Wood cabin renovation

With all this time spent inside, there's been a return to tinkering away at little projects: baking a loaf of bread, say, or stitching a quilt. Or, if you'

Have you ever dreamed of owning a little home from home? Somewhere you can escape to at the weekends and completely switch off. Often th...

Danielle & Ely Franko are taking us through the renovation & furnishing process of their new house in the Catskills called the Hunter Barnhouse. Click here to learn more.

As soon as Hope Mendes and her husband saw their Cobb, California, cabin, they knew it was the place they’d been searching for—a home they could use for vacations and also list as an Airbnb. “Although it needed a ton of work, overall it had good bones and only required mostly cosmetic work,” Hope writes. “We knew with a little TLC it would become the perfect rustic and charming retreat we had been wanting.”The couple’s goals for their renovation?

Name: Liz Mirisola and my husband, Ted, and our rescue pup, TubsLocation: Saugerties, New YorkType of home: CabinSize: 1,500 square feetYears lived in: 1 year, owned Tell us a little (or a lot) about your home and the people who live there: We had been living in New York City for 10-plus years, working the typical high-stress, long-hour grind of jobs in marketing and finance.

A custom-colored concrete sink with integrated ledge completes the powder room under the stairs, which previously contained just a toilet. The den (pictured at the top of the stairs), guest room, bunk rooms, and family bath are a half flight up from the main level.

Distinctive Residential Architecture

Forest Cabin — Norelius Studio