Now that's a cabin!

All four dormers are now in place.  The windows are in the dormers, the dog run and the upstairs bathroom.  The crew is taking next week off.

This is in the great room.  The two big gable windows are on the left.  The window on the right is the new dormer window with the opening for the big picture window below it.  This picture is actually an inside view of the picture before this.

Dormers and windows and a porch, oh my!

This is an older picture but shows a different view of the rafters for the great room. 

Front porch

The first of two dormers on this side

Windows in the great room

Window on left is in the great room, then the front door, then our bedroom window

Snowy Montana

Bruce went on several walks in the knee-deep snow and took these pictures on our property.

This is the Swan River.  It is west of us with someone else's property between.

Remember the rock that was dug out from our basement?

Not a bad view from the deck..

First-Hand Photos

Bruce just returned from Montana tonight.  He says the cabin is even better than he had pictured it.

The opening upstairs is the bathroom window. 

Bruce is standing in the loft, looking toward the great room down below.  The logs go up 14 feet.

On Friday they still had one more part of the rafters to put in place.  

The rafters are nailed together on the other side of the cabin.  And then they are lifted in place by the boom truck which can be seen in the next picture.

There will be two windows in the gable end.

The contraption in the front gets loaded with lumber and supplies and then hoisted up when they are working up high.

The opening in the roof is for the dormers.

See the barrel on the right?  You can also see it in the photo above on the left.  The workers keep a fire going in it all day.  When they have a coffee break, they sit around it on the logs and try to keep warm.  This is looking toward the road.  The lane is on the right.

Taking shape

The beams are up...ready for the rafters now. 

UP we go!

Dark snowy evening

Plywood and felt are on the garage roof 

This is the dog run which connects the garage and house.  This is the side on the back of the house.

Temporary stairs

View looking south toward school

Lots of progress...and snow!

All of the logs are now up.

Garage

Kitchen on the left, bathrooms and closet in the middle, our bedroom on the right

Basement steps under here