Tour My Cabin, I'm Super Proud of It 

Sandy, the pride you feel in your cabin is well earned and deserved. I am sure your mill has more than paid for itself. It is no small thing to cut the trees down, bunk them up, mill them into lumber and THEN build something so substantial with that lumber. The amount of labor to build a project like this by yourself not to mention the recording of the effort, wow. As for the ladder, there are a lot of options, and I am sure you will find one that works out great; even if it is just to leave it the way it is or to allow for removing it completely and hang it on the wall.

Yep, there's nothing in the world better than standing back and saying..., "I Built That!" Thus far, I've gone back and watched the first 37 videos of the build, so let me get back to watching the 'before' of what you've just shown us. Outstanding job, Sandy!!

Very nicely done sir! If everyone had a place like that, the world would be a much happier place.

Sandy, that's a fine little cabin. I think it's really cool that the majority of it is constructed from re-purposed site trees. Reminds me of some of the pioneer cabins I have seen in the States. I am impressed at the amount of components you have salvaged from other builds. I bet the view is absolutely beautiful in winter. Well done Sandy. You should rightfully be proud of your accomplishment. 👍

Just a simple and yet extraordinary piece of work. The fact that you did this totally from tree to finished cabin is a tribute to your skills. Love the bug bite wood! The only thing better would have been if it had had worm trails in it. Rustic and fabulous! Great job!

Nice build Sandy…greetings from down under Australia 🇦🇺…stay warm

The thing I love about your videos is that you are so relatable to an average person. Pretty much anyone can do what you do easily enough without a lot of money but a lot of ambition. You should be so proud of what you've done. You're actually the inspiration of why I have a Woodland Mills sawmill, saw and build my own projects. Thank you Sandy!

I am only 1:07 into the video and I am already disappointed that I only get to leave ONE thumbs up! I don't even have to watch the whole video to know I'm gonna like.

You should be proud. That is a great looking little cabin, not to mention that you did it by yourself from tree to finish.

It's nice to see someone creating and doing it yourself. It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks of it as long as your are satisfied. Perfect place to leave it all behind and enjoying it all. Keep on creating!!

Howdy Sandy- great little cabin. I understand the joy of taking the trees and going through the complete process of milling and building with the lumber. It certainly gives you a feeling of accomplishment and satisfaction. You have earned the right to be proud of it. Take care and God bless

The thick stainless steel chimney pipe, which goes from the stove on the ground floor through all the rooms to the roof and heats all the rooms, is simply ingenious, as it not only looks good, but is also highly functional.

Dang, you SHOULD be proud of it. Great job. Thanks for letting us in. :)

Wow, now that's what you call taking it to the land. Beautiful work.

Really nice cabin! I can hear the pride in your voice. We’ll done!

Thanks for Going STEP BY STEP in the structure And Building of YOUR CABIN..its FANTASTIC

Very nice Sandy!! I like your idea of hinging the ladder, at least if you have more than yourself there. A boat trailer winch would quickly and easily lift it out of your way, giving you a lot more usable space, and also a better out side view, while being able to be lowered if you are going to use the loft! I have a feeling that if you hinged the ladder, it would spend most of its time up and out of your way!

I admire you have such a small Cabin, congratulation.

OUTSTANDING work Sandy! MUCH to be proud of!

I watch a lot of cabin building videos and I have built my own cabin with another person. You did such a fantastic job on your cabin, from the use of vapor barrier to building your walls correctly! I watch many other videos and pick up on a lot of mistakes being made because I worked with a man that once built cabins for a living. I was so glad to see someone do it right!! Thank you and very nice build!

You should be proud of your cabin. It is a beautiful well engineered cabin. I especially like the thick outside stair treads and two sides with walkway. Just by looking at it, you must have been sawing and milling for months! Truly a job well done.

