29 06, 2019

A cabin with character

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She is not the straightest cabin in the world.

And, the inconsistencies in workmanship reveal that this cabin was likely built by the homeowner and not a team of experienced builders.  There is certainly no disciplined German workmanship on display with this fine old home.

That’s one of the things I love about cabins… they aren’t complicated enough to scare off anyone from building them.

Originally posted 2016-01-24 16:07:27.

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29 06, 2019

After all these years

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After all these years, and a fine partial restoration, this cabin still stands proud and straight.
And… she’s mighty attractive I might add.
All she needs is her missing chimney restored, a new front door, and a few windows and then it’s time to move in.
And, oh yeah, a porch on the front would be so nice… you just have to have a porch. 🙂

Originally posted 2016-01-21 15:15:49.

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29 06, 2019

Roof bracing

2019-06-29T09:45:34+00:00

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A cute little log cabin with some extra bracing to support the roof overhangs. I suppose this is a northern (perhaps Canadian?) cabin.

Originally posted 2015-12-27 15:41:27.

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29 06, 2019

Easy on the eyes

2019-06-29T09:45:31+00:00

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Here we have a cabin with a “wine bottle” chimney.
Notice the “handmadeness” of this entire cabin.
By avoiding manufactured materials (and the overt perfection that these materials achieve) we have a cabin here that is… well… easy on the eyes.

Originally posted 2015-12-26 13:33:10.

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29 06, 2019

She is not symmetrical

2019-06-29T09:45:26+00:00

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Notice how the center door and window are skewed to one side of the center of this cabin… and ponder, if you will, the affect that this change has given to this log home.
I imagine the reason the builder did this was to be able to create two equal size rooms within the cabin. He ignored the urge within most of us to make the home symmetrical, which tends to make a home “formal” looking and instead created… “charming”.

Originally posted 2015-12-21 16:09:07.

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29 06, 2019

A log and stone home

2019-06-29T09:45:07+00:00

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Log and stone.
What a great home!
If I may be so bold as to suggest a “if I had built this” comment…
I just can’t help myself…
It’s the way I am… lol…
It’s challenging to find a more attractive house than the ones that feature the combination of log and stone.
I would have made one little adjustment on this home that I feel would have made it much more appealing… I would have built the stone addition a different size than the log section, rather than having it as a continuation of the existing log structure.
Here I would have made the stone section one-and-a-half story tall and I would have recessed it a foot or two back from the front of the log section. This subtle change would have made each section “pop” and celebrated each section’s uniqueness.
And, of course, (while I’m making changes), I’d have added a welcoming porch across the front of the cabin.

Originally posted 2015-12-13 17:57:58.

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