A homestead is not complete, to my way of thinking, without a plethora of outbuildings. You've all heard, "A place for everything, everything in it's place"? All right, maybe I do go a bit overboard (with the 8 outbuildings I've got), but they're all functional with a special purpose. Anybody else an outbuilding junky like me?

This is the "stink shed" which houses all my lure and urine separate from the traps, so they don't get contaminated with smells.




This is the "banya", of wood-fired steambath on the left, and, of course, the woodshed on the right. Notice the horned owl peeking out?



Closer up of the steambath.



Lisa's "she-shed", which serves a combination of purposes.



From the left, clockwise, is the greenhouse, garden shed (for storing the tillers, etc.), and the "Taj Mahen", or chicken coop.



The garden shed.



And a closer view of the garden shed.


In addition, we have a "trap shed" and a garage/shop, which are not shown.

Jack

nice place!

Very nice outbuildings. They definitely add character to the property.

Very Organized

I just wish, 330! If I had 30 outbuildings, I still don't think I'd be organized then.


Jack

LOL, on a tractor forum I used to visit guys would ask what size barn should I put up, the basic answer was figure out the biggest size you think you need, then double it...and it will still be too small!,

Very nice

Wow that is sweet!

Too nice!

My artistry is expressed via OSB, used T 111, and old rusty tin.

DaveP -

I have access to lots of lodgepole pine, and I have a sawmill. It's an obsession to use them.

Jack

Loved all your sheds and outbuildings, and home. So nice to enjoy seeing them.

I must have organization in everything or it drives me to being irritated. Everything in its place. And looking nice.

Thanks for the share, Jack. Lovely homestead.

You and I, Sharon, are both in magical places to view the rest of the world, should we decide to do so.

Indeed, sir Jack. You and I are fortunate .

BTW- you're gonna LOVE my special TIGER....he is coming right along in progress. Just am almost finishing up his eyes. You could just dive into that deep liquid greens and Amber...he will be staring right at you. The finishing touch will be the white reflections on the eyes that bring them to life in depth. And those long white whiskers !

I'm taking shots of various stages , as I did the wolverine. He is almost out of the psychedelic phase now . Am doing the stripes and the fur textures.

Been thinking of you the whole process. What an adventure just dealing with these colours and stripes...my first serious tiger portrait...fit for a biologist's book.

Can't wait Sharon. While I was still on the tiger project, before I went south and started then leopard work,an artist came to gather photos. He was South African,Simon Combs. Look him up! Good guy.

Here in Pa you would be taxed to death by all the buildings. My gosh it looks too organized for me.....jk

Wow, Simon is a fantastic aahtist ! His tigers and other cats are great. All his art is. I admire all the background scenery he has in his.

I despise doing backgrounds . For me the subject is my total focus in energy. Lots of grass, rocks, trees, is a work of sheer impatience for me . I can do backgrounds and have if commissioned to do so-but I don't care to do them. That's why my biology teacher always described my art as studies in close anatomical study.

Simon's style reminds me of Robert Bateman.

Thank you for having me look him up.

Very nice! U have a sawmill?

Twolines -

Yes, I've got a Wood Mizer. It may not look like it, but all the outbuildings are made with 2-sided logs. That way. each log has a big bearing surface for the next log up, and is better-insulated and more stable. When the logs are all peeled and are 2-sided, construction takes about a day. The roof is usually done the second day.

Jack

Jack,what a outstanding back yard you guys have built,could be featured in many different magazine's of all types,I remember some of your custom walk ways also with wolf tracks.Have a great Christmas with your wife....

Meticulously gorgeous

Very nice, I am also a building junkie, all set up for different things.

One of my sons has a friend who.just bought a Wood Mixer last summer.
They've been having a blast with it.

My son jokes that his buddy works as an electrician to support his logger/ sawmill hobby.

nice collection
yes now with google earth the local tax collector can really check up with the foot-print of sheds

Tax-wise it hasn't hurt us yet. To be taxed, they need to be on a "real" foundation in our County. Cinder blocks don't count as "real". If the building can be jacked up and moved, it doesn't get taxed as long as it's less than 200 square feet and an "accessory" building. The County always wants our money, we'll see how long the little buildings last.''

Jack

Nice pics Jack. Curious about the inside of your banya and if you have two rooms or if you are wide open. I built one last year with an electric shower at my cabin. Growing up in a Doukaboor community every farm yard had a banya. All different styles. Mines 8x12. Change room and wood storage in a 5x8 and banya 7x8. Stove is fed from the change room and goes through the wall into the banya.

All my outbuildings at the cabin are on skids, even the cabin. Temporary construction and can be moved anytime….for tax purposes…… they will never move

Banya pics that I have. Need to take a few more.
Outside isnt finished yet. Probably going to be used cedar siding off a buddies house

Change room. Behind the blue barrel is where the wood stove goes through the wall.

Looking through the door into the banya

Blue barrel is my water tank for my electric shower. Floor is cedar with a slopped floor under that to a drain that flows out the back over a hill

Still have a bit of things to add but a shower and banya are the best outbuilding I have at the trapping cabin.

Sharon I have admired your work for a longtime Its always right on target as far as being accurate And at the same time you capture the wild look in your drawings and prints And while I am No artist I know that it is no easy feat Io capture the life in the painting of an animals eyes I am certain it will measure up to your expectations' I recall a bobcat painting you did for Carrol Blackie Black for a cover of a catalog I am goanna take a guess and say I think it was 2012 But I can remember as plain as day it was a bobcat like no other I don't know for
sure but I believe a bobcat can be difficult critter to capture on canvas with various colors and shades Bob Dylan did a song once Called When I Paint My Masterpiece He has a way of Using the English language to create pictures that only he can create And once they are written on paper others can see the same thing Many of your paintings and drawings are only in your eye until you have been able to enjoy what you talents have lead you to make known to others what you have seem. And great art is like great music It is made to be shared Like a kid that can't wait for Christmas morning I can't wait to see your great cat painting that you have been working on.

Yes, West-side, I imagine that cat will be remarkable. Can hardly wait myself.

Jack

You had best post pic's when done! LOL

Big Bob,,,,,, please don’t post your interior of your out house……

Yassa, Bob, I will make a thread on this one when Im done. Like I did the wolverine.

Im thinking of our Jack all through this adventure. I can only try to imagine how he had hands on with real sleeping tigers, their huge heads resting in his lap as he worked with them. The largest most beautiful cats on earth. I've heard they make a chuffing sound when happy. Like a purr from the small cats. I'd love to hear that someday.

Very cool! Ive got an old linnlumber mill. About 36"x27' capacity...big enough for pretty much anything up here. Its amazing the doors a tool like that can open!

Beautiful!!!! Very well done.