Idaho Cabin

Last week in Stanley, Idaho we were lucky to have a break from guerilla camping, and offered a night in a "cabin," so to speak. Mostly we were excited about the opportunity to have a shower and a warm place to sleep. We had no idea what well excicuted bang for your buck home layout was in there! 

Gifts and donations from you guys are really helping us to our goal but we're gonna have to save where we can to make it happen! Unless we take out a gigantic bank construction loan (I just threw up in my mouth a little). I doubt they'd even give us the loan anyway.

Wire shelves are WAY cheaper the cabinets. They're really versatile and modular with the ability to put shelves at any height, and any number of shelve. Sure you can do that with your typical kitchen cabinet set up but here it's made a lot easier, if you'd like to rearrange things a bit. The shelves are screwed to the floor and the counter top is held on with brackets and wood screws. 

With everything put in view and within reach, this reminds me of tools in a workshop or an industrial kitchen. We're planning to outfit our kitchen with a setup like this. 

Their bathroom looks like they spared no expense but it's not so. (sorry for the shitty photo) The clawfoot tub may be the on place where they splurged. The shower has a simple fiberglass bottom with a short wall and large tile, which looks pricey but is just about the same cost of an average shower/tub combo. Scraps of trim, molding and flooring we're used to make shelves, mirror frame, and shower curtain supports.

It's Idaho... you don't need A/C. You'll use the hell out of some heat though! They've gone for a wood stove that's got a bit of soapstone to help retain heat and promote a slow burn. But it is still Idaho and even though they've got 3 cords of wood on the porch, so there are small wall mounted space heaters in the bedroom and bathroom. 

We're back from our trip next week and will be posting more comprehensive posts as we decompress and try to make sense of all the photos, stories, and ideas we've take away from this fucking awesome trip!

More soon...

-Kyle and Hadley