Went to visit an organic farm with a friend. They had a bunch of outdoor buildings that were created with the timber from the site. Since I also have a bunch of timber, I’m thinking it would be cool to use these free logs. The timber I have is invasive silver wattle (which is a hardwood).
I love the raised ridge that allows light to come in.
The interior has restaurant style big-ass appliances, which for me would be overkill, but I can totally see doing a small rocket stove.
I think this may have been a cooking vessel in another life. About 30″ in diameter. Super simple plumbing. A couple of ball valves and a bent copper ‘faucet’.
I love that these are just stuck into the ground. No concrete! I hate concrete.
Many of the fence posts around here are also done this way. Hole is dug, post is plopped in, and rocks are tamped in and then backfilled with dirt. Drainage here is really really good.
Here you can see a simple deck floor attached to the posts
Simple joinery to go from round wood posts to conventional lumber roof framing.
Outdoor eating area on a raised lava rock plinth. I have a crap ton of rocks on site (including an old 155′ wall). I can totally see doing this! Notice that the table legs are made of logs and the table tops are roughly milled live edge timber. Rustic AND charming!
Oh, and while we are talking about dreaming…here’s the ‘big’ house:
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