Meadowbrook Cabin Floor Plan

Meadowbrook Cabin Floor Plan

This is the plan to Meadowbrook Cabin. The house is 40′ x 26′, 1040 square ft before the additions. Find out more on these posts: Planning the Kitchen Log Cabin Kitchen Kitchen Before & After Turning the Attic into a Playroom Laundry and Storage Built-in 

Log Cabin Construction Methods

Log Cabin Construction Methods

There are four main construction log cabin construction methods; Full Scribe, Post and Beam, Timber Frame and Fusion or Hybrid. You might also see Log Decor or Accent cabins. Meadowbrook Cabin, our home, is a Full Scribe cabin made of Red Cedar. It is gasketed, 

Project: Built-in China Cabinet and Dining Room Storage

Project: Built-in China Cabinet and Dining Room Storage

I wanted shelves in the dining room that looked like shelves I had seen in a Bed & Breakfast in Ireland. And no, I did not get a photo of them. I wanted display shelves, some serving surface and some hidden storage underneath. We decided 

Project: Storage for DVDs

Project: Storage for DVDs

A few years ago we cut the cord. We decided we could use the money we were paying every month for DirecTV to buy an antenna and DVRs instead. We buy each season when it comes out, then binge watch without commercials. This is great! 

Research: Can I put a tiny house on my land?

Research: Can I put a tiny house on my land?

Whether you are going to put in a tiny house, small modular, log cabin, container home, granny flat or a little guest house, the first step is to see what your zoning is. We are zoned R-10. These are our rules. Your rules could be 

Project: Rhododendron Porch Railing

Project: Rhododendron Porch Railing

When I first bought the log cabin, the porch only had a top rail. I like the look of natural branch railings. Ivy, rhododendron, azalea or mountain laurel is used in place of balusters between the top and bottom rails to create an organic porch 

Project: Converting a Jenny Lind Baby Changing Table into a Bath Vanity

Project: Converting a Jenny Lind Baby Changing Table into a Bath Vanity

I wanted a bathroom vanity that would coordinate with my Jenny Lind bed. I looked at a lot of spool style dressers and tables and finally found a baby changing table that would give the same cottage style spindled look. I found a baby changing 

Project: Butler’s Pantry with Built-in Wine Fridge

Project: Butler’s Pantry with Built-in Wine Fridge

I found a wine fridge on clearance at Lowes and decided to incorporate it when I remodeled the kitchen. I wanted it to look like a hutch or built-in bar area to blend the kitchen and the living room in my open floor plan. I 

Project: Keyless Door Locks

Project: Keyless Door Locks

There’s an app for that. When I got a keyless lock on the car, I asked my husband why we couldn’t make the house keyless, too. So he set up a Nexia Home system and I love it. We have keypad locks for every door. 

Project: Protect Your Cabin from Carpenter Bees and Wood Peckers

Project: Protect Your Cabin from Carpenter Bees and Wood Peckers

Carpenter Bees will seriously damage a log cabin. They drill tunnels and lay eggs. Which is bad enough. But then woodpeckers come to eat the larvae and make huge holes to get at them. Woodpeckers can actually hear bee larvae. The damaged wood attracts other