Building a Home - Part 1

And we're off - the grand adventure has begun. We're building a cabin in the woods - a modified starplate cabin with five sides - to be our humble abode until a larger dwelling can be erected. We've got the foundation and the floor in, now it's on to the walls and a roof. As soon as we get a new camera, I'll upload more pics of our progress, but here's where it all started...



We began by laying out the five sided shape...



And moved it around until we found the right lay of the land for it.



Next, the dogs had to come in and check our measurements...



And once we had our layout, the cinderblocks came in to help us get level.



Then began the tedious process of moving and shimming, until we were level all the way around.



In place of our temporary cinder blocks, we placed mortared stone pillars from stones on our property. Eventually, we'll have a stone base all the way around.




And finally, we started framing out the floor...



By this point, we were pretty tired - even the dogs were done in...



Next time...wall raising!