Meadowbrook Cabin Porch
As soon as I saw the porch at the cabin, I could see myself living there. It’s the first thing I fell in love with. This is what the porch looked like when I first bought the cabin. My dad put in the rhododendron porch …
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Shopping Modular Homes – Blue Ridge Log Cabins
If you are driving north on I26, just before you cross the North Carolina state line, you will see tiny log cabins on the left and big log cabins on the right. The tiny ones are Green River Cabins. The larger ones are Blue Ridge …
Meadowbrook Cabin Floor Plan
This is the plan to Meadowbrook Cabin. The house is 40′ x 26′, 1040 square ft before the additions. Find out more on these posts: Planning the Kitchen Log Cabin Kitchen Kitchen Before & After Turning the Attic into a Playroom Laundry and Storage Built-in …
Log Cabin Construction Methods
There are four main construction log cabin construction methods; Full Scribe, Post and Beam, Timber Frame and Fusion or Hybrid. You might also see Log Decor or Accent cabins. Meadowbrook Cabin, our home, is a Full Scribe cabin made of Red Cedar. It is gasketed, …
Project: Built-in China Cabinet and Dining Room Storage
I wanted shelves in the dining room that looked like shelves I had seen in a Bed & Breakfast in Ireland. And no, I did not get a photo of them. I wanted display shelves, some serving surface and some hidden storage underneath. We decided …
Project: Rhododendron Porch Railing
When I first bought the log cabin, the porch only had a top rail. I like the look of natural branch railings. Ivy, rhododendron, azalea or mountain laurel is used in place of balusters between the top and bottom rails to create an organic porch …
Project: Protect Your Cabin from Carpenter Bees and Wood Peckers
Carpenter Bees will seriously damage a log cabin. They drill tunnels and lay eggs. Which is bad enough. But then woodpeckers come to eat the larvae and make huge holes to get at them. Woodpeckers can actually hear bee larvae. The damaged wood attracts other …
Blue Ridge Cabin River Rock II Kitchen Model
This is the kitchen in the River Rock II model at Blue Ridge Log Cabins. The kitchen is bright and sunny with plenty of cabinet and counter space. The ceiling is vaulted. The stairs lead up to a loft. The space under the stairs creates …
Project: Refinishing Hardwood Floor
When I bought the log cabin, it had sculptured white carpeting. I had files of photos torn out of magazines. I looked through those and did a lot of research. I wanted solid flooring. Not a veneer or a synthetic. Flooring Choices: Species: What kind …
The Little House: Weaner Cabins
Some of the older homes around me here in Western North Carolina have a Little House on their land. When people first bought the land, they built a Little House to live in while they built their house. Later, when their kids get married, they …
