When we received the August issue of Sunset Magazine in the mail the other day, an article featuring this 130 square foot cabin made us re-evaluate the concept of building a vacation home on a budget. Mariah Morrow and Ryan Lingard make it look so accessible, easy and ideal. Take a look at their tiny affordable retreat in the wilderness of Eastern Oregon. Bet you'll want one too!
The Signal Shed was designed by Ryan Lingard and Greg Morrow and Sons, Inc. It gets its name from the location formerly being a smoke signal point for the Nez Perce tribe. It was designed to be affordable, low impact and practical. They used reclaimed windows, adding operable shutters to close up the place when they are away. There is a wood stove, rain screen, sliding barn door, portable toilet and lofted sleeping area. From the deck they can take in views of Wallowa Lake. The total with the land was $57K. The cabin itself only cost about $10,000 to construct. You can read the story over at Sunset.
Images: Thomas J. Story for Sunset
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Comments (7)
I love this!!! Everything but the stove. Total overkill it would be in our neck of the woods, up here in central NYS. The mosquitoes would be troublesome until fall; we'd need screens, spring and summer. I really do love this, the open space with the sliding door pulled aside is intoxicating. I can smell the piney woods from here.
The fixture over the dining table made me chuckle. Love the concept, though.
It's pretty much overkill for Eastern Oregon, too. Regardless, the Wallowa Lake area is still (?) considered prime real estate thus the land's steep price tag. (It's all relative, especially out here in E. Oregon) We've got plenty of skeeters, but it's a nice little design!
Stunning location. I'd be worried about falling out of bed though :-)
awesome!!!! i love the "outdoorsy" ness with the comforts of home!! darling!
kinda wish they would have used something other than all plywood for the walls...
If those wall rungs are how to reach the loft bed, I'd have to sleep on the floor. You'd need to be an acrobat to get from the ladder onto the bed, looks like. Especially with the lamp where it is. (Or don't I understand it correctly?)
I think the stove is for cooking as well as heating, so a useful addition.
Very efficient use of space. It would make cute guest quarters, if slightly less woodsy, in town, too.