Love your bug wood. We use to distress wood to look like bug killed and then we would put it in multi million $ rustic homes, people loveed the look, I was once a professional painter and we did that kind of work. Thanks for the tour 👍

Outstanding job Sandy and what a great place to escape to when you need some down time. Well done!!

Fantastic work! A lot of people aren’t happy unless they’ve either spent 45k or built it out of mud and sticks, very reasonable build with just enough to feel cozy!

Very nice cozy cabin! Love it Sandy! You should be very proud of all the steps it takes to get to the end product! ✌🏼❤️🙏🏼

Your cabin is beautifully unique and wonderfully practical, and wherever one's eye rests, meticulously precise craftsmanship is evident! Clearly very well thought out before wood was even cut, from the foundation to the roof ridge shows outstanding attention to detail. High quality materials combined with very high standards of workmanship make this uncluttered, light, bright and airy cabin really stand out! Imaginative, naturally beautiful and with the double, glazed doors bringing the outdoors inside, really quite magical. I find your lovely cabin to be elegantly simple and simply elegant. Your sense of pride is wholeheartedly justified, thank you for sharing your inspiring cabin.

Very nice cabin Sandy ! You have good reason to be proud of it !

You did a great job with your cabin. 😊

Thank you for sharing this with us Sandy, it is a cracking small cabin, I would love to spend time in there it is so well planed you have every thing you could want for a short stay, you have quite the artist in you and it comes to the front when you do your buildings.

To hold foundation in place, pick two spots, 15-20ft away from base, dig holes, remove dirt then back fill with clean dirt. The pines and fir put out acidic soil. Then plant two Sugar Maples, one in each filled hole. Cut any pines within 20 ft. Remove needles, give a sprinkle of lime in winter when there is snow, add nitrates. This will ensure the Maples take. They grow roots three times the size of above ground. They hold rocks and soil in place, reducing any chance of house movement. Plus they are lovely, attract wildlife.

Sandy - what a cozy little cabin. I love this build - and hope to build something like this on a piece of land like that one day. Hope you get to enjoy it as much as possible!

Thats a 250 a night Air bnb right there! You did a good job with it!

Watching your video while I'm drinking my coffee and it is currently snowing outside here in Eastern Ontario, I wish I could do it in front of a cozy fire in a tiny cabin...one day!

Everything about this is so cool and very inspiring. You absolutely should be proud of this. Great job!

That is a really cool little cabin.

You should be proud! It's an awesome little cabin. Now you've got my brain gears grinding!

Beautiful work! I hope this cabin brings you many joyful nights/days!

Amazing job Sandy! Cabin looks fantastic and cozy! Great imagination and creative build!!! Love following your channel and your hard work! Keep up the great content 👏

AWESOME cabin Sandy!!! I love it.....what a wonderful place to go to just get away and relax...I know you will enjoy it for many years to come!

Always love the cabin tours! Great job! Wondering if you have considered hiding the posts underneath? Might be a great use for some of your off-cuts! 😁 Keep up the great work. I have a 38 acre property in the woods and you provide much inspiration. Cheers from New Brunswick!

I enjoyed looking at your Cabin I appreciated all the work you put in your cabin

Great build! I appreciate the inspiration and ideas. I’m about to build a small cabin with my wife and boys over Christmas break with wood I’ve harvested from tearing down a few barns.

I love it! I can picture myself sitting on the deck having a smoke and coffee. We’ll done

You could always dig in an in-ground basement /first floor out of charred logs as the foundation walls if the ground is fairly porous. Only because the cabin's on a hillside. Nice cabin.

Man. You gave me inspiration to go to the mountains in Vermont and build my own cab. Good job you did building yours.

What a great build! You should be very proud of the work you did. We have stairs with the same issuing the middle of the room. The slider is a a great idea! Combining with ability to hoist up towards the ceiling would be even better. I've gotta look into this for our cabin. Nice job and thanks for sharing.

Nice place to be alone in nature, away from the world and the noise of modern society. Good work ! 🙂👍

So cute! I wish I knew how to build. I couldn't even build a (safe and usable) tree house. Nice job. It's sweet that you're proud of the job you did.

