When I purchased the property in 1989, there were 4 log cabins in poor condition along with some other unloved buildings here, on a beautiful quiet waterfront, 1 km from a stunning waterfall.
It took 5 years to find someone to help me rebuild the cabins. Every contractor I spoke with wanted to knock them down and build frame cabins on their spots, modern and ordinary. Besides the fact that no subsequent building would be allowed on the same footprint (too close to the water's edge, environmental laws), there was a reason for reconstructing the aging buildings instead of replacing them with modern ones.
When you stay in a log cabin, you can tell you left home. Consider that most people live in apartment buildings or houses that are finished on the inside with drywall. Here, when you roll over in the morning and see the logs, you know you are not at home. You are not just in another box next to other boxes. Hotel rooms are boxes too. Many cottages are now like homes, and so pretty much a bunch of boxes joined at the walls.
Why do I have Pete Seeger running through my brain?
It can be very freeing to get outside the box. It can help you think outside the box. Breaking the regular routine of appliances, screens, granite countertops, conveniences at the touch of a button...of course, this can be scary to some people.
A comment I have heard often from clients is that they experience a freedom here that they don't find in other environments. Makes me smile.
It took 5 years to find someone to help me rebuild the cabins. Every contractor I spoke with wanted to knock them down and build frame cabins on their spots, modern and ordinary. Besides the fact that no subsequent building would be allowed on the same footprint (too close to the water's edge, environmental laws), there was a reason for reconstructing the aging buildings instead of replacing them with modern ones.
When you stay in a log cabin, you can tell you left home. Consider that most people live in apartment buildings or houses that are finished on the inside with drywall. Here, when you roll over in the morning and see the logs, you know you are not at home. You are not just in another box next to other boxes. Hotel rooms are boxes too. Many cottages are now like homes, and so pretty much a bunch of boxes joined at the walls.
Why do I have Pete Seeger running through my brain?
It can be very freeing to get outside the box. It can help you think outside the box. Breaking the regular routine of appliances, screens, granite countertops, conveniences at the touch of a button...of course, this can be scary to some people.
A comment I have heard often from clients is that they experience a freedom here that they don't find in other environments. Makes me smile.
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