The John Alden
on the inside) are Northern White Cedar,
partition walls are knotty pine, and the
floors are maple. Sand ‘em, seal ‘em, wax
‘em. and forget ‘em.
Interior decorating is a matter of indi-
vidual taste. It can be done quite simple
and with remarkable effect by combining
the proper colors with the natural beauty
of the wood. We decided, early in the
construction phases, that a little profes-
sional help in this quarter might be a good
idea and called in the 1801 House decora-
tors of Babylon who achieved the optimum.
“By the numbers” usually brings back a
few memories. This simple phrase, never-
theless, can be the key to that camp cabin
you’ve always wanted. There was a time
when building your own log cabin meant
not only finding a site that pleased you. but
one that could be counted on to provide
enough wood to build with. After that
began the laborious progress of cutting logs
to the proper length, notching them and
finally putting them together to produce a
cabin that, at best, was inadequate. These
makeshift methods have passed into an-
tiquity. With modern mills turning out
logs by the carload, all precut and num-
bered, you need only decide on a floor plan
that meets your requirements, have the
materials delivered to your building site,
and put it up.
Typical of the mills that specialize in
producing these materials is the one oper-
ated by the Ward Cabin Company. Ward
