Lovable quirks

With cabins that were built almost a century ago, there are some unique features.

For one, the kitchen faucet placements have always fascinated me. Rather than in the middle/back of the sink, they are all mounted on the left. I have wondered about the reasoning. Perhaps it was the need to accommodate the plumbing below or maybe this quirky placement was trendy back in the day. I know you see this faucet placement sometimes in RVs, airplane bathrooms or other places with space constraints. The faucet placements are different for sure but very functional.

Several of the kitchen countertops are also very low in height, which is a bit curious. In the Kolme (No. 3) cabin it appears that the countertops were placed below the windows, which were also lower than average. So have people just gotten taller? Well, yes. Average height around the world rose by 3.9 inches during the 20th century as nutritional health has improved.

Then there are the cabin doors, which really bring on the nostalgia. The screen door handles are made of tree branches, carefully carved and mounted to provide the perfect door pull. You can tell the cabins were built during the Great Depression by this wonderful use of materials and what they had available to them. As the motto said: “Use it up, wear it out, make do or do without.”

Those wonderful door pulls made from tree branches.

The door pulls are smooth and soft to the touch after literally thousands of hands touching them over the past nine decades.

Years pass but finding beauty in unexpected places is part of the charm here, and it will remain.