This mortise and tenon cabin out of yellow cedar was built by my dad and stepmom about 30 years ago. Its design was taken from my stepmom’s grandfather, who was a carver and builder named Dudley Carter.
A few other versions of this building stand along the West Coast. The first one was built in the ’30s in Big Sur, although the design is North Coast–inspired. This is one of my favorite little buildings, with its timeless look, glass walls, and timber joinery.
We have made a few small sleeping cabins inspired by this building, but not truly mortise and tenon like the originals. Hopefully one day we can.
–Marlin Hanson
Note: See book Small Homes for “Timber Home Along Canada’s Sunshine Coast,” by Marlin Hanson
Be sure to read the ‘SHOW MORE.”
All our bread is homemade, so we use a bread knife daily. We’ve had 3 of them, of different configurations. But we got this very unusual one a couple of months ago, and it’s not only better then any bread knife I’ve ever seen, but a delight to use.
Irene says: “I like making bread knives. I tell folks when they buy ’em, ‘If this doesn’t cut the bread SMACK out of the oven better then anything else you’ve ever used, then I’ll double your money back.’ No one’s ever returned a bread knife.”
The wood is cherry or mahogany, they are made in the USA, and available for $30 plus $10 postage (mail check) to:
Irene Tukuafu
2639 N. Sycamore Haven Dr.
Nauvoo, Illinois
62354
Check out also, Irene’s musical instruments:
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This is a pilot for a series of shows on DIY TV by Michael “Bug” Deakin and his crew of recyclers from Heritage Salvage in Petaluma, California.
Bug says: “All across America, century-old structures are falling down and forgotten — but I believe these buildings deserve a second chance.”
Here’s a 40-second sneak preview of the pilot, which airs this Sunday:
Also, if you’re ever in Petaluma, stop by Heritage at 1473 Petaluma Blvd. They have 300,000 board feet of used lumber, a ton of table-top slabs cut from large trees, some beautiful wide t&g flooring milled from windfall Maple trees, etc. Check their stock out at: https://heritagesalvage.com
From Lew Lewandowski
This climber—what a guy!
I’m doing an author appearance at the American Booksellers Association’s Winter Institute on January 29, 2017. It’s a reception at 5PM that day, where authors meet booksellers. I’ll be talking about our forthcoming book, Small Homes: The Right Size, and handing out copies of Tiny Homes. https://www.bookweb.org/wi2017/winter-institute
I’m going there a few days early to explore around the Twin Cities. Any advice on things to do there?
And, as of about a half hour ago, it looks like after the event, I’ll drive the next day to Grand Marais and visit folks at the North House Folk School, and do some kind of presentation there.
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I’m gonna get together a state of the state at our publishing company and of what I’ve been doing lately, now that the book is off to the printers. I’ve cut down a lot on my posts in the last year, what with now using Instagram, and finishing my 1st book in 3 years, but I have a bit of posting to do soon. Stay tuned.
Another photo of this, made from a burl of olive wood, purchased last week from The Olive Tree in Sonoma county. It’s sitting on our dining table, made from 3″ x 12″ Douglas fir lumber. (About 4″ in diameter.)
Rick and I are in the final stages of preparing Small Homes for the printers. We changed the cover from an earlier version, which showed a small turn-of-the-century home in Santa Cruz (in this revised cover, it’s the middle image in the left hand column), because a single image didn’t seem to represent the diversity of images (120 or so small homes) in the book. Hence the collage.
Below are two alternatives, the same except for the background color. In the one with the red, it’s similar-looking to Home Work, Builders of the Pacific Coast, and Tiny Homes on the Move. Some of our savvy book friends think it’s too similar, and that another color would distinguish it from the other books. Hence the other with the dark green background.
Comments, please. Which do you like? Do you see any problem in this cover being similar to our other books?
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