Hi Sandy - luv the Tiny House! Just a comment please. -- you mentioned that you did not use OSB on the underside of the floor in the areas that were outside of the wall framing because it was unheated space above. Obviously good and a cost saving - but - it would be worth mentioning that if you used the OSB in that area, you would have had rot problems with that OSB due to drainage through the open web walking surface and deck. You would have been replacing that on a regular basis adding extra work and extra cost. I am sure you are aware of that but thought it may be worth mentioning. Love the channel - never miss. Regards Dennis

Super cabin, so peaceful. Awesome job!

Really incredible. The beauty is in the simplicity. Very well thought-out. You should be proud!

Awesome cabin. Glad it stays put. Love the ladder on casters. Windows and open ceiling gives an open look.

In a few words, You have a really nice place there ,Well thought out and done right, Congrats.

Very nice I've been on a permanent camping trip for 4 years and I just recently got a job only reason I've been homeless for 4 years as I diving accident broke my neck took many years to get surgery and then I've been trying to do the SSI disability thing got denied cuz I'm not quite 50 but I'm going to buy a piece of property it's totally sloped that way when I dig into the Earth just a little bit I want the back side of my cabin to be way up in the air looking over a beautiful view and I love what you've done there gave me some good ideas thank you so much for sharing I am a new subscriber and thumbs up thank you

I love your light switches Hand made and very discrete

That's a sweet cabin. I like the aesthetics of the bug-speckled boards.

What a great way to learn. We built our first house in a pine wood like that here in SC. What a big mistake. We left pines right up against the house within 10-12 ft of the house. Two things we learned the hard way. Pines have shallow roots but they grow very tall and catch winds. They are easy to uproot and falling on the house is dangerous. Same with pin oaks but worse with pines. Second thing, pine beetles. They ate the pine trees around the house making them easy to cut in half and fall. They also were drawn to our pine framed house. So I truly now understand why developers bulldoze trees down before putting up houses. We cut the pines close to the house, laying down in the yard (fortunately we lived on 100 acres so we had the room to do that but on the small lot we live on now, we would have to pay for professionals to do it). Then we called in the bulldozers. Be sure you treat your house and cut down pines anywhere close to your home, like at least 75 ft from your home (remember they grow very tall). DON'T plant pine trees, white pines, whatever, close to your home. We had someone do that to make a privacy hedge between our house and their's. The white pines grow fast. But they grow very tall and we had to sell the house because the neighbor wouldn't cut his white pines down once they got up to 30' tall and threatened our home.

Just watched “Tour My Cabin”. What an awesome video. Thanks for sharing it with us. ❤️

Great little cabin and your pride in it very understandable. Lots of work there. Beautiful location in the woods for wildlife viewing all year round. What a fun place!

Love the verandah and the overhang on side. Makes so much sence

Looks great Sandy.

You should be proud of you building a cabin. Not everyone can do that. I am proud of you and I am a stranger. You go boy....

saw your vid on snowmobiling during a white out. pretty country, and absolutely treacherous. you couldn't get enough. God bless and keep you safe

Good build my friend! Thanks for taking us along as I enjoyed watching.

You don’t have to be an engineer to understand that this cabin will be shifting on its blocks. It all starts with your foundation, if you don’t get that right nothing else matters. I personally would be terrified at the thought that the building could shift or slide downhill. I’m not saying this to dig or be mean, I say it because it’s a serious concern. The cabin is beautiful and you should be proud of it. If it were me, I’d sink a couple telephone phone pole sized timbres in front on each side just for peace of mind.

Turned out great!!! If your guests don’t enjoy themselves, that’s not the cabin’s fault. Just means they need (more) therapy. 😎

Cozy and warm! One time you might try hog wire instead of boards on your porches.... then nothing blocks your view!

