While we shared before photos of our new cabin back in November (check out those here), we realized we never took or shared a before video tour of the A-frame we bought last Fall. So last week, we drove up for that specific purpose. It’s a quick hour to get there and the drive is beautiful!
Here’s the tour:
A few notes (if you prefer to watch it on YouTube, click here):
• The audio is really soft–sorry about that.
• Most all the furniture and stuff you see at the cabin was there when we bought it. TVs, couches, beds, dining furniture. Too many dressers. We brought up fresh bedding and added the sectional in the main living room recently.
• The cabin is nestled on a mountainside which is amazing (the views!) but has also proved to be challenging in a lot of ways this winter. We can’t receive deliveries there (there’s a public box the size of a refrigerator a mile down the road for FedEx deliveries) so we’ll have to bring everything up ourselves.
• There’s probably 3-4 feet of snow there right now and it’s difficult to get the steep driveway consistently plowed.
• You’ll see in the video just how rough the kitchen is, but before we can do that, we have to redo the floors (we’ll be laying wood floors throughout), but before we do that we have to address the fireplaces since they’ll likely change the footprint of the floors.
• We’d like to automate both fireplaces so that we can turn them on (and start heating the cabin) before we are driving up (or before guests arrive) so we don’t have to wear coats for a couple hours inside.
We’re starting our first mini-renovation up there this month! So it won’t be long before the cabin no longer looks like the video.
PS. One of our favorite things to do is watch old video tours of our current home (we take them at least yearly). Here’s the most recent one from September–it’s already changed!
Hey Julia, i realize this post is old but I wondered if you could share how many square feet this house is. We are looking at building an a-frame mountain house (you inspired us!!) and yours looks to be a perfect size. Hard to tell how big it is though so if you could share, I would so appreciate it! Thanks!
It’s about 2800 sq feet.
What a view!! Such an amazing space I really cannot wait to see what you guys do with it.
So excited to see what you will do! The possibilities are certainly endless!
Our first purchase was an older cedar home built in the 70s that also was located on a hill looking out over a bay. It had a private access driveway that we shared with two other families. My husband and I both worked out of town and the responsibility of having to keep it cleared, even when we weren’t there was definitely a nuisance. . . along with icy road conditions in winter and so on. We ended up selling it after three years, which we NEVER thought would happen, but it made the most sense. The memories there will always be very special to us as I’m sure you will make so many of your own with your girls. There really is no better place to raise children than in nature; running wild and free and exploring the woods around them! Our cedar home was so cozy, warm and welcoming, but we’ve since built a new home inspired by that “treehouse” as I called it and we’re making new memories each day!
Good luck with the renos! I can’t wait to see what you tackle first!
It’s amazing! I’m so excited now!
I love it!! Can you believe there was a time you were frustrated with the market and you weren’t finding anything? Patience worked for you! It’s so great!! I wondered while watching it doesn’t have HVAC? Is it really old and wasn’t required then? Is it not common for vacation cabins like that?
I wonder if you could put radiant heat throughout to help keep it cozy. Thats also a really efficient way to heat a home and you could schedule it to turn on before arriving.
Central air isn’t a requirement for homes, typically. Cabins especially are often heated using space heaters and fireplaces (gas or wood). But we’re finding it really is not efficient at all and we’re looking into what it would look like to get HVAC up there.