Gi-normous update.

I promised gi-normous. And it is. Oh, it is. I spent the weekend making truffles, going to brunch, and learning the hell out of Google Sketch Up...which I highly recommend to those of us that are low on teh ca$h, but big on teh de$igning. Hmm, I'm not sure why there was another dollar sign in there...symmetry?

ANYhoo, I've roughly (oh so roughly) sketched out the general floorplan/size/flow of the cabin. It has tall ceilings at the entrance (14.5feet) that slope down to 7' in the bedroom. Which I think makes for a cozy little bear-den I can hibernate in. It also has a sauna sketched in (well, I did say it was a Scandinavian cabin...), and a bathroom filled with actual sized bits n' pieces that I sourced from Home Depot's website and on IKEA's, based solely on price and not aesthetic appeal...sigh. Which reminds me, if you haven't hacked IKEA (here) you should.

 

And the fireplace that I am in love with (yes the one that doesnt actually exist yet, but that I am in love with...). Although since the fire will be the only source of heat I'm debating abandoning its loveliness and going with a woodstove like the one below...thoughts? Does anyone find a difference between the two in heating abilities?

 

Gorgeous fireplace designed by me                vs                  Woodstove goodness

Commitment Issues

 

(pics shamelessly borrowed from http://scandinavianretreat.blogspot.com/, an awesome blog)

So here it is...I have commitement issues. Well, with design and building and stuff. This concept of a totally balls-out Scandinavain modernist cabin-in-the-(Canadian)-woods has been kicking around my brain for years.  ...But combined with not working, working retail, being a student, and generally emerging from the cocoon of university...it didn't happen.

Well, now I'm a young (semi) professional with *almost* enough time and *almost* enough money to actually build my dream cabin (!).

So here it is. My promise to the series of tubes that make up the interweb... I promise that I WILL build this cabin. (and design and decorate it to the fullest extent of the law) It may take years, there may be a lot of crying and swearing and begging for free-labour (that's you Mum & Dad & Mitch), but it shall be done!

I will try and make this a super-awesome blog to read, full of off-topic bitching and general gossip, as well as fill it with awesome content and pictures of awesome and lovely things.

...Yay!