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.
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A hewn cabin at sunrise
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:03:04+00:00
A nice cabin, in a wonderful location.
I do enjoy a good cup of coffee in the morning on the front porch of a cabin.
There are two things that I would have done differently if I had built this cabin… I would have put a lot more emphasis on building a more attractive chimney (the stonework seen here on the chimney appears to have been done by more than one mason, each with different styles of randomly cementing stones in place)… And, I would not have used wide windows in the gable ends of the cabin (which visually makes the pitch of the roof look lower).
Originally posted 2015-10-25 17:49:51.
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The Walker’s Sisters homeplace in Tennessee
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:02:59+00:00
Originally posted 2015-10-24 13:56:58.
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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.
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Log cabin craftsmanship approaches perfection
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:02:20+00:00
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.
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Backwoods cabin
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:01:52+00:00
There is something wonderful about owning a home that is located at the end of a trail.
Or along a river…
Originally posted 2015-10-04 15:50:10.
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Good colors, and new chinking
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:01:48+00:00
When choosing accent colors on a cabin you can’t go wrong in picking historic shades like we see here.
This cabin is very attractive and it’s obvious that it has experienced a recent restoration.
Unfortunately, the chinking was done improperly and as a result this cabin will be in need of major restoration (log replacements and re-chinked) in less than 10 years.
Here is a good example of properly installed chinking… notice how the chinking is recessed a bit from the faces of the logs allowing water to run off and not get behind the chinking and rot the logs. The folks that restored this cabin did however fall short with their modern finish treatment of the gable ends, and with the protruding window trim.
Originally posted 2015-10-02 11:20:10.
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A new home using antique logs
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:01:35+00:00
This home took great liberties with the use of an abundance of fine antique hewn logs and timbers to create a spectacular, though not historic accurat, interior.
Originally posted 2015-09-27 15:07:30.
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Five essential first steps in building a dream cabin
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:01:33+00:00
Here’s a great start towards having a dream cabin…
1) A timeless design
2) Vintage logs
3) A properly built stone chimney
4) Wood shake roof (anything but asphalt shingles)
5) Great location
Originally posted 2015-09-26 20:57:57.
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No partitions in a log cabin!
Noah Bradley2019-06-29T10:01:27+00:00
A log cabin is at it’s best when it used as one single room… a room with four log walls.
One of the many flaws in cabins using “log cabin kits” is that these cabins are divided up into various rooms each having a wall or two which is log.
I prefer either a small log cabin with a lean-to addition where the cabin serves as living space with a bedroom above it.
Or, a larger home that has one of more log additions off of it where these cabins serve as… living rooms, dens, bedrooms, or dining rooms.
Originally posted 2015-09-24 19:39:40.