My cabin
Building a small (200 sq foot) off-grid cabin in Northern New Mexico. Progress goes slowly when working alone...
*My motivation to do this project:
We bought some land (42 acres) and wanted to have a place to hang out at to enjoy it
*My motivation to do this project:
We bought some land (42 acres) and wanted to have a place to hang out at to enjoy it
spring break 2011
this wood has some SWEET grain
the speaker shelf in the "dinning / sitting area"...Ipod hooks up to speakers there
window prep
Getting some paint on
Hardiplank siding
more paint
Black friday (day after Thanksgiving 2011)
Thanksgiving 2011
Thanksgiving 2011 Miss Maybelle Napping
Nachos over the wood stove
wood shed + part of the parking
memorial day weekend 2011
Wood shed March 2010
Tasha Painting Spring break 2011
up to near the loft hieght
Ready to work
Girls at work
Weather proof layers
Pulling the old Tar paper
pulling staples
Our picnic table at the ranch...fire ring at far right with cowboy coffee pot
New adobe color
Me touching up the trim
new color going up
grouted tile and new cedar trim
seasons first rainbow
sad to leave
The pueblo colors we are after
short "scraps" used on seating fronts
both windows installed
fire light pic...30 sec at 4 am
sunset
Norwegian Smoked ale flavored with juniper berries...It was OK...I prefer more smoke like in an Alaskan Smoked Porter
taking a break hiking with the girls
coyote tracks
Maybelle in the snow
my Mac-gyver fix to the broken spray foam tip...it worked for a few seconds.
Window installed ( the blue is the tarp out side...that outside wall gets siding in the spring)
T & G start on the back wall
Maybelle Sunning in the back of the truck
The drive in was a bit snowy...but the 4WD pulled us through
sept 2009 we started to dig footers
ready for concrete
Mid sept back to start building
setting floor joists
ready for insulation
r-30 in floor
wall starts...race with the weather
more walls
near the end of first week
end of first week
inside at first week
after about 10 days building
solar panel parts
starting to insulate inside
west wall completed over thanksgiving break this year
The start of the tile work
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some more pics from this weeks trip painting, a little grout and trim.
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What wonderful family memories you're building! Oh, and you're building at great cabin too!
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