

And, the intensity of these feelings is only magnified when I stand before a place like this in person.

Why is that?

What is it about these vintage structures, made of natural materials, and assembled by hand, that captures me so?

Why is that so many homes fall short of achieving this reaction?

Should this be the goal of someone building a home?… that this be the bar that determines whether a home has passed the test, or not?… it’s a concept worth considering that a home not only serve as a source of habitation, but also as something that stirs the soul?

Originally posted 2015-10-31 13:34:10.

A home that stirs the soulNoah Bradley2019-06-29T10:03:20+00:00

29 06, 2019

Old hewn cabin

Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:03:11+00:00

Nothing else like having a little bit of firewood stacked on the porch!

Originally posted 2015-10-27 20:38:46.

Old hewn cabinNoah Bradley2019-06-29T10:03:11+00:00

29 06, 2019

A log cabin in it’s simplest form

Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:03:07+00:00

Alex Cole Cabin in Roaring Fork

No windows, no porches, no stone foundation, no additions, no dormers, and even the stone chimney is hidden on the other side. There are no dramatic views to be seen, no nearby outbuildings to create added charm. She is just a simple cabin on the edge of a woods. And yet, in all this simplicity she is beautiful.

Originally posted 2015-10-26 14:10:45.

A log cabin in it’s simplest formNoah Bradley2019-06-29T10:03:07+00:00

29 06, 2019

The Walker’s Sisters homeplace in Tennessee

Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:02:59+00:00

Originally posted 2015-10-24 13:56:58.

The Walker’s Sisters homeplace in TennesseeNoah Bradley2019-06-29T10:02:59+00:00

29 06, 2019

Create your future

Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:02:36+00:00

A dream home doesn’t need to remain a dream.
Where do you see yourself five years from now?
There are only two options… make plans, or make excuses.
Decide what you want, create a plan, and then… take the next step… and then the next one… and then the next one…

Originally posted 2015-10-17 13:40:34.

Create your futureNoah Bradley2019-06-29T10:02:36+00:00

29 06, 2019

A wide chimney = a cooking fireplace

Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:02:34+00:00

Of course we know why this wonderful stone chimney is SO wide (she must be ten feet wide at the base, rather than the standard six feet)… I imagine that there is one impressive cooking fireplace on the inside of this cabin!

Originally posted 2015-10-17 12:56:38.

A wide chimney = a cooking fireplaceNoah Bradley2019-06-29T10:02:34+00:00

29 06, 2019

Log Home plans

Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:02:06+00:00

This cabin is…
Perfect.
Absolutely perfect.
Oh my.

How is that a house was built a hundred and fifty years ago… it still stands straight and true… and that it is SO much more attractive than almost all of the houses that are built today?

Originally posted 2015-10-09 14:28:04.

Log Home plansNoah Bradley2019-06-29T10:02:06+00:00

29 06, 2019