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How I Ended Up Renovating Cabins for a Living
Nobody plans to renovate cabins for a living. Here's the honest story of how I ended up doing exactly that, starting from the worst year of my life.
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The other half of it — how I ended up doing this, what it costs, renting cabins out, living alone in the woods, and the reset the mountains handed me.
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How I Choose Which Cabins to Buy
Most cabins I look at, I walk away from. Here's how I decide which ones are worth buying and which are money pits wearing a charming roof.
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What It Actually Costs to Renovate a Cabin
People always want the number. The honest answer is 'it depends,' but here's where the money actually goes when you renovate a cabin.
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Renting Out a Cabin: Lessons From My First Season
Renting out my first cabin taught me a lot, fast. Here's what guests actually want, what books a cabin out, and what I'd tell anyone starting.
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Living Alone in a Cabin I Brought Back
Living alone in a cabin I rebuilt with my own hands isn't the lonely story people expect. Here's what it's actually like.
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Off-Grid Power, Water, and Heat: The Unglamorous Stuff
Nobody photographs the battery bank or the well pump, but off-grid power, water, and heat are what make a cabin a home. Here's the unglamorous truth.
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Tools I'd Buy Again, and the Ones I Regret
Seven cabins in, I've bought a lot of tools — some brilliant, some a waste. Here's what I'd buy again and what I regret.
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A Year of Seasons in the Blue Ridge
Cabin life runs on the seasons, not the calendar. Here's a year in the Blue Ridge — what each season does to the work, the cabin, and the light.
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The Reset: What the Cabins Gave Back
I set out to fix cabins and ended up fixing a fair amount of myself. Here's what the work gave back, in case you need to hear it.