The addition

We've been planning an addition to our 16x20 cabin for over a year now. The main goal is to have a water holding tank that we can run a sink, washer, and shower off of so that we can stop hauling 5 gallon buckets every few days. It wouldn't be so bad if it was just us, but the 20 dogs drink a lot of water. It all adds up to a lot of five gallon buckets. Right now, we have two Brute/trash barrels just inside our front door. One is labeled "people" one is labeled "dog"... you get the idea.



So we haul the buckets from our local well house about a mile and a half away, haul buckets into our house, dump them in the appropriate barrel. The idea of the new place is that we will have a 500 gallon holding tank so we will drive to the aforementioned well house, fill the truck tank with 325 gallons at a time and pump it into the holding tank. Then we will wash dishes with running water from a tap (not an Igloo container) and wash clothes in our own house and fill up dog water buckets. I'm pretty excited.

The addition is a 16x16 one and a half story. The upstairs will be our bedroom and we'll have our computer desk up there too. After a couple of years with a 8x10 bedroom, I'm ready to have somewhere to put my clothes. And the necessary 2 to 4 dog beds on the floor:)

Jared's mom and dad visited in September and provided a needed boost of energy and time to get the whole project off the ground. Wayne got things rolling every morning and Char made wonderful home-cooked meals, walked the puppies and fed the dogs. I think the dogs still miss her:)

So for the must requested photos of the cabin-addition:
The old cabin and the new cabin-growth.

The downstairs and wood stove. You can see the water tank to the left.Our first story ceiling/second story floor. Isn't it pretty?

The upstairs. You can see where the old roof connects.A view of the downstairs while climbing the ladder up.
An upstairs window.

And the VIEW....