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Cowracer
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# Posted: 30 Jan 2017 09:47
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I'm finding out "finished" is a very flexible word.  We are 99% finished with our interior. The only punch-list items are: A hearth for the fireplace (still mulling that over), a couple of switch plates that I still have to stain and install, some trim on the stairs and landings, and I've had a request to put in a handrail on the stairs, so I guess that's on the list too.
But we are finished enough to move in furniture, and the wife has done some decorating. One 'drawback' to this project is that all our friends really got into it with us, so we have about 7 different "Welcome to the Cabin" signs and all kinds of bear and cabin related stuff that were given to us as gifts. We are having a hard time finding places to put everything.
Here are some pictures I took this weekend: (1-4 of 13)
Tim
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Cowracer
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# Posted: 30 Jan 2017 09:48
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Cowracer
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# Posted: 30 Jan 2017 09:49
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Cowracer
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# Posted: 30 Jan 2017 09:50 - Edited by: Cowracer
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KelVarnsen
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# Posted: 30 Jan 2017 10:00
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Beautiful job. Congrats. I'm jealous. My shack of a cabin still has a long way to go.
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 30 Jan 2017 10:54
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Nice work cowracer. Looks very "cabiney", a word I made up but everyone in here will understand. (its a cabin thing)
I like the fact your lights are of the natural lights. I hate those new bright white or almost blue lights they have now. I always buy them (LED bulbs) in "natural" to where it glows like the old incandescent lights and gives off a warm yellowish glow, very cozy feeling. Feels like old oil lamp lighting. Makes it look as if we are inside one of Thomas Kincaids paintings.
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Cowracer
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# Posted: 30 Jan 2017 11:07 - Edited by: Cowracer
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Cabiney. adj Having an overall feel or ambiance of a cabin. I like it. I'm gonna send it to Funk and Wagnall's
The amber shellac walls have a lot to do with it too. They really make the lighting "warm" but man... They swallow up the lumens. Its fairly dim in the cabin most of the time. I like it though, It makes it feel very cozy and inviting, but it can be a PITA when you need to work on something. I just put the under-cabinet lighting in the kitchen for the coffeepot, because it was like trying to make a cup in a black hole there. lol.
We also put in room-darkening shades, because I like it dark for sleeping. Funny thing is, I cannot sleep past 6am or so at home, but I routinely can sleep past 8am in the cabin. Which also makes me feel like I just pissed away half the day too, but I'm learning to deal with it. 
Tim
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Rys
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# Posted: 30 Jan 2017 13:14
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Nice!
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Asher
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# Posted: 30 Jan 2017 16:07
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Cowracer,
You did a fantastic job, I agree about the lighting.. whose yellow bulbs look nice but the new colors are SO much brighter, and I'm not getting any younger... I like the looks of those Edison bulbs but you might as well just light a candle in the room..
Did you get your fireplace over heating the cabin issue figured out?
Those candle/lanterns look really neat, I might have to steal that one from you..
SO... how long did it take your build to get this far?
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Cowracer
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# Posted: 30 Jan 2017 16:55 - Edited by: Cowracer
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Asher...
Those bulbs really aint yellow. I think the overall 'tone' of the image was throwing the white-balance off in my cell phone camera. They standard incandescents in the lamps and warm white LED in the ceiling fans.
I have a plan on the fireplace heat issue. Its a real simple job to get the top plate out of the firebox (6 screws) and the plate above the 'airspace' (also 6 screws) I will plasma cut a rectangular hole in the firebox one for a standard heat duct box, and take it to a round dual-wall fluepipe out the sidewall. There will be a damper in the bottom of the round so I can keep the heat when I want it.
The hanging lanterns are from my buddies dad, who piddles around in his shop making the coolest stuff our of old pallets and whatnot. He's the guy who made our headboard. Funny thing is those are made out of MY old fence boards. I am replacing my weathered old privacy fence at the house and he was practically drooling over getting his hands on the wood. Below is a better picture of a few sets he made.
As far as "how long". It's been a while. But you gotta understand, there was fits of construction interspersed with long stretches of not much going on.
Quick timeline of the build.
Whole Cabin
First shovel in the ground: July 2013
Framed up: Aug 2013
Roof on it: October 2013
Electric roughed in: April 2014
Insulation: June-July 2014
Install interior T&G: Oct 2014
Upstairs
Shellac T&G: April 2015
Flooring: May2015
Trim Out: Aug 2015
Furniture and first night: Oct. 2015
Downstairs
Shellac: Dec 2015
Fireplace: Jan 2016
Flooring: Feb 2016
Kitchen: April 2016
Trim Out: May 2016
(Pavillion build occurred at this time, not much work on cabin)
Furniture: Sept. 2016
Decorating: Ongoing.
Left to Do:
Powerwash and stain
Some sort of front porch
look into possibly bolstering foundation piers.
