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DIY 5-Room Log Cabin Plans

DIY 5-Room Log Cabin Plans

This 5-Room Log Cabin Plan 5506 is available through the Cooperative Extension Service for Agriculture and Home Economics. It is built with 12″ logs. This five-room cabin, designed principally for camping, would make a fairly comfortable house for a small family. A basement could be 

Changing the Shower Trim Tub Handle to Control Volume and Temperature Separately

Changing the Shower Trim Tub Handle to Control Volume and Temperature Separately

We’ve been really happy with nearly everything about our new house. But I hated the shower control. You couldn’t control the temperature and the amount of water separately. When I am taking a hot bath, I want to be able to let just a little 

Built-in Dressing Table

Built-in Dressing Table

The original house plan had a second linen closet in the master bathroom. I decided I would rather have a window. I really like some natural light in the bathroom. Schumacher gave us a credit for deleting 40” of drywall and a door and charged 

Covered Walkway on a Farmhouse Style House

Covered Walkway on a Farmhouse Style House

When I first bought the log cabin, I wanted some kind of roof over the steps. I explained to my brother that I wanted some way to get from the house to the garage without being rained on. He brought me an umbrella. When we 

Shed Roof Over the Window on a Farmhouse Style House

Shed Roof Over the Window on a Farmhouse Style House

I love a lot of things about this house on Hilton Head Island. It has a lot of Craftsman style features, but with the white siding and metal roof details, it has a Modern Farmhouse feel to it, at least to me. The house is 

Adorable Affordable Low Maintenance Tiny House

Adorable Affordable Low Maintenance Tiny House

This super affordable and super adorable Tiny House just showed up on Facebook Marketplace. The owner and her husband bought it to live in while they restored an old farmhouse. Now they are moving in and passing the Tiny House on. The house is 336 

Inspiration: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Kentuck Knob

Inspiration: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Kentuck Knob

Kentuck Knob, or the Hagan House is a National Historic Landmark. It was designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright. It is at 723 Kentuck Road, Chalk Hill, Pennsylvania, about four miles south of Fallingwater, probably Wright’s most famous house. My cousin just visited Kentuck 

Our Walk-in Closet

Our Walk-in Closet

We adjusted the house plan to give us a huge walk-in closet. I’ve had bedrooms smaller. The builder included this ClosetMaid TotalSlide closet system. It is a shelf with a bar below to hang clothes on. It pretty much follows the plans. It looks pretty 

Little Red Tiny Towable from Blue Ridge Tiny Homes

Little Red Tiny Towable from Blue Ridge Tiny Homes

One of the homes we saw when we toured Acony Bell Tiny Home Village just showed up for sale on Facebook Marketplace. The Tiny Towable is called Little Red. It was the showroom for Blue Ridge Tiny Homes. See the HVAC Mitsubishi mini-split w/ Hyper-heat. 

Good Housekeeping Tiny House Special August 2019

Good Housekeeping Tiny House Special August 2019

This Summer’s issue of Good Housekeeping had an article on Tiny Houses. It is the Good Housekeeping magazine August 2019. Cute Backyard Guesthouses you can buy online! Build Your Own Tiny Home in as Little as a Day! You can see other better photos here: