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« on: October 11, 2007, 12:41:32 PM » |
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Since I got so much inspiration from this site I thought I shoud share my project. We are just getting started. I'll update as we progress. This structure is based on the Victorias cottage but it's been changed alot. I'll try to get a plan up soon. Here's some shots of the foundation work under way.     Scott |
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« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2007, 08:33:15 PM » |
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Thanks for the pix, Scott. Glad you decided to share with us.  Nice woods there. Should be a great place to build. Will this be a primary residence? |
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« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2007, 05:31:32 AM » |
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Yep this is my retirment home/cabin. Why is it when you tell your friends you are building a house you suddenly can't get intouch with them on digging days?
Scott
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« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2007, 06:19:20 AM » |
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You need some friends who don't know why they are coming over. |
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« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2007, 06:47:50 AM » |
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Scott, when we were hand-digging out from the crawlspace to rebuild the floor of our old house in Oklahoma, we would invite all of our friends over for a great dinner and tell them we had activities planned, so they should wear old clothes! They were great friends because every single time they came and helped, it rained cats and dogs! BUT they got to eat one of the best meals they'd had in ages (they were mostly grad students at the time.) I would cook like it was Christmas, Easter, and Thanksgiving all rolled into one! (If you feed them, they will come.  ) Have any starving students nearby that you could recruit? If you're close to Stillwater, just walk into the MAE department and hold up a sign that says, "Free food, follow me!" |
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« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2007, 03:24:08 PM » |
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Just make sure the beer doesn't come out until the end of the day!
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imagine if Moses, upon reaching the mountaintop had exclaimed, "promised land my foot!" That's how I'm feeling about USA lately!
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« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2007, 01:59:11 PM » |
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 Looking back at corner #3 finnished 2 days ago. Poured corner #4 today. Anyone need an oak log 16"x14' ? Scott |
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« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2007, 08:58:18 PM » |
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That's a nice big fairly straight Oak log. My sawmill is lusting after it. |
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Jemez Mountains, NM; that's pronounced HEY-mess
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« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2007, 09:16:15 PM » |
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I have first dibs, Glenn!
(Is that an Americanism or just something Canuks understand?)
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« Reply #10 on: October 18, 2007, 11:16:46 PM » |
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No - Americans understand it. Sassy got first dibs on the top bunk when she was a kid so she could wipe her feet off on her sisters blankets as she climbed up to the top.  |
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« Reply #11 on: October 27, 2007, 10:12:20 AM » |
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  Not much progress this week due to crappy weather but I did get corner 4 done and the center pier on the north side.  Figured I'd sneak in this picture of the lake I took this morning. This was taken about 1/4 mile from where I'm building the cabin. Scott |
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« Reply #12 on: November 14, 2007, 08:47:28 PM » |
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 I finaly got around to uploading a floorplan. Sorry for the delay. (updated plan shows better loft detail) Bed sits on loft floor (7'-6" high) so you climb right into bed from ladder. Ladder tilts in/out for stowing/access. Will be a ships ladder type design. There will also be an attic storage area above the bathroom. Veranda/deck is 5 1/2" lower than cabin floor. Scott |
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« Reply #13 on: November 14, 2007, 09:11:21 PM » |
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Interesting -different design, Scott. |
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« Reply #14 on: November 15, 2007, 04:13:37 AM » |
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Whoah! I like that!
First thing that came to mind was screening in the veranda as a sleeping porch. But done with removable screen panels so the "room" has multiple purposes. You could even make glass or plexi panels to mount there in the winter to trap some heat.
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“We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us” -- Winston Churchill
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« Reply #15 on: November 15, 2007, 04:20:18 AM » |
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Scott, I like the design... different is good. |
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« Reply #16 on: November 15, 2007, 08:59:23 AM » |
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  Here's a couple of shots of the foundation progress I took this morning. I'm slow I know. Should be done with block work in 2 weeks if the weather holds. Leaves are really starting to come down now. Scott |
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« Reply #17 on: November 16, 2007, 04:20:58 PM » |
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Scott, which lake are you on? Looks like a nice place. My folks used to own a little place at Eufala, near Belle Star Landing, but they never got around to building anything on it.
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« Reply #18 on: November 16, 2007, 04:39:56 PM » |
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Lake Hudson. 50 miles east of Tulsa.
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« Reply #19 on: November 17, 2007, 05:19:36 PM » |
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Pretty part of the state over there.
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