The Best Frugal “OFF-THE-GRID” Cabin ever made, fifteen years and counting.
On KZfaq there are all kinds of off the grid cabins, shelters and shacks but how do they pass the test of time and use?? Are they really FRUGAL SIMPLE LIVING or do they spend a “pretty penny” on the latest fad only to be obsolete in short order??
So many of these dwellings are built only to create content that can be monetized on KZfaq. Let it be known, we are selling nothing here. These are free, and I would venture to say SOUND TIME TESTED IDEAS, for healthy simple living is a wild forest environment.
Our “outfitter” is Goodwill or other second-hand stores. Like true pioneers we reuse, repurpose and carefully use almost everything. Our cabin is a repurposed reefer container with refrigerator installation which makes it WARM in winter and COOL in summer.
This cabin cost less than $5000 dollars and has been used for all these years. Straight-line-depreciate the cost over 15 years. Not many simple cabins can beat $333.33 dollars a year and we are just getting started!!
If you have read this far then I hope you get the point.
We all know that each project is unique and has special considerations. I hope the ideas here will in some fashion be helpful even if they will not get you featured in the latest architectural design magazine. In the end more than anything else, I hope you get outdoors, good luck with your project.
Happy Trails, Okanogan Forest Channel.
If you can sit by a warm campfire, see the stars unobstructed by man made lights or walk down a forest path be thankful on whatever terms you feel most comfortable. You are lucky!