Modified 20' wide 1-1/2 story cabin in Michigan A 20' x 34' family project with lots of interesting details.
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The Owner's story
(parts of this posted to the owner-builder
forum):
"Just wanted to share
our success with the plan we obtained from the CountryPlans site!"
"In the spring of 2004, we bought the 20’ 1-1/2 story cottage plan. We increased it to 20 x 34 and sat down with a pad of graph paper and made some modifications to the layout. Heres the floor plan we came up with..." (Clich HERE to see the standard floorplan.) "In April, we began clearing our building spot in the middle of our 10 acres of woods in Michigan’s thumb." "We worked every weekend all summer and fall until we finally got it weather tight by October. We have worked on this project almost every single weekend and every vacation for 2 years now, but we are very close to being done (May 2006). Inside, we have some finish trim work to do and the staircase/railing to the loft to put in. Outside, we have to put the stone on the chimney and around the base of the cabin." |
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Exterior stonework and trim left to do. The materials we used
on the exterior are:
Stone fireplace in the Great Room. ![]() ![]() A couple of pictures of the kitchen. Notes on Interior finishes:
The main floor bedroom
A couple of notes
from John: There are several good ideas on trim here. Note the wide
pine baseboard echoed with the trim around the bottom of ceiling. Also,
the narrower chair rail going around the room and dying into
the wide craftsman style trim on the windows. This and the narrower
trim piece
at the corner can artfully cover up less than perfect drywall work at
the seams and joints.
![]() The cottage stair to the loft.
"With the exception of the unfinished floors, the interior is now
complete. We have poured our porches and are planning on putting an
overhang on both sides of the house, a shorter one over the sliding
door on the dormer side of the cabin and a large one that will run the
length of the cabin on the other side (another future project). In the
mean time, we will be working on the landscaping this summer."Note the barn wood
wall treatment and the open feel of the railings.
![]() The loft bedroom and shed dormer. ![]() Exterior stonework complete. ![]() Patio side of house with sliders off great room Owner Update Spring 2008 "We have enjoyed the CountryPlans site for quite sometime and have gotten very good inspiration from it, as well as a great building plan. We feel that telling this story is the least we could do for all the free help we've gotten from the forum!" |
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