Some of the older homes around me here in Western North Carolina have a Little House on their land. When people first bought the land, they built a Little House to live in while they built their house. Later, when their kids get married, they …
When I first bought the log cabin, it had two bedrooms. One was small and the other was even smaller. The wall between them had each room’s closets. The only place you could put a bed was under a window. The other walls had doorways …
When I bought the log cabin, it had a completely unfinished crawlspace attic. Just insulation and stuff the previous owners had abandoned laying over the roof trusses. There was access from the ceiling in the second bedroom. Roof trusses or roof rafters are not the …
A modular home is built in a factory, then delivered complete or nearly complete. A kit house is delivered as materials on a truck. Advantage A big advantage of Kit Houses is; you know what your costs are up front. Depending on the company, for …
This is the 2017 version of the kitchen. It fits into about 8’ x 10’ of my open floor plan. There is 42” of walk space from the front of the fridge to the facing cabinets. This is plenty of room to open the fridge, …
The foundation you need depends a lot on what you are going to use your small house for. Before you plan your foundation, you should plan your location. If you haven’t already, Flood-proof by Planning the Location > Slab Slabs are the normal thing in …
So, here is one of the options we may use. Amish Made Cabins is a family business located in Shepherdsville, KY. They sell complete modular log cabins that are delivered by truck. They’ve been in business since the 1970s. Amish Made Cabins www.amishmadecabins.com 502-921-0002 772 …
Did you know they sell siding to make any house look like a log cabin? I saw this first on a dog house, but you can buy the siding at Home Depot and put it on any house. The boards are tongue-n-groove. That means they …
Meadowbrook Log Cabin has a Jotul gas fireplace in the master bedroom. It came with an on/off switch. I replaced it with a thermostat, so it will turn off when the room reaches the temperature set. Here are the details on the stove. Jotul GF …
This is the Noah “Bud” Ogle Cabin, near Gatlinburg Tennessee on the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail. It is actually two cabins with a shared chimney, called a Saddlebag Cabin, like a saddlebag that goes over a horse. (The reconstructed Abraham Lincoln cabin at Lincoln …
