A Curious Visitor One of the perks of having my office in the middle of the forest is that I get occasional visitors. This red fox had stopped by a few days ago but I only had my phone for pictures. She poked her head around the cabin this morning and I had my dslr at... Apr 10, 2019 Cabin Wildlife Photography Raising the Cabin Frame While I enjoyed cutting the joinery on the raw wood, the actual raising of the frame proved to be my favorite part of the cabin build! It moved very quickly and the progress was highly visual. ... Apr 8, 2019 Cabin Timber Frame Woodworking A Ladder for the Loft This video shows the building of a timber frame ladder which replaces the green fiberglass step ladder. Now it's easy to get into the loft!... Apr 1, 2019 Cabin Timber Frame Ladder Woodworking The Building Site With the timber framing course wrapped up and the beams transported back home it was time to prepare the site. What a change it was from building in the breezy workshop to sweating in the buggy Wisconsin forest!... Mar 29, 2019 Cabin Timber Frame Home Office A New Desk Top When we first moved the office to the cabin we chose to put the desk facing the window with the worst view. The logic was that I'd want to save the best views for windows that wouldn't be blocked by a desk and computer screen.This worked fine until I... Mar 23, 2019 Cabin Woodworking Desk Home Office Remote Workspace Big Joinery & Precise Measurements If the first day was all about setup, the next few days were all about making shavings fly! The timbers had been cut to rough length the day before, so we wasted no time laying out our joinery. ... Mar 22, 2019 Cabin Grand Marais Office Timber Frame What a Surprise! On June 17th, 2018, my wife and kids surprised me with one of the most extravagant gifts I've ever received. We were camping in Duluth, MN, where I was running a race on the Saturday of father's day weekend. After the race was done we stuck around... Mar 21, 2019 Cabin Grand Marais Timber Frame Camping The Southwest Corner Now that we are getting closer to spring, and the sun is higher in the sky, I've had to relocate my desk to the southwest corner of the cabin to try and avoid screen glare. Previously it was located on the southeast window. I'm very pleased with the... Mar 20, 2019 Cabin Office