Log Cabin Mountain Homes

Backcountry Notes ^ | April 18, 2010 | Jay Henderson

[txhurl]

This is what my mom is going to build (on a slab) here at the lake and I think I'm gonna build one, too.

This teepee is about 25 feet across.

[Tax-chick]

Pretty - but I wouldn’t want to live in it with 9 kids :-).

[txhurl]

If you have nine kids, I’m surprised you don’t live in leather straps :)

You could always build two others, one for the buoys, one for the gulls.

[Tax-chick]

Ours are byos and grilz. I’m hoping one of them will become a movie star or invent cold fusion and keep good old mom in the style she deserves ;-).

[cva66snipe]

Just build me a cabin at the corner of Glory Land. :>}

[jay1949]

I reckon about 12 x 20 would do it, not counting the privvy.

I know a fellow who designed his own house — one big room, with some of his stuff in it, and lots of storage space. The clothes storage closet was 8 x 10. Pretty clever, I thought.

[jay1949]

Now, that’s great long-term dedication. I wish I had my grandfather’s cabin, but it’s under a lake.

[jay1949]

location, location, location.

[TNdandelion]

Actually, many of them did sleep on porches and breezeways during milder seasons. It got a little stuffy in the cabins, too. I’ve toured some exhibition log cabins in my state and KY and it’s almost claustrophobic inside those things.

[TNdandelion]

What about severe storms, hail, tornados? Would you have an emergency bunker for that?