Build Your Own Summer Camp or Cabin ebook

Build Your Own Summer Camp or Cabin

There may be many reasons for wanting to build your own cabin. I'll give you two that I think are fairly universal: You probably feel sure that you can save money by doing the work yourself. And there is a great deal of satisfaction in doing the work.

Saving money is important to all of us. If you plan your work carefully, have a clear conception of what you are doing, and aren't going to give up halfway through, I'm sure that you can save at least a third of the contractor price for any of the cottages shown in this book. It is possible to save much more. Perhaps that's all the incentive you need.

Let's look at the second reason. As with so many other things in life, the real satisfaction is in the doing. If you have never lifted a piece of timber into place or nailed on a stretch of siding, you've missed something. There's real satisfaction in seeing the puzzle go together, in smelling fresh-cut wood, and in feeling the materials that go into your cabin. You'll find yourself inspecting the color and graining of the pieces you are working with. Wood and stone will have new tones and high lights that you never saw before.