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abby
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# Posted: 7 Oct 2015 18:16
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everything is so wonderful!
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Cisco
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# Posted: 8 Oct 2015 12:40
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Quoting: abby everything is so wonderful!
Thank You. The only work that my wife and I haven't done personally is the spray foam. We had to hire that out.
The rest is with our own hands....so we are very proud!
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Rowjr
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# Posted: 18 Oct 2015 06:14
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Looking good
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Cisco
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# Posted: 19 Oct 2015 09:22
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Thanks
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Cisco
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# Posted: 26 Oct 2015 09:22 - Edited by: Cisco
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we had another great weekend at the cabin! We had Friday off so we went up Tursday night.
Not much work this time but i did get the bathroom door hung. It came from an old house on my in-laws property and I bought the slider on Amazon.com
Then I installed and sink in our temporary cabinet/table and got the water hooked up.
I don't plan to build my real cabinets until next spring so this will work until then
The rest of the weekend we hunted and scouted out land. Pics to come!
Approx 100 yr old door
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Slider
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Tucks nicely behind the fridge
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Temporary cabinet and sink
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Cisco
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# Posted: 26 Oct 2015 09:28 - Edited by: Cisco
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The rest of the weekend we deer hunted and squirrel hunted. We have 8 acres the is surround by national forest on 3 sides.
we found lots of animal sign. Enjoy the pics!
Bear Scat! I hope to take this big guy soon!
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That's a BIG buck!
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We found multiple scrapes and rubs
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Squirrel dumplings, anyone?
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Cisco
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# Posted: 18 Feb 2016 15:02 - Edited by: Cisco
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Checking in with a few pics...
Really not much to report. The winter has been very mild here in Northwest Arkansas. We have been enjoying the cabin about every other weekend.
I spent 4 days in a row in it during deer season and got to hunt my property. I took a small 5 point but no big deer.
The plumbing, both water and sewer, has performed flawlessly. Having an inside toilet and a hot shower at the end of the day is a true blessing!!
Other than that we have been doing alot of trail riding, shooting guns and just enjoying the small cabin life.
Recently we started decorating, so Ill include those pics. Enjoy!
A shot of the view on a brisk morning
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My bear skin hung up
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Shelves made from old dynamite boxes
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Metal sign and license decoration
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1tentman
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# Posted: 18 Feb 2016 15:28
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I love to box idea for shelves, my wife dosent want cabinets on the upper walls and I have been thinking about just putting up shelves. We have alot of old barn siding incorporated in our cabin I could make boxes out of it and randomly mount them on walls. Great Idea! Thanks
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Cisco
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# Posted: 26 Mar 2016 18:57 - Edited by: Cisco
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Update-
I may have mentioned my wife and I are school teachers. Well we had this week off for spring break so we spent a lot of time working at the cabin! 
This first set of pictures are of the "kitchen" cabinets we made. A good friend of mine and fellow mathematics teacher (retired), Bob Mooney, came up and built the cabinets with my help.
We used a combination of 2x4's, birch plywood, and rough cut pine. They are 8 foot long and will have 3 drawers and 2 sets of doors. I think they turned out great!
The top is temporary, of course. We are considering copper or maybe concrete.
Building them in place
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The "frame"
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Getting closer
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Finished base with temp top
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Cisco
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# Posted: 26 Mar 2016 19:06 - Edited by: Cisco
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Just a few more cabinet pics
A few of Bob. He taught Calculus the past 38 yrs. Is an unbelievable builder. And just a great guy.
I had the privilege of teaching next door to him for 4 years and the knowledge he's imparted to me in immeasurable!
Bob sizing things up
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62 yrs old and still getting after it
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The best part, on the deck, watching the creek, having a cold one
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Cisco
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# Posted: 26 Mar 2016 19:11 - Edited by: Cisco
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So the next day, after Bob's lesson, I felt emboldened and decided to build the bathroom vanity on my own. It turned out pretty good.
Then I started making some lights out of old license plates. My wife found this idea on Pinterest
Bathroom vanity. On my own!
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License plate light. This was the test run
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Two more for over the bathroom mirror and new vanit
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Cisco
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# Posted: 26 Mar 2016 19:19
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Lastly we built shelves in the kitchen and bathroom.
There was a board behind my cabin that had been there for years. It is pine and measured 2.5 inches thick, 12 inches wide and 35 feet long.
So I made the actual shelf from this board. The brackets are 3/4 inch black pipe, floor flanges and caps.
I really like how these turned out
Kitchen shelves in black and white
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Another black and white
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Looking back toward the door
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Bathroom shelves over toilet
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Cisco
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# Posted: 26 Mar 2016 19:21
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That's it for now. We spent 4 nights and 5 days there this week. It was so awesome.
Cabin is getting closer to complete but really I hope it's never finished. I really enjoy spending time up there and working.
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Stein
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# Posted: 26 Mar 2016 23:12
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That's a great place! I currently live in Nebraska but just bought a vacation house about three miles south of the Bull Shoals dam.
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Cisco
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# Posted: 27 Mar 2016 09:36
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Quoting: Stein That's a great place! I currently live in Nebraska but just bought a vacation house about three miles south of the Bull Shoals dam.
