Approached with proper planning, budgeting and design selection, building a new cabin can be a rewarding undertaking. Your cabin will form the base for all sorts of great experiences and memories. The construction of the cabin itself is no exception. Building a prefab cabin kit streamlines or eliminates several steps associated with traditional building techniques. The result is a quicker build time and reduced potential for error. You might be one of those confident and skilled individuals who takes on the construction yourself or you might work with a local contractor. Whatever the case the process from purchasing the right property to budgeting, planning and building should leave you with that sense of accomplishment you get whenever you do meaningful work.

Building a prefab cabin from start to finish is a 12 step process. Obviously there are many details within the 12 major steps and we will get into some of these over time but for now lets have a look at the process from start to finish. (more…)

Most buildings work pretty well. They keep you dry and warm, but that’s where it stops. The spaces we inhabit on a day to day basis are primarily functional, boring and utilitarian. They don’t even try to make your life better, and that sucks.

Do the people who design this stuff care about what they are creating?

Great design stands out. It makes your life better. It makes you better at what you do. In short, great design makes you happy.

Form & Forest is in the process of designing a line of prefab cabin kits . It is our intention to create beautiful, livable spaces. More than this, we intend to create spaces that enhance your well being. Spaces that help you find a little happiness.

You may think the Form & Forest prefab cabin kits are beautiful. You may even find that they make you happier. If you do, that’s because they are designed for happiness.

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Conventional wisdom says you need to keep up with the neighbors. Really, if we are being honest, not just keep up but get ahead. If they have a four bedroom lake house, you need five bedrooms on the ocean. If they have a big vacation home, you need a bigger one.

It’s a crazy backward kind of logic, and it’s a thing of the past. It’s time to put status anxiety behind us and focus on what is important in life.

You work hard to achieve your dreams. Owning a cabin is one of life’s great rewards. You should enjoy every moment of it.

Your cabin can be a space to spend time with people you like. It can be a place where you do the things you really enjoy. It can be a place where you reconnect with the things that are truly important. (more…)

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