Picture story of our new cabin construction

Our Missouri Land

Picture story of our cabin construction

Ah, the joys of building a new home!

Cabin photo date 7-8-2007 - newly built!

It's a cabin (and matching shed) from Spirit Cabins. The 23X30' 'Ponderosa' model, 690 Square Feet (1450 total Sq. Ft., if you add the 760 Sq. Ft. wrap-around porch), two bedroom, one bath.

We had contractors in the area do the infrastructure and set-up work for it (road grading, tree removal, foundation, porch-building, electric, well drilling, septic system, digging the pond, etc. etc...

This page shows pictures of how it came together from first ground-breaking in April 2007...

Rivers End Road - Looking to the cabin site. The empty light-colored meadow in back, to the right, is where the cabin, and cabin pond, is now.

March 03, 2007 Tree cutting for the power lines. A half mile long, 30 ft wide, needed to be cleared!

Our cabin building site - the foundation ground breaking April 17, 2007

April 21, 2007 Cement poured for the foundation.

Note that the early Spring trees do not have leaves yet.

Here is our cabin under construction by Mennonite carpenters, still at the Ohio factory

Still at the factory, with finished interior living room gable shown

One of the three tractor-trailer rigs transporting the finished cabin, arriiving at our site May 23 2007.

5/24/07 - A 10,000 pound crane was brought in to lift the cabin sections onto the foundation

Second module being lifted into place

The 'Mate line' between modules.

It took a lot of positioning and re-positioning to get them lined up closely.

A matching utility shed is being set in place behind the cabin

5/25/07 - The cabin is set in place, the halves joined, and soon the wrap-around porch will be built.

5/30/07 - Deck supports in place

Deck is on!

6/1/07 - Deck in place, porch roof uprights in place, with the roof coming soon...The place is undergoing quite a transformation!

6-9-07 Arriving with furniture. The porches are built, but still needs shingles, soffit undersiding and screens.

6-9-07 Freshly set-up living room furniture.

6-10-07 a rainy day. Back porch prior to screening, or driveway-side steps constructed.

6-23-07 East side porch interior, screen doors, screen and roof interior aluminum soffit are now installed!

It was on this trip we decided that driveway-side steps need to be put in.

6-24-07 Screened-in area in back of house is done. In the foreground are ceiling fans for the porches...we painted them green!

6-24-07 We set up the master bedroom this weekend. The second bedroom was also set up on this trip. The central air/heat, plumbing and septic systems are now working. It is really coming together now!

6-24-07 Bathroom all set up now with our cool Cabo, Mexico sink.

6-24-07 This is now my favorite place in the house, our screened-in back deck. A great place to relax!

7-07-07 The wood stove is now in, for cozy winter days.

7-7-07 The utility shed is out back, and complete now...it is a small copy of the cabin...too cute!

The front of cabin taken 7/8/07. The side stairs and porch fans, along with many interior touches are now done.

Next will be the finalization of the pond, pond bridge, driveway, and later, landscaping...

October 27 2007, Back side of cabin, showing the screened-in porch.

Note the fall colors just starting to make an appearance.

12/12/07 - View of partially-completed pond, as seen from cabin

12/10/07 Yes, we have winter in MO! An ice-covered Poe Spring woods West side view of the cabin. A Husson Hollow Creek 'road' crossing is in the foreground.

12/15/07 - Wintery 'rear' view of fire pit, Shed and Cabin

12/14/07 Welcome to the cabin, be our guest!

Let's all be there!