A year ago in “Build a Log Cabin Without Spending a Fortune,” MOTHER EARTH NEWS told you about the log cabin home Dick Sellers was making–and had nearly completed–from pine lumber he logged himself and milled with a homemade sawmill. Just a few months ago the last of the furniture and fixtures went in. Dick originally said the structure cost under $11,000, but now confesses that “the $1,200 septic tank put the final figure closer to $12,000.” He’s forgiven.
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