Wouldnt have. Great job mate

Thank you sir

I love the king posts on the ends of the roof. Do you plan on using a pomoly wood stove for heat? Pomoly makes hi quality wood stoves. Beautiful cabin. Is the refectix adequate insulation?

Would have used set in place holddowns as opposed to tap cons. But solid work. Also I would have used an impact driver over a drill. And cantilevered deck for more living space.

Ya we're really glad with how that turned out. No, we do have a pomoly stove but we're going to keep it for our tents since it's so portable and the stove we're gonna use is a little bigger so we can put bigger logs in to burn longer. Don't know if it's adequate honestly, this is our first cabin so we don't have anything to compare it to. The floor gets cold, but we bought warm slippers to leave there. I heard bat insulation in the floor is a nightmare when it comes to mice and rats so I did the foil insulation for simplicity more than effectiveness.

That's awesome, I couldn't imagine how hard it would be without power tools. I think that would be awesome to revisit this in 20 and 30 years and take us back. This project was so much fun it was the highlight of the year for us for sure. Thanks for watching Joel, and go finish the inside of yours!

@@2withnature Hammering for hours driving 16 penny nails in over your head was awesome, but you haven't LIVED until you've cut OSB sheathing with a crappy hand saw! I tried to cut as much of the dimensional lumber as I could in Colorado, then drive it up to Montana when I was able to build. Not a lot of battery tools back then, that I could afford, and heard nothing but bad news about generators ruining AC equipment, so there I was. Ignorant, but willing.

Man I probably would've done the OSB with an axe instead of a hand saw. But the more you sacrifice for something the more you love it.

actually, i think you did know what you were doing. you made a 10 x 20 cabin while these people are making an idiotically small house with a loft and using lots of material to do it. They could have built a sturdy structure with a much larger footprint all on one floor without using lots of material. but they are virtue signaling as to what a small foot print they are making. everyone wants to see how tiny they can go because that's the latest fad. It's like when people make houses out of shipping containers and by the time they finish cutting out walls and windows and putting on a roof, or joining multiple containers together like a habitrail, family members climbing over each other all the time, they could have built a normal small house. even a 20 x 20 house with an open floor plan would go up quickly, and you could actually lay down on the floor and stretch your arms out without hitting a wall! imagine that!

While I agree with most of what you are pointing out, I do remember seeing a lot of tiny homes being built to skirt the zoning requirements and the endless requirements for a true "home" build. My property isn't too far from town, though the access and availability of inspectors is somewhat limited, so I could get away with many things. City builds really don't have a choice, either put it on a trailer or comply.@@edwardedward8139

Yup, when I was drawing it up I kept making it bigger and bigger then I finally decided to go with the smallest possible and figured I'd just use this as my practice cabin to learn how to build a bigger one later. Thanks for watching!

I agree

Mansion would be nice though 👍

@@drewhoffman1461 bigger the house the bigger the mess to clean up.

@@drewhoffman1461 what would you need all that space inside for with all that näture outside to enjoy? a The cabin is basically shélter to eat and sleep in.

Thank you very much. Working on creating something tangible is much more satisfying than other work indeed. We'll have the next one of us finishing the inside up soon.

@@2withnature well good luck and enjoy. Life is good

That's so cool! Home building is an amazing thing. I Envy your experience.

Life is great! Thank you both 🙏

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Thank you 🙏 I'm glad you were able to do that with your parents, it's so satisfying to create something tangible, and I hope it lasts a long time. I'm impressed you finished it in 5 weeks though, I think that's faster than most experienced people could manage. And it's our pleasure, thanks for watching and the next one of the inside will be up soon.

Only 5 weeks? Amazing.

Nice story. Do you still have the house?

@@joewoodchuck3824 The house was located on a lake in Michigan so it was located in ideal spot. As my parents aged, they couldn’t keep up with all the land, the home maintenance and the organic garden so they sold it and moved to Florida to be around their kids and grandkids. When my mom passed away, my dad moved in with us in another state until he passed away too. We have home movies showing him breaking ground and all the stages of building it. I sure miss that house but another family is enjoying now.

Thank you so much! Good health to you too!

Nice work! A bit of insulation & a small wood stove that can be used for cooking too & it’s a nice cozy get away from everything.

