Steal This Look: A One Room Cabin in the Catskills

In our latest book, Remodelista: The Low Impact Home, we profile the one room cabin of architect couple Bretaigne Walliser and Thom Dalmas of TBo (for Thom-Bretaigne) design studio. The cabin, set in a mountain meadow of the Catskills, New York, they built themselves from from a post-and-beam kit. Shared with their two young children, the one room includes a small kitchen, banquette dining area, daybeds, and lofted bedroom. Here’s a zoomed in look at the details within.

For more on the project, see our book Remodelista: The Low Impact Home: A Sourcebook for Stylish, Eco-Conscious Living.

thom built the kitchen counter and bench from heart pine salvaged from early 1 9 — Above: Thom built the kitchen counter and bench from heart pine salvaged from early 19th century building joists bought nearby. A faucet and under-counter water canisters are operated by a foot pump were added later (not pictured here). Photograph by Matthew Williams for *Remodelista: The Low Impact Home*.

The cabin frame is built from hemlock, a local wood, with white pine board-and-batten siding. The floor is tongue-and-groove white pine. The cabin is electrified but without running water.