The main volume of the shack houses the living and dining areas along with the kitchen. The wood stove provides heat for the entire shack.
A fifteen-light door and wide awning windows let plenty of daylight into this part of the shack.
The dining area is a simple table with two chairs. Light for the table comes from a lamp on a long hook that hangs from an old oar up in the rafter ties.
With no electricity, cooking and refrigeration come via propane power.
The kitchen sink sits at the other end of a hodge-podge of base cabinets. With no indoor water supply plumbing, water in plastic jugs sits to one side of the sink, and the sink drains into a cistern.
Shear strength for the main part of the shack comes from let-in diagonal braces at each of the corners. The upper end of the braces terminate at blocks nailed to the corner studs below the plates. This photo shows the staging for the water along with the driftwood holders for paper towels and dish towels.
Bolts run through the framing in the kitchen to hold the ridge for the garage roof. This photo shows the let-in detail where the corner brace intersects a wall stud.
Odd pieces of 1x3 run from the rafters down to the rafter ties, the function of which are a mystery. Let me know if you think you know.
A raised panel door was sawn in half to create a Dutch-style door, which lets extra light into the bedroom area beyond. Special hardware locks the top and bottom of the Dutch door together.
Two twin beds barely fit into this tiny room for sleeping. Plywood walls and ceiling give the interior design an slight uptick, although the ranch casing on all but one of the openings was installed in reverse. A door to the left of the camera frame is the back entry to the shack.
The toilet room off of the bedroom is home to the composting toilet. The bucket on the left holds peat moss that is added to the toilet after each use, and the other bucket is for soiled paper that is kept out of the toilet and burned regularly in the wood stove.