Yup, we're in progress doing that 🙂

@scottalpert3444, same! She did help but I can see why this man is "built like a building" given he practically "built this whole building", he must run on "Energizer batteries!"😄For my critique, I'd ♥to have seen the sunset without the truck in the way, those colors @7:27 & @7:30 were spectacular! The stormy weather @26:12 was great too & the rainbow @34:35! This was so nice but I think it could use some LED lighting they could hook up to whilst occupying it. Maybe get creative and have some "flood lighting" when needed but also some low-level "burning lamp" style sconces for a sort of "camp fire light." It could also use some railing for the sides & front of the porch/the steps especially if you want to stand on the porch, lean on a rail and watch a sunset on one side or admire a rainbow on the other! I'm not sure how often they plan to be in it but even some window boxes with "fake flowers" add character and color. I'm not sure of the year-round weather there but they could maybe even put some perennials in the ground in front of the porch.

@zenithperigee7442 those are a lot of good ideas. We're working so fast all the time even still but once we are near the end and can relax a little we'll take more care to get more scenic shots and get the lighting figured out. I expect we'll be working on projects here at least through spring.

🙂 We're just happy and fortunate to be able to do this together. It makes for great team work. Thank you for watching! More to come soon.

Thank you William 🙏 more of it to come

Congrats! My pleasure 🙏

Thank you! I'll try to include some things I learn while I'm doing it in some of the future videos. Thanks for watching!

Thanks Julie!

Our pleasure and thank you for watching! We'll have the video of us building out the inside up soon.

Thank you 🙂 that's a great way to see things

🙂 congrats on 40 years! We love seeing happy couples that have been together that long. Having common interests and hobbies and goals to work on together is a must I believe. We will have many more videos to come! God bless and have a happy holiday!

The thank-yous are what stood out to me. Any couple that can enjoy each other during a building project has the tools to make a relationship last.

I'm British, please and thank you are just a normal way of speaking to each other, friends, family, neighbours or strangers..seems sad that it is noticeable because of its scarcity in other places. ✌🇬🇧

Thank you 🙏 We will have more soon

I'm the luckiest man alive 🙂

Yup, it's a beautiful spot

Thanks, we certainly hope so! We'll have more videos of us finishing it soon. Thanks for watching 🙂

lol yes it is. It’s as solid as the chicken coop I waaaay overbuilt for my daughter 😂. Some men can overdue things but that’s ok we build strong ass shit!!

That's right. Anytime I ask myself if I should add another stud I add two for good measure lol

Glad to hear it and thank you! Ya the filming and editing adds a lot of time but we're going to try and get it finished and videos up as quickly as we can.

We take advantage of every single day. We've been thoroughly enjoying it and will have the inside done soon. Thank you so much for watching and God bless!

Of course, thanks for watching! It is a perfect getaway.

Glad to have you 🙏 thanks for your support

Happy to. Thanks for watching

Thank you 🙏 it's been very satisfying and we'll have many more videos of it to come.

Thanks Chase! We will have a video of us building out the inside as soon as we're done along with us using the cabin and a some hanging out etc.

Heck ya she is! More coming soon. Thanks for watching.

We did thoroughly enjoy it, thank you for watching! More of it coming soon.

@@2withnature and also because you edited out the part where you told her "you're just over-reacting, it's not a big deal"

lol nah she doesn't over react, she's chill

Thanks Joey! It is perfect for shorter stays. You might like our other cabin build video if you haven't seen it yet. It's the same size but 2 feet shorter and was about 1/3 the cost. God bless.

@@2withnature In the middle of the next video. Keep them coming! Blessings

Thanks so much!

Glad you enjoyed it. More of these to come!

Glad you got yours too! Thanks for watching and good fortune to you!

Thank you. Yeah she's a trooper and she likes learning so we work well together. Thanks for watching!

Good JOB

Thanks

Thanks and it was our pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it and it definitely is possible for most people, my biggest lesson was that the taller the height the higher the difficulty. Next video of it will be up tomorrow, check it out if you get a chance 🙂

Well it looked the same as it did in the middle of the video on the inside. We are finishing it right now though and we'll have a video of the inside soon

I agree, not fair

​@2withnature is it done yet??

Inside not ready. Stand by for part deuce.

use your imagination. haha............i waited to........but, could br anything..................

