As some of you know, I own a piece of mountain property in the hills above Walla Walla that we use for camping. The property overlooks the Walla Walla valley and consists of an excavated flat spot, driveway, shed and fire pit – that’s it. The remoteness of the property and the fact that we don’t live there, has us constantly discussing what we’d eventually like to build out there as a recreational property. We don’t want to put up something that gaudy or out of place as most of the neighbors live in simple cabins or manufactured homes, but we don’t exactly love the idea of owning an uninspired manufactured home either. This has us searching out alternatives that don’t beg to be broken into when we’re not there, that can hold up to some of the extreme weather that rips through the area, and that still offers us our own little slice of heaven when we’re out in the area wine tasting, enjoying the local restaurants, etc.
I love the unassuming exterior of this cabin and how it doesn’t hint at the modern enhancements that have been made to the interior. The cabin is over 200 years old but was remodeled in 1997 by Andreas Fuhrimann Gabrielle Hächler.
A week or so ago, Jan and I went and visited an architect over at Hybrid Architecture to discuss a possible cargo container solution for our property. We came away pretty interested in something resembling the c320 Studio model (you’ll have to click through to see the images since they’re all glommed together into one image for the page). Again, we love that the exterior is non-descript (in this case, rather industrial) but that the interior is nice, allowing us to open up to outdoor living most of the time that we’re out in Walla Walla. We also like the idea of sealing the place up to become two impervious shipping containers when we leave.
[Cabin via Treehugger]
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Hey Eric,
My wife and I just stayed in a railroad car at http://www.rrpark.com/ and really enjoyed it. More or less the same size as a shipping container I guess. Bigger inside than I thought. You could always build a ramada style roof that gave you a covered porch too.
BTW, I found your blog after reading your review on “Writer”. Thanks for the tip! Hope I get the chance to see you next time you are in Redding. Love your site.
Hey Bob! Surprise surprise. I was reviewing the blog comments and thought for sure the shady guy must be a spammer but lo and behold, it wasn’t, it was you! I hope all is well for you and will definitely try to hunt you down when I’m back in Redding for Christmas.