Bull Shoals is an awesome area with awesome fishing. You'll love it!
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Asher
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# Posted: 7 May 2016 00:08
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Quoting: Stein That's a great place! I currently live in Nebraska but just bought a vacation house about three miles south of the Bull Shoals dam.
What road are you on? Our place is down the road from the White hole access area...
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Asher
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# Posted: 7 May 2016 00:08
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Quoting: Stein That's a great place! I currently live in Nebraska but just bought a vacation house about three miles south of the Bull Shoals dam.
What road are you on? Our place is down the road from the White hole access area...
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Stein
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# Posted: 7 May 2016 23:20
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We are just off 178.
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Kev
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# Posted: 10 May 2016 22:23
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Quoting: Cisco I may have mentioned my wife and I are school teachers. Well we had this week off for spring break so we spent a lot of time working at the cabin! This first set of pictures are of the "kitchen" cabinets we made. A good friend of mine and fellow mathematics teacher (retired), Bob Mooney, came up and built the cabinets with my help. We used a combination of 2x4's, birch plywood, and rough cut pine. They are 8 foot long and will have 3 drawers and 2 sets of doors. I think they turned out great! The top is temporary, of course. We are considering copper or maybe concrete.
How hard is it to build the cabinets? We're thinking about building ours rather than buying. I just don't know if its complicated or not.
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Cisco
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# Posted: 2 Sep 2016 10:06
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Quoting: Kev How hard is it to build the cabinets? We're thinking about building ours rather than buying. I just don't know if its complicated or not.
Sorry..I just saw this.
It was easier than i thought it'd be but I had a friend who has been doing carpentry for 40 years help me. I wouldn't have taken the project on solo
However, the cabinets are much nicer than anything I could have bought.
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Cisco
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# Posted: 9 Oct 2016 14:13
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Pretty big update.
If you have been reading this you know that my windows came out of an old trailer house. To say they are insufficient is and understatement.
They're odd sized, don't work, no screens and zero energy sufficient.
I have been debating what to do with them. I could Have custom Windows made to fit the existing opening? Or replace with a more common size and better window. This would require new framing and disruption of the closed cell foam spray in insulation. Not to mention tons of work!
In the end, I decided I'm never selling this place so I need to do it right, do it once. So I ordered up 5 new 48"x48" single hung low-E Windows.
Now not only am I going to replace with a larger more common size, I am also going to add 4 new windows in 4 new places.
AND I'm going to move the odd low hanging window currently in the gable end of the cabin with a bigger, matching window.
Here's the pics
Back wall of the cabin over looking creek. Solid wall here previously. Mid process...
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Outside view of back wall. Mid process
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Inside finished product
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Outside finished product
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Cisco
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# Posted: 9 Oct 2016 14:20 - Edited by: Cisco
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This is the gable end and the odd low hung window.
The big Window on the left will be replaced with a modern single hung window of equal size.
The low hung window on right will,be discarded and a matching large window will be placed here. Of course I will raise and move the window location to match the window on the left.
Why would anyone mount this window so low and off kilter from the other window?
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Another show the odd window and the wall where the new Windows are
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Another showing the odd window
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Cisco
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# Posted: 15 Oct 2016 20:14
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Went up this weekend and put in two more Windows. Both of these actually replaced two exiting trailer house Windows.
Here are some pic...
The first is the window behind our stove
Framed in and old window removed but new opening not cut out
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With the new window in. I still need to finish it out
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From the back deck looking at new window behind the stove
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The back wall of windows overlooking the creek
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Cisco
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# Posted: 15 Oct 2016 20:19
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This is the window in front of the cabin opposite the three pictured above. It is behind our temporary sink and temporary countertops.
Behind sink. This space had a small trailer house window
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From the front deck looking back at the sink window
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Cisco
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# Posted: 5 Nov 2016 14:13
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Youth Hunt 2016. My 10 year old son, Ty.
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RiverCabin
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# Posted: 7 Nov 2016 15:53 - Edited by: RiverCabin
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Awesome! I'll bet you are more proud than him!
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shall
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# Posted: 7 Nov 2016 23:01
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that's awesome.
I bet his heart was beating out of his chest before he shot it.
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Cisco
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# Posted: 8 Nov 2016 09:31
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Quoting: RiverCabin Awesome! I'll bet you are more proud than him!
Quoting: shall that's awesome. I bet his heart was beating out of his chest before he shot it.
YES Very Proud! He was pumped but he'e also pretty even keel.
He had a small window thru a sapling at about 40 steps. He shot it in the neck about 4 inches below the right ear. Off hand, no rest.
I was extremely proud of the clean shot he made. The deer didn't take a step
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Cisco
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# Posted: 31 Mar 2017 14:07
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Just checking in...
Had a busy and expensive winter! I lost a $300 well pump to old age and a $150 Pex manifold that froze when my electricity went out for a few days and my space heater couldn't run.
Oh well (pun intended) such is cabin life!
Kayaking season is here so the cabin will be getting a lot of use. We have already been once
Here's some pics...
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Kamn
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# Posted: 31 Mar 2017 15:10
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I just read through your whole thread AWESOME!!
Its just wonderful reading about good folks just enjoying life, Keep on Enjoying
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