My cabin–the complete tour.
A reader of this blog has been asking for a tour of my cabin. I was going it do a you-tube video but decided it would take to long to upload with a dial-up connection. The cabin measures 19′X 11″. I didn’t build it. I talk about two different cabins, one in Coastal BC and one in North Central Washington. This is the one in Washington– the one from which I blog from.
This is the outside. The cooler on the porch is where I keep my food cold–probably not a good idea because a bear might come and find it and then I would have troubles.
Two couches–good idea if you ever have company or if you just want a change.
This couch is a chest that my brother-in-law and I made out of tongue and grove pine. Inside the couch/chest are the batteries and the the regulator for my solar system and some clothes.
This is the kitchen.
This is the wood stove. The pot holds my hot water. The tub next to the wood stove is used to bring wood in, wash my clothes and sometimes I take a bath in it.
This is the loft. There is a bed up there and a 55 gallon drum of water that gravity feeds to the sink below it.
This is what I cook on. Sometimes I also cook on the wood stove. There is a small propane grill out on the porch if I want to grill or bake something.
This is my composting toilet.
I also have this outside toilet that sits out in the woods. It is a plywood box with a toilet seat lid that sits over a hole in the ground.
The basin hanging on the wall is usually full of water. I use the same water over and over to wash my hands during the day. When the water looks dirty, I start over with new water. I can keep clean (enough for a person who lives alone and seldom sees anyone) with just this basin.
Here is the solar panel soaking up the rays so I can use my laptop.
That’s the whole complete tour.
February 29th, 20088:31 pm at
Wow! That is so cool. It’s like Little House on the Prarie only with a fire extinguisher and a computer. But goodness it looks too cold for my blood. What a perfect complement to the way you live the rest of the year!
March 1st, 20088:10 am at
Thank you for the tour! You seem to have it really nicely put together. Can you tell us a bit more about the cooking device on which the kettle sits? Is it a mini-stove or a support?
Cheers,
Mungo
March 1st, 20088:16 am at
Hey, Mungo,
It’s a propane stove from Cabellas. Here is my blog entry about my stove. http://asthecrowflies.org/2006/11/10/cabin-stove/
There are few possessions I own that haven’t been featured in a blog post.
-Crow
March 1st, 20088:53 am at
Wow — you ARE a natural woman, but it looks comfortable and it has a few woman’s touches, I see. Thanks for the tour.
March 1st, 20084:08 pm at
Hey Crow, Thanks for the tour of the cabin. It looks quite nice and cozy. Hopefully all of the other readers found it as enjoyable as I did.
March 1st, 20086:09 pm at
My friend Richard has been keeping me up to date on your living in the cabin and shared this link to your tour. I think it is great! Richard and I talk all the time about how we would love to have a place out like that.
Thanks for sharing it with us.
March 2nd, 20087:04 am at
Been following your blog for about a year now. I’ve often wondered what your abode consisted of. Thanks for the nice tour and the thoughtful blog posts.
March 2nd, 20088:17 pm at
Hey Crow,
You skipped the floor. Is this the cabin with the paper/faux leather floor? I loved those images from a while back.
March 2nd, 20088:22 pm at
Hey Sarah,
The cabin with the the paper floor is the one in BC. This one has a wood floor.
-Crow
March 2nd, 200810:35 pm at
Excellent, Crow.
Thanks for posting it.
March 3rd, 200810:14 am at
Thanks for sharing, Crow. Nice digs.
March 11th, 20086:24 am at
Crow,
Have you done a blog post about your solar panel? (I couldn’t find one). That looks like something I’d like around my cabin. Thanks!
Carolyn H.
March 11th, 20086:43 am at
Hey Carolyn,
I have done a post about it. http://asthecrowflies.org/2007/03/15/the-technology-that-gets-me-online/
I think solar is more expensive then grid electricity, but you can get land cheaper if it doesn’t have power to it.
Did you see the Aura borealis? I didn’t.
March 14th, 20086:26 am at
I love your cabin. It’s so cozy and happy inside.
I admire your life. I can probably not live mine like yours, but I am taking steps to live like you in my heart and mind.
March 17th, 20084:47 am at
Would you describe the construction of the house? It appears you have galvanized corrigated roofing in the walls (upper part shows). I have never seen that before.
March 17th, 20085:12 am at
Hey Horny Toad,
The inside is finished with rough cut fir 3/4 of the way up. Then there is a small pine shelf with pegs under to hang up stuff that goes around the entire cabin. Then, you are right, it has corrugated metal roofing like you would put on a chicken coop. The ceiling is tongue and grove knotty pine.
The beams are un-peeled pine logs. The floor and the loft floor is thick tongue and grove flooring that I suspect the builder of the cabin salvaged from old box cars.
I didn’t build it, but I guess it to be just a regular framed cabin, finished on the outside with cedar shakes.
The woman that I bought it from, built it with her brother some place else and then, I think, took it apart and then moved it here.
I think the idea behind the corrugated roofing is that it reflects candle light and sunlight better and because it looks sort of rustic and cool.
-crow
March 21st, 20081:36 pm at
Thanks for the inspiration to keep life simple. I hope to do something very similar eventually. Too busy living in a tent and traveling!