On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:17:17 -0500, "Lee Michaels"
<leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast dot net> wrote:
>
>
>"Robert Allison" wrote
>> Found this in another newsgroup, and thought it fit better here. I have
>> only made it through the first 4 pages and I am wanting to go build
>> something.
>>
>> http://freecabinporn.com/
>>
>It took some time, but I got through the whole thing, Some comments;
>
>1. Very enjoyable. It was a lot of fun to look at all those variations of a
>"cabin".
>
>2. This is a very wide definition of a cabin.
Yeah. Some manufacturers call that 43,276 s/f, 4-story place (with 3,
count 'em, THREE wings) a "cabin". <thud>
>I am not sure exactly what a
>cabin should be. But less than half of these would qualify by my standards.
>Not to worry, it was still fun.
Agreed.
>3. There are some strange folks out there who build things. Some creative.
>Some very resourceful. And some absolute loons.
>4. I always look upon those scenes of a cabin in a mountainous area and
>wonder how practical it is. Things like, how did they get the material
>there? Did they have to haul the tool in to build it? And haul them away
>afterwards? Where is the outhouse? How do you get to the place? Where
>do you get water? Things like that. Some of those cabins looked harder to
>build and use than something built on the moon.
Yeah, great outback/wilderness places, aren't they? Some looked to be
smack dab in the middle of where an avalanche would come down in the
winter.
>(Where is the internet connection?)
Sat dish out back, powered by the auto generator hooked into the water
wheel on the year-round creek down the slope.
>5. I may be old school, but I have stayed in a bunch of cabins and worked on
>a few too. Acres of glass and ultra modern design do not a cabin make. Fun
>to look at, but they ain't cabins.
Agreed. Good cabins have two or fewer rooms. Kitchen/living and
bedroom, with maybe an enclosed run to the outhouse.
--
Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
-- Thomas Jefferson
I am only done with 4 pages out of 27! Wow! Some of these
places and buildings.
Now we need one for sheds (though some of
these cabins are sheds), but I only want
sheds.
Some like chocolate or vanilla, I like sheds!
Click on that link for cabins. Find the one in
Montana and tell me you wouldn't vacation there
soon.
MJ
On Jan 31, 12:17=A0pm, "Mike Marlow" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
> Here is our "cabin porn", but we simply call it home...
>
> http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/11/homeinthesnow.jpg/
>
> --
>
> -Mike-
> [email protected]
Hello Mike,
I like your log home and it has some similar features to ours. It
looks like you have a shed dormer sticking up from a typical 12/12
back roof and is your "addition" a later add on? We also have a
window on the gable end looking out on our addition. I can get some
pictures to send but right now I don't have a place to post them
unless I sign up for Image Shack or similar hosts.
How old is your place and who produced the logs? Did you do most or
all of the building? How long ago was this picture taken? (Weeks?,
or Days?, or Hours ago?)
Read you later,
Marc (in 45 degree Maryland wondering where my
winter went to)
"Robert Allison" wrote
> Found this in another newsgroup, and thought it fit better here. I have
> only made it through the first 4 pages and I am wanting to go build
> something.
>
> http://freecabinporn.com/
>
It took some time, but I got through the whole thing, Some comments;
1. Very enjoyable. It was a lot of fun to look at all those variations of a
"cabin".
2. This is a very wide definition of a cabin. I am not sure exactly what a
cabin should be. But less than half of these would qualify by my standards.
Not to worry, it was still fun.
3. There are some strange folks out there who build things. Some creative.
Some very resourceful. And some absolute loons.
4. I always look upon those scenes of a cabin in a mountainous area and
wonder how practical it is. Things like, how did they get the material
there? Did they have to haul the tool in to build it? And haul them away
afterwards? Where is the outhouse? How do you get to the place? Where
do you get water? Things like that. Some of those cabins looked harder to
build and use than something built on the moon. (Where is the internet
connection?)
5. I may be old school, but I have stayed in a bunch of cabins and worked on
a few too. Acres of glass and ultra modern design do not a cabin make. Fun
to look at, but they ain't cabins.
marc rosen wrote:
>
> Hello Mike,
> I like your log home and it has some similar features to ours. It
> looks like you have a shed dormer sticking up from a typical 12/12
> back roof and is your "addition" a later add on? We also have a
> window on the gable end looking out on our addition. I can get some
> pictures to send but right now I don't have a place to post them
> unless I sign up for Image Shack or similar hosts.
> How old is your place and who produced the logs? Did you do most or
> all of the building? How long ago was this picture taken? (Weeks?,
> or Days?, or Hours ago?)
> Read you later,
> Marc (in 45 degree Maryland wondering where my
> winter went to)
Hi Marc:
Ours is a saltbox style, with a false roof line running 12/12 down the back
of the side walls, making it look like a dormer but it's really the back of
the house. Nicer that way because it does not lose floor space in the back
upstairs rooms the way a dormer does. The gable on the front of the house
is something I added a few years after we moved in. We still have plans to
put an arched window in that gable.
The breezeway on the right was added on after the house was complete. It
connects to a 3 car garage that is not visible in the picture. Both it and
the garage are standard stud construction with log slabs for siding, to
match the house.
Our home is 27 years old and we got the logs from a local mill. Had a
contractor put up the shell and then I did all of the interior work, and the
additions that I've mentioned. There is an addition on the back of the
house that was put up as part of an insurance claim after snow damage back
in the mid-90's, but that was put up by contractors. All I did on that
effort was the electrical wiring and the plumbing.
That particular picture was taken a few years ago - can't remember now,
exactly when. No snow like that this year. That picture is much more like
what a typical winter is like in Central NY. I generally have to shovel my
roof a couple of times per winter. I dread that activity more each year.
Was quite happy not to have to deal with that this year.
Stick some of your pictures up on Image Shack. I had never used it before
putting up this pic, but like you, I don't have any place to put them
either, and it was actually quite painless going this route.
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
Robert Allison wrote:
> Found this in another newsgroup, and thought it fit better here. I
> have only made it through the first 4 pages and I am wanting to go
> build something.
>
> http://freecabinporn.com/
Here is our "cabin porn", but we simply call it home...
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/11/homeinthesnow.jpg/
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:20:32 -0600, Robert Allison
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Found this in another newsgroup, and thought it fit better here. I have
>only made it through the first 4 pages and I am wanting to go build
>something.
>
>http://freecabinporn.com/
Pretty cool. About half the cabins on the first page were Egad!, but
the other half were from nice to WOW! Continuing on...
--
Life is like one big Mardi Gras. But instead of showing your boobs,
show people your brain, and if they like what they see, you'll have
more beads than you know what to do with.
-- Ellen DeGeneres, Tulane Commencement Speech, 2009
Robert Allison wrote:
> Found this in another newsgroup, and thought it fit better here. I
> have only made it through the first 4 pages and I am wanting to go
> build something.
>
> http://freecabinporn.com/
Just today I saw a report where Starbucks is planning on opening dozens of
new shops? But where?
The report said Starbucks was going to take advantage of the rising middle
class in India.
From the looks of some of the pictures on the site you mentioned, there are
many places without a Starbucks within walking distance right here!