Spring Fling 2009

This is my husband's creation, entirely. The only contribution I made was allowing him access to my "stash" of accessories, to complement those that he didn't make himself.
Chittamoo Jean's Trapper Lodge, circa 1805, is a post-in-sill log cabin, with a bark roof. The post-in-sill construction is parallel vertical log ends set in the gorund, and then horizontal log sides dropped into the space between them. The lodge has a bark roof, a jamb stove in the fireplace, and a chimney of river clay and stone. Log timbers support the upper floor and roof. There are Dutch doors in both the loft and the main entrance. The lower floor is dirt.

The log sideing is carved form local basswood boards, the bark from saplings form our 15 acres, and the ladder, stove, benches, rope bed, fireplace and windows are handmade by the builder.