Footing Drains for the Little Pre-fab Cabin

Footing Drains for the Little Pre-fab Cabin

Taylor showed up Friday and dropped off a load of gravel. He says it’s to put in the foundation drains. Foundation drains or footing drains are put in just outside the foundation walls to drain water away so it won’t seep into the foundation. Ours 

Parged Finish on the Foundation

Parged Finish on the Foundation

One way we lowered the cost for our pre-fab cabin foundation is to use Thoroseal parging instead of a stucco finish on the block. Thoroseal is not actually Thoroseal anymore. It is now called MasterSeal 582. There are a lot of variations of MasterSeal. The 

Remediating a Crushed and Overflowing Culvert – Site Prep for Small Modular Cabin

Remediating a Crushed and Overflowing Culvert – Site Prep for Small Modular Cabin

It rained all night and water was flowing over the field behind our house. Cliff went out in the rain to see what was going on with our construction area. The field behind our house was flooded and the waterway behind our house was overflowing. 

Build a Custom Bookcase Secret Door with Murphy Door’s Pin Hinge System

Build a Custom Bookcase Secret Door with Murphy Door’s Pin Hinge System

You don’t have to live in a Victorian mansion or a castle to have a secret passage or a hidden room concealed behind a bookcase. You can buy a complete kit with everything you need to build a bookcase that opens like a door, or 

Step-by-Step Build a Secret Room Door with a Kit

Step-by-Step Build a Secret Room Door with a Kit

I have loved the idea of a hidden door to a secret room since I read Betsy Byers and Nancy Drew. How many gothic mysteries have a hidden room behind a wall that is revealed when you press the right place in the wall? That’s 

Discover Extra Storage You Didn’t Know You Had

Discover Extra Storage You Didn’t Know You Had

It is hard to stay organized when there is just not enough space. Buying extra bins and tubs doesn’t help if there is nowhere to put them. Look around your house. You might be surprised for find space that can be used for storage that 

Before and After Adding a Bump Out Closet

Before and After Adding a Bump Out Closet

When I first bought the log cabin, the bedroom was only 10-feet wide and there was very little closet space and storage. We took out the small closets to make the master bedroom larger and more functional and built a bump out for two closets. 

Using the Attic for Storage: Attic Storage Lifts

Using the Attic for Storage: Attic Storage Lifts

I finished the attic at the log cabin. It started out as a play room, but worked out to be really useful storage. I took out the pull down ladder and replaced it with stairs. They are just wide enough to make it easy to 

Kitchen Drawer Organizers

Kitchen Drawer Organizers

The new kitchen has a lot more storage. There are six drawers. Five are very wide and they are deeper than the drawers in my last kitchen. I was using the organizers from IKEA. They were exactly the right width for the old kitchen drawers, 

Finishing the Acrylic Shower

Finishing the Acrylic Shower

The installation story begins with the post Replacing the Fiberglass Tub with an Acrylic Shower. Or you can start reading pricing and rationalizing West Shore Home Bath Remodel Price or Replace the Fiberglass Bath with a New Acrylic Shower Research when we first started to