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Mo and Pink have an off-grid homestead in Virginia, and the video below shows Mo’s hard work building a guest cabin in their backwoods. Mo built the 120-square-foot house and the 12×20 deck over six months, right after his 60th birthday!

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Remarkably, he built it himself, primarily with hand tools—he hammered the entire floor together, one nail at a time. Despite not being a professional builder by trade, he shows strong skills and attention to detail in the video below. He has plans to add a bathroom space in the future. He was able to raise the walls himself with clever design elements.

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The house was designed around these reclaimed windows, which he bought for $10 each.

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A wood stove sits on a gorgeous stone hearth.

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VIDEO: I Build a Guest Cabin in Our Woods

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12×10 Cabin w/ Shed Style Roof and Porch
He started this building project on his 60th birthday and spent six months completing it.
He did the entire construction alone by cleverly dividing the walls into more manageable sections.
The cabin is 12×16 and has a 12 x 20 deck off the front.
He planned the cabin walls around reclaimed windows he purchased for $10/piece.
The wood stove he found second-hand and was able to refurbish it to warm the cabin.