Learn how to build a log cabin from trees on a budget using local materials, traditional hand tools, and hard work while embracing the land. Living in a cozy little cabin nestled in the woods is part ...

In the previous entry, we discussed debarking spuds and drawknives. We’re going to continue discussing other ways to prepare your logs for the next step in log cabin building. This time we’re going to ...

In this episode, winter has fully arrived in the Canadian wilderness as we continue building our off-grid log cabin using only hand tools. In early December, the weather remained relatively warm, ...

Some 20 years ago I built a log cabin the old way. It was a group effort; we were learning how to build a cabin from nationally known log cabin builder, Peter Gott. The cabin building project was ...

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In this episode, we continue notching logs and raise our first window frame for our tiny log cabin project. Our goal is to ...

Summertime and the living is, well, hot—which makes a roaring campfire a bit of a problem. But if you lay the right foundation, you can build a great summer blaze that puts out plenty of light with ...

The 1921 building's exterior is a unique log cabin look, with large timber beams that could be old-growth hemlock tree trunks. It was a stormy night, but Wauwatosa’s log cabin building this month ...