This timber frame is available for your stay at Grand Oaks. This timber frame is the same size as some of the workshop frames. The "Little House by the Little Pond" has electricity, running water, air conditioning, a cooking stove and a refridgerator. A gas fireplace will warm the cabin on chilly spring mornings and cool, crisp fall nights. The Little House by the Little Pond is available for $55 / night or $300 / week and reservations are required!
The Little House cabin will sleep 1 - 4 people. There is a double bed in the loft and a futon couch on the first floor that folds out. Getting into the loft requires climbing a ladder that is similar to climbing up an 8 foot step ladder.
There are lots of windows that bring the outdoors inside. When you are sitting within the timber frame you feel a very strong connection to the trees right out side your window!
The Little House
by the Little Pond
I do not think this is what Laura Ingalls had in mind, moving the entire "Little House". I really enjoyed the location of "The Little House in the Little Woods" and have some great memories from it being there. Due to repeated vandalism, I decided to move it closer to the "Big House by the Little Pond". Its new location has started to grow on me and I enjoy seeing the "Little House" every morning now.
The following photos are of the moving day of the "Little House". It went relatively smoothly except getting the 40 ton crane stuck in the woods. When on the first attempt by the tow truck to pull out the crane and the tow truck almost turned over, I became a little worried as time was clicking by and I was renting the crane by the hour! The tow truck driver made some adjustments and the rest of the day was successful!
I moved the porch myself before the crane arrived.
Crane lifts up the timber frame and I back my trailer underneath.
Mobile "Timber Frame" Home!! Slowly, I proceeded towards the new site for the "Little House" by the pond.
The crane sets the timber frame on its new foundation. To realize the strength of oak timbers this entire timber frame was lifted entirely by using 2 - 6" x 6" x 18' oak timbers, which are relatively small timbers. The crane operator estimated that the cabin weighed at least 20,000 pounds.
The last step for the crane, setting the porch into place.