Wow! I'm impressed! You really have something to be proud of! Super cute cabin; thanks for sharing it!

Nice piece of work. Be proud, you earned it. Thanks for the share.

I can live a happy life in this cabin.

I also enjoy the wilderness and have a cabin in the NW. I found I needed a lot more storage than I had ever estimated. Hope you enjoy your cabin. I stay in my off grid cabin the whole summer. Best of luck.

Very cool. You should be proud of that built. It’s got great bones in it. Solid

Nice work Dude ! You should be proud !!!!!

It’s a great cabin! That queen mattress in the loft looks very comfortable! Beautiful setting!

My grandfather used to say that there is nothing cozier than the sound of rain on the roof. I feel the same way. Your asphalt roof not only looks great but will be much more satisfying to listen to the rain patter on- metal sucks!!!!

Yup, I’m back. Your cabin would have been my dream home 50+ years ago. I grew up in the woods and still live in the timber here in Oregon. Never got the chance to build a cabin. Still want to. Wanted to toss out an idea for you. You talked about enjoying the view while kicking back inside or on the deck. But you cut the view off with the railing. I’ve seen railing made with rebar, cattle fencing, or small vertical balusters. I know it’s not wood but just an idea. The cattle fencing was framed around the edges with wood and it looked pretty neat. Like always, live your channel. Keep it going. 😊

Great job very cozy love the location May God Bless you

Great work! You definitely should be proud

Wowwww! I know NOTHING about building ANYTHING but I can tell you put a lot of skill and hard work into this wonderful cabin. I'm so jealous. I'd love to have one just like it myself one day. :)

The cabin is the reason I started watching your channel. One little thing the siding is just lap siding, ship lap is when the boards are notched to overlap each other and lay flat. Great build, I'm going to do one like it but wire it for 12v..

Great work Sandy! A nice clean space to decompress and get back to basics!

Great build. I love the cabin. The bed looks like a lot of fun to make.

Great job. The only thing I'd add would be a small bump out for some sort of toilet.

That's amazing, Sandy! Fantastic work on this. Videos a year old, how many quests have you had stay in there? What a peaceful place to enjoy a morning coffee or an evening whiskey.

I watched that build. I like the cabin a lot and you should be proud of it and enjoy it as much as possible. If I had the room...

I just got finished with a cabin myself, and I know a little about craftsman ,and quality. You have a beautiful cabin and you can tell it's built with quality. I love it ,and you have a lot to be proud of. Thanks for the video!!

Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful Cabin and what an incredible location!! 😍😍😍

The house looks very cozy and is skilfully processed in detail. They obviously have a good knowledge of craftsmanship and materials. I would love to spend a winter weekend here with snow! How many m² is the house? Does it also have a toilet, shower and connection and drain?

Very cute cabin, it’s clear you put a lot of thought behind this build.

Mate that is 1 of if not the best I've seen hope your well

the siding looks very good

Yes Sandy I will come over. Now smile like you're making me a sammich while I enjoy your cabin;)

You should be proud. It's beautiful!

Good job Sandy thank you for sharing this wonderful video

Wow! I am so impressed. I''m new to this channel and I can tell how much you love your cabin. Brilliant idea regarding the ladder on wheels/bar to pull it to the side. That was bothering me until you explained it. You put a lot of thought and detail into this build. Thank you for sharing your amazing talent with us.

You did an awesome job!

Sandy the cabin is beautiful nice congratulations makes good cabin nices inside.keep out from area animal’s dangerous.keeping wood inside cutting for stoves to keeping warmth inside.water blankets all area sealed windows too.keeping warmer god’s blessed all times🙏🙏🙏🙏

You did a great job buddy and the fact that you had the tools and ability to do that yourself is impressive. Unfortunately most of us do not have those tools and ability .because we are not carpenter.

You did an excellent job with your little cabin I'm sure it took a lot of thinking and a lot of doing and it shows your skill level which is very high I have seen this before but it always is worth a second look great video Sandy