Spent the day working on cabin designs that can be built economically with materials that are available. We seem to have a good supply of "dimensional lumber" each season. It is likely we have burned up at least a half dozen cabins in our fire pit. A few nails, box of sheet rock screws, a little plastic for windows and we can build our own rustic door to fit the decor of the cabin. total cost in materials $39.63.

The cabin below is my personal choice. It is also made of "dimensional lumber" and constructed on a high piling foundation. We can gain access to enough spruce bark beetle killed trees to provide the foundation. The thing I like about this design is that it can be built on the hillside surrounding the bowl. This will provide better drainage and allow the full area of the bowl for our recreational area. Estimated cost of this particular construction is also less, my data indicates that it would cost approximately .12 cents a square foot or $23.04.

If someone could check with our resident contractor and get a quote on the time that it would take to build a half dozen of these rustic recreational cabins. My data indicates that if all of the material was on site with a crew of six, three units could be built in a weekend give or take a unit or two. My data was somewhat vague.