Cabin in the Woods, Newfane VT

Once they discovered “How to Build a Log Cabin in the Woods”, the rest was history!

Bill and his wife Graciela began building their off-the-grid log cabin, in 1980 on a piece of land inherited from Bill’s father. His dad had one stipulation, that the cabin needed to have a stone fireplace to be considered a “real log cabin”. Hence, Bill figured out how to build a stone fireplace! The majority of the cabin was built by Bill and Graciela. Although an old reliable high school friend, Doug would occasionally visit from Canada and lend a hand.

The cabin was built using the trees they felled on Bill’s land. The original cabin had a living room with fireplace, a dining room, a kitchen, and a bedroom. There was an outhouse in the woods. The cabin has grown over time and now has the original living room with fireplace, the same dining room, a newer kitchen, 1.5 indoor bathrooms (a full bath downstairs, and a 1/2 bath upstairs), a second bedroom, 2 new bunk areas and a new porch.