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1,116 square foot Pearlman Mountain Cabin

1,116 square foot Pearlman Mountain Cabin

The 1,116 square foot Pearlman Mountain Cabin is in the Idyllwild art community of Mount San Jacinto, California. It was designed by a renowned architect, then built by family. The cabin was designed and built to be a weekend cottage for the family of a 

Edith Farnsworth Modern One Room House

Edith Farnsworth Modern One Room House

The one room glass and steel Edith Farnsworth House seems to float above the ground. It was designed in the International style of Modern architecture by Mies van der Rohe. In 1945, Edith Farnsworth purchased nine acres of beautiful wooded property on the Fox River 

Two Kits to Build a Hidden Panel Secret Room and Step-by-Step Instructions

Two Kits to Build a Hidden Panel Secret Room and Step-by-Step Instructions

Murphy Door has been selling hardware and kits to create secret room doors for a while now. The doors look like shelves or other furniture, but are actually doors that smoothly swing open to reveal a doorway. Their new Hidden Panel Murphy Doors can be 

New 2-Bedroom Single Section Modular Cabin from Blue Ridge Log Cabins

New 2-Bedroom Single Section Modular Cabin from Blue Ridge Log Cabins

Blue Ridge Log Cabins builds log cabins in a factory off of I-26 north of Spartanburg, South Carolina, just before the North Carolina state line. You can tour model log cabins and other cabins that are built on site and delivered to your own land. 

Turning the Cabin into a Home

Turning the Cabin into a Home

Mom has moved in. All of the furniture from her old house fits perfectly and the colors are perfect together. This photo makes it look more cramped than it looks in real life. There is a lot in the living room. A sofa, two arm 

How Much Space Does Porch Furniture Need?

How Much Space Does Porch Furniture Need?

How big does a porch need to be? There are two big factors. How much of the porch will be used up as walk space? And what do you plan to use the porch for? This porch isn’t small, but the ramp and steps on 

Measurements for Porch Plan

Measurements for Porch Plan

We want a great front porch on the cabin. The plan was to do something like this, with the porch starting at the end of the cabin. But now that Mom has moved in, she doesn’t want the living room window covered by a porch. 

Midwest Products House Framing 3/4″ Scale Model Kits

Midwest Products House Framing 3/4″ Scale Model Kits

Midwest Products House Framing 3/4″ Scale Model Kits are used to teach construction using 3/4″ scale micro-cut wood cut to thousandths of an inch tolerances. The kits use the principles used in real world house framing. The included instruction booklets explain the purpose of each 

Build this 16 x 24 Cabin with Loft for under $6,000

Build this 16 x 24 Cabin with Loft for under $6,000

Build this 16 x 24 Cabin for under $6,000. This 384 square foot cabin is designed to be easy and inexpensive to build. It has a small entry porch and a high 12/12 roof pitch to fit a loft. The Blue Prints meet most state 

Ira Fernando Small House Plans from $2.00

Ira Fernando Small House Plans from $2.00

Architect Ira Fernando has been designing US code compliant homes for over 23 years. Small house plans start at $1.99 for digital copies. Printed copies start at $19.99. The printed plans have 24 pages.  It includes construction plans with all of the schedules; foundation, footing,