my cabin

[olskool]

here is my cabin 4 of us built, mainly my brother and his helper, they are master wood workers and about anything else that has to do with building. I am a grunt. it took us a year to build doing it part time. my wife and I are living it full time, we just moved in and down sized, it is great but we had to cut a lot of things loose because of room. a lot of the wood was reclaimed from the Edisto river, old growth cypress logs were cut for the beams on my brothers saw mill. here is a few photos of the 100s I took wile doing the work.

 

[soFlaNative]

Tremendous job! Great style and use of the cypress.
Would love to scratch my back on one of those porch posts.

 

[olskool]

a couple more,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[olskool]

the cedar columns on the porches were give to my brother, he was going to slice them into boards until we had this idea the cypress beams are pecky, thus the holes in them,,,,

 

[ACORN]

I'm green with envy. Beautiful place!

 

[joeintexas]

Very nice, congratulations.

 

[Bullseye 2620]

Absolutely gorgeous. I wish you years of happiness and good fortune in your new home!

 

[Onomea]

Beautiful work. Just beautiful! Congrats!

 

[Watchdog]

Your "cabin" is nicer than the house I live in. I would gladly downsize if I had something like that...especially out in the woods, away from traffic and noise.

Congratulations on your achievement, and best wishes for many years of happiness in your home.

 

[Maddog 521]

Nice, very nice.

 

[bill2000]

Drooling with envy here. That is spectacular!

 

[jscheck]

What a beautiful place! I wish I had 1/10th the talent it took to build it!

 

[oneounceload]

You and your wife definitely owe him more than a beer and a steak for this job! Well done by all.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I love the kitchen stove; Is that New retro look or fantastic condition older built? The spalded cypress cabinet doors would cost a fortune in a decorator's shop!

BTW is there a wood stove for heat or central heat?

Ivan

 

[two-bit cowboy]

Lookin' mighty comfy, there, olskool. Congrats.

I noticed the checkerboard on the table -- nice touch.

Bob

 

[BAM-BAM]

SWEEEeeeeeeet......


What size is the cabin? Loft or just vaulted ceiling?

Also interested in that stove.

 

[FifthWheel]

That is beautiful. I hope the woodpeckers don't like it as much as they like my barn.

 

[oneounceload]

I love the kitchen stove; Is that New retro look or fantastic condition older built? The spalded cypress cabinet doors would cost a fortune in a decorator's shop!

BTW is there a wood stove for heat or central heat?

Ivan

I didn't notice any smokestack or chimney in the photos

 

[Sixgun100]

Wow!

That is really awesome! Enjoy!!

 

[olskool]

the cabinets are spalded hickory, the stove is from the 1930s, it is real. the ceiling is vaulted, no loft although there is 90 sq. ft. over my bedroom that was set up to be a loft overlooking the living room. but the cost of it was not in the budget, maybe we will add it later. also there is a footing beside the cabin for a chimney, again budget. the fireplace was going to be around 15,000 bucks. the chimney would be 30ft tall. I would love to have had one but man to me that is a lot of bread for something I would only use a few times a year in SC the house is 720 sq ft. living space. with the 8ft deep porches 1200 I am finding out it is easy to down size, you need a lot less than you think. I have a really cool hiding place for my toys that Houdini couldn't find, no room far a safe. thanks for all the nice comments! you folks are so nice here.

 

[olskool]

when I took the photo the tv wasn't in so me and the wife played checkers on an old homemade antique checker board. of course when she won I let her,,,,,,,,,

 

[rburg]

Whats that white stuff on the ground, salt?

 

[walkin jack]

Olskool, That is gorgeous!. I absolutely love it. I could be very comfy in that house. I love the look and the smell of wood.

When M bro in law built his house He and my FIL did just about everything but the slab. Even the wiring. But what was really cool was the doors, wood trim inside, kitchen and bathroom cabinets. They found a place and bought a few Ash trees...still growing in the ground!.

They built a kiln and had the trees cut and milled and they dried it in the kiln and made everything inside that was wood out of that ash. It turned out great. Very beautiful. Then 2 years ago my SIL painted the kitchen and bathroom cabinet. I could only shake my head in dismay....

 

[Watchdog]

I had to come back for another look at this...just to take in some more of the details like the recessed lighting and that beautiful old stove. It's easy to be envious of a place like this.

It really is deserving of an illustrated article in one of the more upscale design/architectural/lifestyle magazines...perhaps Garden & Gun, since it's target audience is primarily Southerners like us.

 

[6518John]

Olskool—you need to get four or five ole hounds, to join the one in the top pictures above, to sleep on/under the porch. Also I see you have a nice out building off to the side—you can hide the still in there if you ever see revenuers snooping around!

 

[olskool]

the white stuff on the ground is sand. the lot is a little sandy as it is a block from the Edisto river. in the photos you will see a early 1900s ice box and a pie safe from the 1880s I have a lot of cast iron to go with the stove. next weekend I will be getting a decorative piece of wrought iron fence to mount to the wall and I will display the pans on it, I have an idea in mind and it will look cool.

 

[olskool]

here is a couple more.

 

[olskool]

some of the photos were before we moved in so things were being set up.

 

[woodsltc]

Wow, that is beautiful. I'm officially jealous!!!!

Congrats on a great looking cabin. Hope you enjoy it for many years to come.


Don

 

[Tradewind36]

Awesome!! 1000+ likes!