Glad you enjoyed. We're making the inside really nice and it's going to be the perfect crash pad when we're playing in the outdoors. Thanks for watching Pamela!

Thank you! Agreed, I'm the luckiest guy in the world 🙂

Thanks! We built it to stay warm and dry so yup, that was very important to us

Thanks Don! It means a lot. We're fortunate and we're glad we can share it.

Thank you 🙏

Thank you 🙏 Glad you enjoyed

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed.

It really does. I don't know what I was thinking at the beginning. Thanks for watching!

Thank you sir! Glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you 🙏

Thank you! Another one should be up tomorrow.

Thank you 🙏

Thank you! More to come.

Glad it did 🙂

Thanks Dewayne. Next one is up if you haven't seen it yet, and more soon.

Thank you 🙏

lol yup, the cold is a great motivator to get along

Glad you enjoyed it! We'll have more videos of us building soon. Thanks for watching 🙂

Happy to hear it 🙂 ya we were surprised by the amount of rain but it provides for a lot of wildlife which is a bonus

The rain got some choice words. We edited them out

Thank you 🙏 Our award is subs lol. No one was going to build it but us so we couldn't wait for the weather or else it would never get done. Thanks for watching 🙂

That is awesome! It must have been so much work without all the power tools we have now. I wish we could see it, and hopefully you get to enjoy it for many more years to come!

Thank you very much 🙂

🙏 Thanks Hazell! Glad you liked it 😊

Glad you enjoyed, thank you for watching!

Us too

We were surprised how great it was. We didn't know until we climbed up there.

🙏 It was a lot of work. Glad to be finished with the first one. Thanks for supporting us!

Thank you 🙏

Our pleasure and glad you enjoyed! The thunderstorms were annoying at the time but now that it's done they're fun to remember.

Thank you very much!

Thank you much!

Thank you Chris 🙏

Our pleasure! Thanks for watching 🙂

Thank you

We definitely will. We're working to get it finished as quickly as possible.

Um, ya. Outside is one thing, but to see inside would've made the video worth watching.

@murphvmurph948 We will have the inside video as soon as we can. Hopefully you'll come back and watch it. Have a happy holiday and good fortune in 2024!

Thank you Jon! More of this to come.

Thank you very much!

Thank you 🙏 we love it there

Thank you sir!

Thank you! And I agree, we thought we could do it in a week and were very wrong. Had we known it was going to take as long as it did we would've made it bigger.

The woman didn't do too much. Seemed to be standing around watching most of the time to be honest.

Thank you 🙏 we're editing the next video now so it will be up relatively soon.

Большое спасибо. Многие другие в будущем.

We called this our "practice house". We want to build a house/cabin in the future and thought this would be good experience and it definitely wouldn't be this small. Thanks for watching Roger!

Thanks! And yes she is, she just follows me with whatever ideas I come up with, even when I don't plan them that well

Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed 🙂

Thank you so much!

Glad to hear it 🙂 thanks!

That's awesome! We debated the loft over porch idea but ultimately we won't know if we chose right until after we furnish the inside. I wish I could've done this with scrap though.

Thank you 🙏

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It was but it made it more fun. Thanks Tina!

Thanks Allan! We do and it's very fulfilling too. More to come soon.

Thank you! It was our pleasure 🙏

Thanks Brian!

Ya if we'd known we would've. We'll probably do one before next year's rain season starts.

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This communication ist the best and also hopeful in this incredible time.. and show, that the humans are - most - more intelligent that there political „leaders“ are. Thank you also fore the video and building like a Clockmaker ! Respekt from Germany (currently the country fore make plunderage ) 🇩🇪

Humans are the best and politicians are the worst. Thanks for the compliment! We'll have many more videos in the future. Happy New Year and best regards from 🇺🇸

@@2withnature Every decent person - the word Russia - causes disgust.

@@meinewahrnehmung4594 Every decent person - the word Russia - causes disgust.

Most fun we had all year. And we had a really fun year.

Glad you enjoyed it! We have many more to come. It really is gorgeous there, the camera doesn't do it justice.

Thank you Anna! We will do a rain catch next year before the rainy season starts, we were surprised at how much we got. And doing this together is what made it great, I don't think either of us would have much interest in doing this if we were alone. We are very fortunate we have each other. We hope you watch more in the future. Happy Holidays!

Our pleasure! More to come.