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silverwaterlady
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# Posted: 23 Jan 2013 22:56 - Edited by: silverwaterlady
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In 2006 after 25 years of saving we were finally able to build our 24'x34' hand scribed log cabin on the Worlds Largest Freshwater Island.
Our builder started the cabin in his yard using white cedar,numbered the logs,dismanteled the logs and moved the logs to our site.
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silverwaterlady
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# Posted: 23 Jan 2013 23:00 - Edited by: silverwaterlady
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More to come later...
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rayyy
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# Posted: 24 Jan 2013 06:21
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Wow!quite a project,silverlady.
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Timberjack
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# Posted: 24 Jan 2013 19:50
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That is awesome! There is nothing better than a true log cabin, owning one is on my bucket list.
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fpw
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# Posted: 24 Jan 2013 19:54
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Very nice. I, too, love hand-scribbed work. Real log cabin building.
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ShabinNo5
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# Posted: 24 Jan 2013 20:17
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Thanks for the photos! Memories of my youth. I use to assemble log home structures that were initially constructed in Montana. The logs were then numbered and delivered on flat bed trailers.
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silverwaterlady
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# Posted: 26 Jan 2013 04:58
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Here are more photos of our cabin build.
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The view out the kitchen window
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 26 Jan 2013 17:43
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I can only imagine how exciting it was to watch your log cabin being built!
Your land is beautiful...you must be really excited for spring to roll around each year. The beach photo you posted on a different thread looks like a little piece of heaven on earth!
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naturelover66
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# Posted: 26 Jan 2013 18:03
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Wow! Thanks for sharing.....its so beautiful. I would never leave.
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hattie
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# Posted: 26 Jan 2013 18:20
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Beautiful! Can't wait to see more photos as you progress!! 
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silverwaterlady
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# Posted: 26 Jan 2013 23:31 - Edited by: silverwaterlady
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Thank You for all the nice complements!
We were not there for most of the building process. The cabin was finished in the fall of 2006 and we didn't get to see it until the late spring of 2007! Our builder was kind enough to take photos for us.
This is to be our summer retirement home since it is in Canada and we are U.S citizens we are allowed a six month stay without a visa. We're ok with that as we don't want to spend the winter months up there we want to be in FL,where half my siblings live.
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naturelover66
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# Posted: 27 Jan 2013 12:16
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Sounds perfect! Winter in florida and summer up in beautiful Canada?
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 15 Apr 2013 10:16
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Hi! Wondering how you are doing? I've noticed you haven't been around and I hope all is well?
I'm guessing not too much longer before you'll be back at your cabin,. Yay!
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 15 Apr 2013 12:09
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Wow, nice, I love log homes. I would love to build on to retire in.
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exsailor
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# Posted: 16 Apr 2013 12:48
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You are going to have a beautiful hand scribed log cabin, when finished. I think it looks great right now, and it will only get better. I like the tight fit of the logs the builder is a craftsman. Keep the pictures coming they are an inspiration for us all. Especially those of us who have a hankering for a log cabin.
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 18 Apr 2013 17:22
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wow.silverwaterlady-that is some kind of beautiful place to be.wow.florida-the best of both worlds.wonderful. 
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Vermonter
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# Posted: 18 Apr 2013 18:32
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I am so jealous of this!
You've been saving a number of years longer than I have been alive :D Congrats!
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neb
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# Posted: 18 Apr 2013 22:12
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Very very nice!!!
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countrygirl
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# Posted: 29 May 2013 09:06
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love the logs. can't wait to see more pictures!
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 29 May 2013 09:40
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so wonderful.thank u for sharing.not easy.
i remember back in the 70's we had land and cut down big trees and i would straddle them with my bread knife to peel the bark off.thats as far as we ever got.i am amazed at this.
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countrygirl
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# Posted: 17 Jun 2013 10:50
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your cabin look great would love to see more pictures ;)
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silverwaterlady
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# Posted: 18 Jun 2013 05:26
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Hi countrygirl I have been looking for the photos my builder took. When I find them I will be sure to post more.
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KSalzwedel
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# Posted: 20 Jun 2013 00:09
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Always wanted log, but my husband didn't. Sigh. I love your place. Updates?
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silverwaterlady
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# Posted: 24 Jun 2013 18:25
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The Roof:
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silverwaterlady
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# Posted: 24 Jun 2013 22:54 - Edited by: silverwaterlady
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The beautiful stairs our son built with white cedar from the property....
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The stairs our son built
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OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 25 Jun 2013 07:54
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Wow it's looking great.
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hattie
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# Posted: 25 Jun 2013 22:49
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So beautiful and I love the way you are decorating it with the old trunk, etc. Perfect!!!
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silverwaterlady
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# Posted: 26 Jun 2013 00:40
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Thank You both.
Hattie, I found the trunk at the side of the road! You can see what it looked like in the first photo before I painted it.
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tnky03
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# Posted: 27 Jun 2013 09:59
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SWL, your place looks so nice. I love the old trunk. You did a good job with it. What a find!
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skootamattaschmidty
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# Posted: 27 Jun 2013 10:36
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Your log cabin is awesome. We have a log cabin as well and after the shakes needed to be replaced on it we went with the same green roof. The stairs look great too! Nice work! I love everything rustic!
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