Lifestyle
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Our 5 favorite cabin must haves for winter
When the weather starts to turn, we love to cozy up with our favorite cabin goodies. Here are 5 must haves we can’t live without. Spring is officially here in California but winter just won’t quit! Our historic snowfall and below record temperatures is keeping us on the slopes longer and snuggled in at night even tighter. Check out what we’re staying warm and cozy with during this long Sierra winter! Blankets, blankets and more blankets! Honestly you can’t have enough. Mix and match colors and textures throughout your home to create visual warmth and interest. A chunky throw is always a winner draped over your living room sofa or…
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What To Do When You have frozen pipes
Take care of your pipes Making sure your pipes are insulated and ready for a cold snap is extremely important. Start early so you are prepared for an early arrival of winter and prevent frozen pipes. If you live in the home full time, when the temperatures are going to dip below freezing you can open your taps to allow a small flow of water through the faucet. Moving water does not freeze as fast. You will also want to protect the pipes with sufficient insulation. If your home or cabin is a vacation home, you will want to take some further steps. When your home is going to be…
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How To Winterize Your home or Cabin
Knowing how to winterize your home or cabin is extremely important in maintaining your home and preventing expense mishaps. Frozen pipes can cause more damage than you can imagine. Here are some important steps to winterizing your home. Take care of your pipes Making sure your pipes are insulated and ready for a cold snap is extremely important. Start early so you are prepared for an early arrival of winter. If you live in the home full time, when the temperatures are going to dip below freezing you can open your taps to allow a small flow of water through the faucet. Moving water does not freeze as fast. You…
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10 A-Frame Kit Homes You Can Buy Online
Affordable and Stylish! These homes are delivered ready to build! In the early part of the 19th century, kit homes were very popular. They were advertised in newspapers and magazines by companies such as Sears and Aladdin Homes. If you’d like to learn more about the history of Kit Homes, check out THIS post. Kit homes are once again gaining popularity for many reasons, affordability, reduced construction time and great designs are a few of them. Here are 10 A-Frame kit homes you can buy online: Backcountry Hut Company A Kit House for the back country or back yard! “We specialize in compact modernist recreational structures, crafted to rigorous standards,…
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In Love with Kit Houses
The fascinating history of Kit Houses in the United States It is hard to imagine the time before the internet, but before we had the world at our fingertips, people would pour over catalogs. Most famously the Sears and Roebuck catalogs. Some of you may even remember looking through the coveted Christmas catalog and circling all the toys you wanted! Who knew you could kit houses through the mail too! Dating back as far as the Victorian era, future homeowners could choose the house they wanted straight from a catalog. A kit was sent containing all of the pre-cut wood and components of the home. The 4 Pines cabin is…
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Cabins of Tahoe
What we liked and didn’t like about the mountain house we toured over the years. We toured so many homes during the years we were looking for our perfect A-frame mountain house it would you head spin. Here are some of our favorites! Ermine Court, South Lake Tahoe This was the first house we made an offer on. My husband went to visit the home while I was back East visiting family. Our offer was accepted and we were excited, but something didn’t sit right. Although the home was in Christmas Valley, a very beautiful part of South Lake Tahoe and it sat within walking distance of the Carson River,…
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6 Mountain Cabin MUST KNOWs
What things should you be thinking about when looking for your very own Mountain Cabin? Mountain cabins and homes, particularly those in the snow, can be challenging. Here are some things we look for when looking at property. Access The most important factor is going to be access. If the cabin is in an area that gets a lot of snow, are the roads plowed? How does a homeowner access the home in winter? For example, we looked at this mountain cabin a couple of years ago, but found out that we would need to hike in during the winter months! I couldn’t imagine lugging food and firewood. As romantic…