The whole story of the build is at www.cowracer.blogspot.com
Tim
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 30 Jan 2017 16:56
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I always have this visual when I see a cozy cabin, think of yourself, lost in the woods, in winter, snow on the ground, its cold, sun is going down, you are wet, hungry, cold and you stumble upon a cabin like yours in the distance, amber glow in the windows, smoke coming out of the chimney, you go and knock on the door, are greeted and invited in for a nice warm bowl of some very hearty beef stew with cornbread and butter......
Heaven on earth. 
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Cowracer
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# Posted: 30 Jan 2017 17:01
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Quoting: toyota_mdt_tech I always have this visual when I see a cozy cabin, think of yourself, lost in the woods, in winter, snow on the ground, its cold, sun is going down, you are wet, hungry, cold and you stumble upon a cabin like yours in the distance, amber glow in the windows, smoke coming out of the chimney, you go and knock on the door, are greeted and invited in for a nice warm bowl of some very hearty beef stew with cornbread and butter......
I go little further imagining the stew being offered by a female aerobics instructor who's daddy owns the biggest liquor store in town, and she is wearing nothing but an apron.
But then again, I am always accused of over-thinking things...  
Tim
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rockies
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# Posted: 30 Jan 2017 19:35
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You're not planning on modifying the firebox to attach it to a heating duct system, are you? Every fireplace (or wood stove)installation manual I've ever read warns against hooking the unit up to a duct system.
I was also curious about your future hearth. Are you adding it on top of the material I already see in the pics? If the hearth is 2" thick (for example) won't that make it difficult to pull the fireplace unit out should you ever need to replace it one day?
Perhaps if you removed the top layer of stone on the front edge of the hearth and then put on the finished hearth slab. That way the finished height would be level with the bottom edge of the fireplace unit.
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OutdoorFanatic
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# Posted: 30 Jan 2017 20:23 - Edited by: OutdoorFanatic
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I see a lot of pictures of cabin interiors and as soon as I see a TV I lose interest. Who watches tv anymore? especially in a cabin in the woods.
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 30 Jan 2017 20:56 - Edited by: toyota_mdt_tech
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Quoting: OutdoorFanatic I see a lot of pictures of cabin interiors and as soon as I see a TV I lose interest
You mean like this one?  I watch the morning news. in fact, that clown on the TV just shot and killed his dad with a deer rifle and was on the lamb, was an APB out on him.  Digital antenna is hidden in the attic. I do not watch it at all otherwise unless maybe a western movie at night using the built in DVD player. 
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Bigred292
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# Posted: 30 Jan 2017 21:26
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Looks awesome Cowracer!
Alot of similarities with my cabin, especially the cabin not being too bright during the day. I have the same color interior walls- have to use a headlamp to do some things inside.
I'm trying to figure out best way to light it up- my cabin is 12v with genny hookup but I don't like running it if I have to.
Any info on your lighting might be helpful - currently I have reg 12v volt bulbs but want to switch to LED
Curtains are a nice touch too. When I told my wife I wanted curtains she nearly dropped
Gonna check your blog out as well
Great job!
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Cowracer
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# Posted: 30 Jan 2017 21:54
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Quoting: rockies You're not planning on modifying the firebox to attach it to a heating duct system, are you? Every fireplace (or wood stove)installation manual I've ever read warns against hooking the unit up to a duct system. I was also curious about your future hearth. Are you adding it on top of the material I already see in the pics? If the hearth is 2" thick (for example) won't that make it difficult to pull the fireplace unit out should you ever need to replace it one day? Perhaps if you removed the top layer of stone on the front edge of the hearth and then put on the finished hearth slab. That way the finished height would be level with the bottom edge of the fireplace unit.
Not really a duct system. I am not ducting the heat to another place in the cabin. I just want to dump some of it outside when I want the fire for ambience, but don't want to roast us out.
You are correct in your assessment of our hearth situation. This is yet another of those "If only I would have thought this through" moments (of which, there are many). I'm leaning towards a 2-piece embossed concrete slab with a 1 inch overhang over the stone veneer. It will be heavy enough to keep itself in place, but if I ever need to remove the fireplace, I can simply remove the hearth stones and pull the fireplace out of the hole. Yeah... I wish I would have put the fireplace up 2-3 inches. But I didn't and I'm not gonna redo the whole thing over it.
Tim
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Cowracer
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# Posted: 30 Jan 2017 22:06 - Edited by: Cowracer
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Quoting: OutdoorFanatic I see a lot of pictures of cabin interiors and as soon as I see a TV I lose interest. Who watches tv anymore? especially in a cabin in the woods.
Um... I do.
