Our dogs are SOOOO happy to have space to run and play! You can see their tromped down area and a couple excursions back to where we plan to build a beautiful home someday.
For right now, we are living in Logan until we sell our home and we are turning our 400 sq. ft. cabin into a home that will make the best use of the space, so that it will be ready to move in to. The first 3 pictures are of the cabin when we first got it. The bathroom was just there in the middle of the bedroom, which Nate and I were not ok with. :) The bedroom, with the random wheelbarrow he left for us, and the living room and kitchen with very poor use of space. But, Nate has great vision and could see what he could do with the place.
So, the first thing Nate did was knocked out the ceiling in the bedroom and made a vaulted ceiling. He then built a loft for our bed and made a little storage room underneath the loft that will be able to fit approx. 25 18-gal. totes, along with our filing cabinet and a few other cupboards for other things. The loft will have a slanted ladder to get up there. Also, in the loft there will be several cubby areas that are actually above the bathroom.
We now actually have an enclosed bathroom. It's small but will work great! Nate has been such a handyman and has been able to do the plumbing, electrical, framing, dry-wall, etc.
The kitchen will basically be a hallway kitchen and the funny thing is that we will have the same amount of cabinets or more than our current house. The idea is to not spend too much on this cabin because it will only be temporary, so ya, the cabinets will be built out of 2 by 4's and plywood. The living room will be able to have our couch, a nice storage bench, t.v. up on the wall, and of course . . . I know you were worried . . the fish tank!
The reactions to us getting this cabin have been pretty funny. I know that there are people that think we are crazy, some people are worried about us, others that are upset we are moving, and others that are happy for us. Ya, it is a little crazy, but that's what is so great about life with Nate because we have huge dreams and crazy ideas to accomplish them and we actually do them. We will be able to save a huge amount of money living in the little cabin and it will enable us to build our house with much less debt. We are actually extremely excited to move out there. I think some people believe that you have to have things and a big house to be happy, granted I will want a bigger house someday, but for now we are and will be happy. I know many of our ancestors had houses this size or smaller and raised 10 children. No, we aren't having 10 children. The theme of this cabin is "sacrifice now for a better future." I love being married to Nate and the fact that we can support each other's dreams!
