After Hurricane Katrina, more than 20,000 campers and trailers were sent to the Gulf Coast. FEMA has been providing emergency housing, but it was meant to be temporary. This time the areas affected and the amount of damage meant it was going to take longer …
The measurements are specific now, so we can be more confident about furniture plans. This lets you know exactly how much space there is and specifically where the windows and doors are. The electric plan lets you know where the outlets and switches are. The …
We got the first copy of the blueprints to go over! So exciting! This is the elevations, the plans for what the outside of the cabin will look like. The first thing that jumps out at me is that the windows don’t line up. This …
I qualify for a FHA First Time Home Buyers loan. I found a trailer I can afford. What repairs need be made so that it will pass the appraisal? It is a single-wide trailer with an addition permanently set up on land that comes with …
Westwood Cabins makes four models. Each model can be arranged in a lot of different ways. When we toured, most of the cabins we saw left the ceiling high and vaulted. But you can have a lower ceiling in some areas to add a loft. …
The historic Emmons Cottage is a Florida Cracker Cottage. It is near the parking for the Ormond Memorial Art Museum & Gardens. The Art Museum is just past The Casements, the Rockefeller Estate near the beach on Granada Blvd. It is 994 square foot 2-story …
We need to select handles for the kitchen and bathroom cabinets. These are the standard cabinet pulls and knobs for the Westwood Modular Cabin. Knobs typically go on doors, pulls would be on drawers. But if we want to, we can have all knobs or …
We started by choosing our kitchen layout. Next we need to select what the cabinets will look like in the kitchen and the bathroom. The modular cabin from Westwood Cabins has a lot of standard kitchen features to choose from. You can also add upgrades …
I want to share another of my favorite home design books. Cottages by Brian Coleman with photos by Douglas Keister is filled with inspiration. If small houses make you happy, I’m sure you will love this book, too. Cottages by Brian Coleman (Author), Douglas Keister …
Did you know you can get free plans from Agricultural Extension? We found out about Agricultural Extension when we left Miami for North Carolina to be farmers. The N.C. Cooperative Extension helped us identify bugs and know what to do about them. They tested our …
