The Cabin

Where do I start? Okay, let me just jump in…

In December of 2023, we purchased a cabin that we knew would require a major remodel. Since starting Seventh Day Design, this was my first personal project, so I was full of enthusiasm to share something on a more personal level. I was excited to dive in and document the process. What I didn’t expect was the hurdle after hurdle that would completely take the joy out of sharing the experience, which eventually led to me, well… not sharing at all. Even being someone in the industry, as a design professional, I got to walk through the process with a different lens—and I learned a lot of lessons along the way. Some of them were hard lessons to learn.

Now that we’ve completed the remodel, I’m finally in a place where I’m excited to share more about this project!

Let’s start with a little backstory. When we first saw the listing, we immediately called to schedule a showing. Upon calling, we were told the seller had already accepted an offer, but the realtor encouraged us to come look “just in case.” We did, and as we drove through heavily wooded areas and up to a pasture, we saw a log cabin sitting atop a hill. Logan and I both looked at each other, feeling as though we had missed our chance. We both knew this was something rare for our area— a log cabin on a hill with 25 acres. It was Logan’s dream down to every detail, and we were literally looking at it.

Feeling discouraged, we left and provided our information as a backup to the backup offer. But I couldn’t get the cabin off my mind. After some time had passed, I followed up with the realtor. She let me know that the original offer had fallen through, the backup offer had also fallen through, and that there was now a cash offer that had been accepted. I told her that, if by chance another offer fell through, to please let us know.

Not thinking there was much of a chance with a cash offer having been accepted, we pretty much wrote it off. But then we got another call. I’ll skip some details—you know how this ends—but we got to make an offer, and it was accepted! No counteroffer, no negotiations—just accepted.

In Logan’s wisdom, he prays for God to open and close doors according to His will. He’s much better than me at maintaining trust in the process. God chose to keep this door open and it seems this cabin was truly set aside just for us. Logan’s dream was finally a reality, and we had a big remodel ahead of us. I’m finally at a place of gaining back joy and excitement to share this project with you. Maybe we will leave out all the frustrations or maybe that’s something we can all learn from together sometime. For now let’s take a look at this cutie cabin and the land she sits on. It really is a dream!

The land is absolutely beautiful. No picture or video has done it justice. It was so exciting to start with such an incredible property but as mentioned, the interior was a big remodel job. Let’s take a look at some before and afters!

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I really am proud of how things turned out after a very long, hard process. I can’t wait to take a deep dive into all the details of each space with you! I also had some incredible partnerships along the way and I’m excited to share them with ya’ll! Stay tuned my friends!

Until next time!

-Brittany