This is not your typical get away from civilization "Cabin in the woods". It's as far as being "in the woods" as you can possibly be without being in a Walmart parking lot. (see picture)
Its on our lake lot in the lake subdivision ('community' might be a more accurate term). I built it solely to keep me from having to drag my camper back and forth to the lake every time we go. We go down at least every 2-3 weeks from April to October. We have 3 families that have 3 adjacent lots that we treat as one big compound. We boat, we drink, we go 4-wheeling, we drink. We eat, we drink. We hang out around the fire, we drink. Occasionally especially in the winter, we go down with just the wife and me, and we just "turtle-up" for the weekend. We will make popcorn, have a few beverages, and sit in the dark, just the two of us, and snuggle up while we watch a good movie. If that aint your idea of a really pleasant evening, then you have my pity.
Tim
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Asher
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# Posted: 31 Jan 2017 10:39
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Quoting: Cowracer I go little further imagining the stew being offered by a female aerobics instructor who's daddy owns the biggest liquor store in town, and she is wearing nothing but an apron.But then again, I am always accused of over-thinking things...
Where is the dang, thumbs up and like button on this one...
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Asher
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# Posted: 31 Jan 2017 10:57
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Quoting: Cowracer Um... I do. This is not your typical get away from civilization "Cabin in the woods". It's as far as being "in the woods" as you can possibly be without being in a Walmart parking lot. (see picture)Its on our lake lot in the lake subdivision ('community' might be a more accurate term). I built it solely to keep me from having to drag my camper back and forth to the lake every time we go. We go down at least every 2-3 weeks from April to October. We have 3 families that have 3 adjacent lots that we treat as one big compound. We boat, we drink, we go 4-wheeling, we drink. We eat, we drink. We hang out around the fire, we drink. Occasionally especially in the winter, we go down with just the wife and me, and we just "turtle-up" for the weekend. We will make popcorn, have a few beverages, and sit in the dark, just the two of us, and snuggle up while we watch a good movie. If that aint your idea of a really pleasant evening, then you have my pity.
I'm with you on this... Our cabin build is much more of a weekend retreat/entertainment place... It's currently taking a lot more time then planned getting all the wiring for the silly things like surround sound, outdoor speakers outlets, etc. in just the right places... I want to make sure everything is pleasantly/tastefully hidden but easily accessible when finished... I'm not interested in "working for my cabin" when I get done, I want my cabin to work for me...
I have noticed that this website could be divided up into about 3 groups, (modern cabins, rustic cabins, off the grid cabins)... I'm definitely in the modern cabin (which seems more like a minority) but that's completely OK with me I like that we all have our different visions of cabin bliss...
I'm not too far from your place, in fact your neighbor is the one that turned me on to 5 Star builders in Cuba, which is where we had the shell of our place built...
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Steve_S
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# Posted: 31 Jan 2017 11:32
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Looks warm and cozy, quite comforting actually. I went with Clear Shellac on my white pine instead of amber and am very happy with the result so far... As I continue finishing and add more colours with red pine, white cedar and other woods, I intend to stay with the clear, as I think I could get too "cave like" too quickly as my windows are not huge and I have reasonable shade all around the cabin. Sure beats the heck out of plain sterile & BORING drywall.
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hattie
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# Posted: 31 Jan 2017 12:25
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Absolutely beautiful! Congratulations!!
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Cowracer
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# Posted: 2 Feb 2017 16:02 - Edited by: Cowracer
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Quoting: Asher I'm not too far from your place, in fact your neighbor is the one that turned me on to 5 Star builders in Cuba, which is where we had the shell of our place built...
Define "not too far"...
I'd love to see your place when you get it presentable. I assume my neighbor is James? Now THATS a hell of a nice build, I'm here to tell you...
Tim
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LoonWhisperer
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# Posted: 2 Feb 2017 17:12
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Looks amazing. Very cozy. 
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Asher
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# Posted: 2 Feb 2017 18:06
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Not too far is a little bit of a stretch I guess... Home is in O'Fallon MO, but the cabin is in Flippin AR (5hrs from home)... I couldn't believe that 5 star was willing to deliver a 17x40 cabin that far for peanuts... You should have seen that 18' wide monster coming down a 2 lane country road... Those guys where top notch...
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jjr
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# Posted: 6 Feb 2017 20:52
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Tim,
The cabin is looking great! Very inviting.
Asher,
How's yours coming along. I hope the guys from 5star treated you well. You definitely need to start your build thread with pictures so we can see it.
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Gary O
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# Posted: 7 Feb 2017 09:17
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Quoting: Cowracer we are finished enough to move in furniture, and the wife has done some decorating
Well, that's just gol darn gorgeous
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Gary O
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# Posted: 7 Feb 2017 09:20 - Edited by: Gary O
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In regard to all the gifts;
Quoting: Cowracer We are having a hard time finding places to put everything.
Gift them forward.
If the giver asks about 'em, feign Alzheimer's...'and who are you?'
This has worked quite well for me....maybe a little too well
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John A
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# Posted: 7 Feb 2017 12:48
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Very Nice!
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John A
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# Posted: 7 Feb 2017 12:50
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Got a kick out of the similar interior finish!
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