Cedar cabana

Check out the new design we're currently working on.  It's a cabin with a Holland Gable roof, board-and-batten siding, and refurbished windows and double doors.  If you look closely, the central ridge beam is one of the pieces we reclaimed recently from the Kagawong barn, dating back to the 1890s.  This style of building has endless possibilities: it would function great as a cabana, studio, or bunkie.

Reclaiming buildings

Recently an old livery barn was torn down on the historic waterfront of our town, Kagawong.  The gorgeous building dated to about 1890.  Its new owners were hoping to save the exterior structure for their new cottage.  It proved unsalvageable as a whole, but they were able to save some intact pieces to use in the new construction.  Luckily we happened to walk by after the demolition, and the owner let us take a bunch of dismantled timbers including posts, beams, and one bent.  We are already daydreaming about how to incorporate this historical wood (douglas fir, pine and eastern white cedar) into some new projects. 

Salvaging old building materials is something we're so excited about!  Sadly we don't have a picture of the Kagawong barn while it was still standing.  The photo above is typical of the intriguing, weathered buildings that dot the island.  We admired this one on a recent weekend drive near Tehkummah.