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the best ever backyard camping

the best ever backyard camping
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this is my home-not-so-far-away-from-home.I know it looks like a toolshed, but wait 'till you see inside!
 
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Step 1A basic overview

a basic overview
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here you will see a basic veiw and very important objects for cabin camping! you will notice a fan and thermometer, great for summer!
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34 comments
Jul 29, 2011. 8:25 AMe.bender says:
Your awesome tree house is missing a tree mang
Jul 2, 2008. 4:53 PMRaisedByRobots says:
oh wow, it's really really cute. I want to build my own house, but they won't let me in California.
Oct 31, 2008. 12:53 AMSouthpole says:
are you sure? i was on vacation in California recently and saw a house some guy built himself ... at least that's what they kept saying... i think it was called "Hearst's Castle" or something like that...
Apr 5, 2010. 4:44 PMPurocuyu says:
 I built my own house in San Diego, if you google " house on a vacant lot" you will find the radio story on it, and some pics.  $11,000 for one house built in three months on weekends.  Never say Die!
Apr 19, 2009. 4:58 PMmash4077 says:
good for a hunting property or camp
Jan 2, 2009. 3:09 PMstephenniall says:
I had an idea to build one of these i was going to build it kinda like a wood lodge with long pieces of wood (half of a circle ) then have a 2"gap for electronics insulation etc then plasterboard and wallpaper so it'd look professional. when i used to live in the county with a huge back yard i was thinking of digging a hole quit deep just smaller than the shed and putting supports in etc and having a shed with a basement lol .
Nov 23, 2008. 3:28 AMLokisgodhi says:
Gee, one usually goes to living in their parent's basement before they end up living in a shed in the backyard. It normally goes basement, shed and then a non running van down by the river.
Aug 31, 2008. 9:02 PMYour Average Guy says:
If I had this I would so put in real drywall, a couch, coffee table, a toilet, air conditioning, plumbing, a TV, a mini-fridge, a mini-stove, a place for cans, a sink, and a bunch of stuff to make it a mini-house. My friend has a mini-house like that and we lived in there for like a week or two and it isn't camping. Not living either. Its Luxury! Complete awesomeness without parents yelling at you.
Aug 28, 2008. 10:55 AMTenedorDelDiablo says:
Dude....you live in a box
Jun 24, 2008. 10:11 AMA good name says:
There, I will be the third to rate it.
Jun 22, 2008. 8:13 AMnerdnurture says:
While I am genuinely sorry for hurting your feelings, I must say that you'll have to get used to people critiquing your work here. You can't make people keep their comments to themselves. It's a forum. We comment on each other's ideas. I just have a different idea about what camping means. Don't let it bother you. If I were 14 and had a shed, I'd sleep in it too. Now, if you could cook your own meals out there on an MSR, that would be cool...
Jun 21, 2008. 12:14 PMA good name says:
Did you build it?
Jun 19, 2008. 12:14 PMKiteman says:
Sorry, much as I like your cabin, this isn't an Instructable. I'd unpublish it and use the photos to make a slideshow.
Jun 21, 2008. 12:09 PMA good name says:
True, or maybe post it in the forums or something... still I don't mind it being here.
Jun 21, 2008. 12:07 PMA good name says:
I MUST HAVE ONE!
Jun 19, 2008. 4:45 PMLuther Weymann says:
Your going to think I am so weird. I have a very sweet 10x12 prefab shed with insulation, drywall, hardwood flooring, wood stove, kitchen, fold down single bed, port a john, front porch shower, solar on the roof and nice interior and exterior lighting sitting on 5 totally un-buildable acres on a ridge top at 9650 feet up in the Sierras. No access except park a half mile down below and walk up, no possibility of cellular connection or utilities. Oh, and the view, 360 degrees of the high Sierras for 80 miles. My buddies call it the million dollar cabin. Total price, including the land $2800. For the past 10 years its been the envy of anyone who ever visited.
Jun 21, 2008. 11:40 AMA good name says:
:) I envy too
Jun 20, 2008. 7:06 AMBluesHarp says:
weird ... no .... I envy you, and I haven't been there! Sounds awesome ... the kind of place I would have if my life hadn't taken the family with kids route ....
Jun 20, 2008. 5:52 PMMr. Rig It says:
That is a pretty cool private area, you're just missing an Internet hookup.
Jun 18, 2008. 5:21 PMmrbob1000 says:
i added this to the make group!
Jun 18, 2008. 1:09 PMSpl1nt3rC3ll says:
This would be better as a slideshow. Here is an example of a fort slideshow.
Jun 18, 2008. 1:09 PMStorm950 says:
And this is instructing us, how?
Jun 18, 2008. 1:15 PMmrbob1000 says:
on camping in a shed type thing... i would make the shed a bit more nice and caulk up any areas that leak air and/or water and then put up drywall type stuff and a sink powered my a garden hose and the drain leads to a hose that goes into a drain in your house. it would be sweet! and add carpeting or hardwood floor for an added touch! (you can often get free carpet from friends that got new carpet or chunks of carpet from when your house was carpeted.
Jun 18, 2008. 5:18 PMmrbob1000 says:
it was a suggestion... i dont have the money or land to do that. (too hilly) just have the drain hose lead where it can drain down a hill or somewhere where it wont mess up the fort thing. and for a faucet you just need a valve and some copper pipe. hose -> valve -> pipe and you have a cheap little faucet. just use plumbers tape to keep the things from leaking (i assume you know what it is and how to use it) or an easier thing is get a hose and hack one end off (the one that connects to the sprinkler or nozzle. not the one that goes to the water source/house) and put a barb in that is made for the internal diameter and use a hose clamp. then screw the barb onto the valve and the pvc or copper pipe into the valve (pvc you can make a nice faucet and glue it and get a threaded adapter to match the valve. and its safe for drinking as long as it has been cleaned and your houses water is safe to drink)

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