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| Shadyacres Member
 | # Posted: 6 Aug 2014 08:17pm Reply
 
 Lumber to make a bed for the cabin.
 
 
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| Shadyacres Member
 | # Posted: 10 Aug 2014 09:07pm Reply
 
 A couple pics from this weeks work.
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| Shadyacres Member
 | # Posted: 25 Aug 2014 09:01pm Reply
 
 A few pictures of the inside which is getting close to being done. Still need to make a bar top and finish molding and stair rails and spindles.
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| Shadyacres Member
 | # Posted: 26 Aug 2014 07:44pm Reply
 
 Cabin bed almost done.
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| Shadyacres Member
 | # Posted: 7 Sep 2014 06:06pm Reply
 
 Ready for metal roof.
 
 
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| Shadyacres Member
 | # Posted: 7 Sep 2014 06:08pm Reply
 
 Porch/ small deck posts.
 
 
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| Salty Craig Member
 | # Posted: 7 Sep 2014 08:55pm Reply
 
 I just read thru your entire thread. Your cabin is sweet. I'm a little surprised that some of the haters haven't started slamming you yet for being rich. Anyway, I love your build and will watch the progress.
 
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| Shadyacres Member
 | # Posted: 7 Sep 2014 09:30pm Reply
 
 Thanks Salty for the kind praise. I do get a sense that I get a cold shoulder from lots of members. In my neck of the woods a small cabin is 20 X 30.
 
 
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| walthall Member
 | # Posted: 8 Sep 2014 10:34am Reply
 
 Hey Shadyacres,  Thanks for posting the pics.  It's inspiring.  I'm curious.  How much of the work did you do yourself?
 
 
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| Shadyacres Member
 | # Posted: 8 Sep 2014 08:31pm Reply
 
 Hello Walthall, I can say I have done a lot of work but not all. Of course I had someone excavate for the basement then I placed the drain pipe and helped with the stone base. Then  the superior wall people put up the basement ( in about a hour and a half I might add). I then installed the sill plates. I had a local crew put up the shell. I did finish the osb in the gable areas. It is fun putting up a 4 X 8 sheet of osb about 4-6 ft above your top ladder rung by yourself. But I got the gables done THEN I bought scaffolding. I did the fascia and soffit and also installed the gable metal edges. I put all the windows in myself accept the gable windows because they were hard to lift in place by myself. Basically everything else I did myself. That includes moving the monster pile of rocks and dirt that was behind the cabin from digging the basement. I abuse my John Deere 770 but it keeps on ticking. Thanks for the question and if you have any more I will be glad to answer or try to answer them.    Shady Acres
 
 
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| Shadyacres Member
 | # Posted: 8 Sep 2014 08:36pm Reply
 
 Salty Craig and Walthall , do you have threads on here ?
 
 
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| Salty Craig Member
 | # Posted: 9 Sep 2014 07:59pm Reply
 
 Yep. Anybody here in Va? Check me out.
 
 Salty
 
 
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| Salty Craig Member
 | # Posted: 9 Sep 2014 08:21pm - Edited by: Salty Craig Reply
 
 I must warn you that you may find my thread quite unorganized. Its a bunch of random mumbo jumbo with a few cabin pictures. Not really a complete document of my adventures. I didn't really put pictures of my progress like many of the intelligent folks did. My strong opinions are mostly gathered by ready my interactions with others on this forum. I'm a conservative known as;
 
 Salty
 
 
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| Shadyacres Member
 | # Posted: 14 Sep 2014 07:44pm Reply
 
 Finally decided to go with vinyl siding with some hemlock board and batten in the front gable.
 
 
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| Shadyacres Member
 | # Posted: 21 Sep 2014 09:28pm Reply
 
 Pics from this weekend
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| Shadyacres Member
 | # Posted: 22 Sep 2014 07:29pm Reply
 
 I made need 2 1/2 men to help me install this bar top. 2 3/4 think hickory and oak makes it mighty  heavy. Once in place it will be very solid.
 
 
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| Salty Craig Member
 | # Posted: 22 Sep 2014 08:21pm Reply
 
 Everything looks real good. Your exterior colors are identical to mine. Bar top is serious!!! I like.
 
 Salty Craig
 
 
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| Shadyacres Member
 | # Posted: 22 Sep 2014 09:02pm Reply
 
 Yes  Salty , I noticed we have a lot of similarities in colors inside and out of the cabin. Yes , I may have gone overboard on the top , I had to slide it to get to the table to sand it down.
 
 
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| Shadyacres Member
 | # Posted: 28 Sep 2014 10:00pm Reply
 
 Love the propane stove !
 
 
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| Shadyacres Member
 | # Posted: 28 Sep 2014 10:03pm Reply
 
 Board and batten going up on the gable. Work area OSHA approved ????
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| brokeneck Member
 | # Posted: 29 Sep 2014 06:42pm - Edited by: brokeneck Reply
 
 What a great build!! You're gonna  like the lack of maintainance  on the siding you chose  -- our "big lodge' actually has steel siding shaped like logs -- it  sounded horrible --  but actually really looks  nice and fits right into the surrounding Arapahoe National forest setting --  Its been there since 2001 and haven't lifted a finger the composite deck is awesome as well ..
 
 
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| Shadyacres Member
 | # Posted: 29 Sep 2014 07:31pm Reply
 
 Wow , brokeneck what a beautiful cabin. I see what you mean with the siding , it looks like real logs from that distance. Do you have a thread on this site ?  I tossed about using all board and batten and I know it would have looked really nice but I kept coming back to the maintenance issue so I decided to use vinyl with some board and batten thrown in for good measure. Thanks for the kind words.
 
 
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| brokeneck Member
 | # Posted: 30 Sep 2014 06:45pm Reply
 
 Yeah the Lodge is definitely not a small cabin I usually post about my 10x20 Colorado Yurbin ..
 
 
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| Shadyacres Member
 | # Posted: 3 Oct 2014 05:23am Reply
 
 I went back and looked at your posts again and then I did remember it . I also did comment on it before and it is really nice.
 
 
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| Shadyacres Member
 | # Posted: 5 Oct 2014 09:29pm Reply
 
 Small porch progress
 
 
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| Shadyacres Member
 | # Posted: 5 Oct 2014 09:32pm Reply
 
 Front of cabin 99 % complete
 
 
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| brokeneck Member
 | # Posted: 6 Oct 2014 05:37pm Reply
 
 I like the walk out ..
 
 
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| Shadyacres Member
 | # Posted: 7 Oct 2014 09:04pm Reply
 
 Thanks brokeneck
 
 
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| Shadyacres Member
 | # Posted: 12 Oct 2014 10:09pm Reply
 
 Productive weekend on the exterior.
 
 
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| Shadyacres Member
 | # Posted: 12 Oct 2014 10:11pm Reply
 
 Finished bar top
 
 
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