In February of this year, Keith and I started another project for our farm. This one is a "Cabin" to hold all my over-flow of clutter and to give us somewhere to spend a night or two a month....You know, a vacation home so to speak! HA Never mind it's built right in our back yard on a piece of the Kansas prairie!
As with anything that we do around "Old Crow Farm", this too was designed around found and cheap objects. In fact, the whole house was designed around a load of wood that Keith bought at our local "Sale Barn" for a few dollars. I swear, you have never seen as much "figuring" as went in on that cabin to use all that wood! HA By the time we were done, we had used every last stick!
Unfortunately, there wasn't enough wood to do the whole thing so a lot of it had to be bought. This is where we started getting into trouble! We're not used to buying "new wood" so every time we came home from the lumber yard, it was major sticker shock!
Still though we pressed on and at last our cabin is up. Now you noticed I didn't say DONE, I said UP! There is still tons to do to it but the money has ran out so while waiting to find several things at auctions, flea markets and yard sales, this is as good as it gets.
This picture will show you the cabin as it looks today! The porch was made with all found things except for the tin on the roof...That we had to buy new. Would you believe all those spindles you see around it were bought BRAND NEW in a box for $5??? That has to be one of our better finds!
The window was an old one we had picked up at our local Sale Barn for a dollar and the shutters cost fifty cents. The old horse watering trough was bought and after a few well placed holes became a flower box for the west side of our steps. On the other side of the steps you will see an old rusty basket that I have filled with Hens and Chicks.~~~Those are planted in remembrance of my Grandma Croucher. How she would have loved this little cabin!!!
The furniture on the porch was bought from a yard sale. If memory serves me right I think it cost $50 but it also has a big table that we use in our cookout area. Later on I hope to find "old furniture" to use on the porch but for now we are using what we have. I can't tell you how peaceful and cool it is on that porch. We love to sit out there and chat the evenings away.
Ok, now you know what the outside looks like. Are you ready for a peek inside? If so, be sure and check back as I hope to start taking you on a tour within the next few days! Remember to post all you likes and dislikes as we are open to suggestions on how to make it more homey! Blessings, Sher