My stone cabin in the woods

I thought I would share my small cabin I built here. All the stone is from our property, the wood as well save a few items like the door frame. The iron work my brother and I did on his forge. Every stone had to be brought across the hillside by hand to avoid damaging the surroundings, and in all it took about 5 years to finish. Hope you all enjoy.

Wow! Nice work. It is absolutely beautiful.

That is a great place, well done.
Did you have anything between the sheets of rock, soil?

Beautiful work! Looks like your cat and dog enjoy the place, too. :)

L. Johnson wrote:Wow! Nice work. It is absolutely beautiful.

Thanks!

John C Daley wrote:That is a great place, well done.
Did you have anything between the sheets of rock, soil?

Thanks! No, the hillside I built it on is very rocky and porous, so it drains really well. The back wall get a tiny bit damp if it rains real hard, but otherwise it’s fine.

Jane Mulberry wrote:Beautiful work! Looks like your cat and dog enjoy the place, too. :)

They do, thanks.

That's beautiful!  Might we be able to get pics from outside from a few more angles?  The way it tucks into the hill soothes the soul...

Mike Haasl wrote:That's beautiful!  Might we be able to get pics from outside from a few more angles?  The way it tucks into the hill soothes the soul...

Absolutely, here are a few more, as well as a few I missed. Getting a pic from the front is hard because the Hill is so steep. I ended up having to put in about 100 stone steps to avoid erosion and slipping and falling  in some areas.

Gorgeous.  Great job!

That is beautiful! Is the roof all wood? Was any vapor barrier used on it? Did you 'plant' the moss, or did it self colonize?

Wow, gorgeous.   I love how it blends into the surroundings and all the custom craftsmanship.   thanks for sharing,  it's inspirational!  

Your place is just magical.  I would take it over any mansion I have ever seen.  It looks like it is straight out of a story of elves and goblins, wizards and gnomes.  Just stunning.

Heather Staas wrote:Wow, gorgeous.   I love how it blends into the surroundings and all the custom craftsmanship.   thanks for sharing,  it's inspirational!  

Thanks!

Joylynn Hardesty wrote:That is beautiful! Is the roof all wood? Was any vapor barrier used on it? Did you 'plant' the moss, or did it self colonize?

Thanks. After weighing several different options I decided to use tar paper with asphalt roll roofing over that, which gives a rough surface for the moss to attach to. Then I harvested the moss from elsewhere on our property ( it has since grown back fine the last few years) and placed it on the roof.

Is that an Erma 22 I spy out of its holster?

Jay Colli wrote:Is that an Erma 22 I spy out of its holster?

Nope, that picture is a little deceptive how small it looks. It’s actually a 1918 DWM Zwickau police P08 chambered in 9mm.

B Steinmetz wrote:I thought I would share my small cabin I built here. All the stone is from our property, the wood as well save a few items like the door frame. The iron work my brother and I did on his forge. Every stone had to be brought across the hillside by hand to avoid damaging the surroundings, and in all it took about 5 years to finish. Hope you all enjoy.

That is absolutely beautiful, I'm currently researching to build my own cabin in the woods out of the natural  sandstone I can find on the property and seeing what you built makes me think that might be the best choice for me especially considering my woods don't offer too much in the way of uniform logs. I can only hope I end up with something nice like that if mine ends up being built from stone.

Absolutely Awe Inspiring.  Thanks for sharing.

Thomas Finnley wrote:

B Steinmetz wrote:I thought I would share my small cabin I built here. All the stone is from our property, the wood as well save a few items like the door frame. The iron work my brother and I did on his forge. Every stone had to be brought across the hillside by hand to avoid damaging the surroundings, and in all it took about 5 years to finish. Hope you all enjoy.

That is absolutely beautiful, I'm currently researching to build my own cabin in the woods out of the natural  sandstone I can find on the property and seeing what you built makes me think that might be the best choice for me especially considering my woods don't offer too much in the way of uniform logs. I can only hope I end up with something nice like that if mine ends up being built from stone.

Thanks! Hope your cabin project goes well!

As with the others, I'm in awe. Do you reside here or just visit? Extremely charming!

Rhiannon Jenkins wrote:As with the others, I'm in awe. Do you reside here or just visit? Extremely charming!

Thanks! No I don’t live in the cabin, it is just a getaway to hang out in and camp. It is within walking distance of my house, so it’s easy to just go hang out whenever I want.