As an keen reader of Field Mag will note, we're a bit obsessed with A-Frame houses. And how to build them. In 2019 we met Andrew Szeto and his now famous micro cabin in Ontario, Canada. The following year British furniture maker Heather Scott shared her experience creating an absolute peach of a DIY equilateral A-Frame house. Each project brought its own unique moments of learning and triumph.
The latest A-Frame build to catch our eye comes from much closer to home, in the Catskill Mountains just a couple hours north of FM HQ in New York City. It also comes with a new set of experiences, and not all of them pleasant.
Because it's important to show not only the incredible DIY success stories, but also the not-so-smooth cabin builds that likely represent a higher percentage of projects than anyone would like to admit, this story is one we've been looking forward to sharing.
The Hubert A-Frame Instagram account offers an incredible glimpse at the step-by-step A-Frame house build process, but we wanted to get the full experience broken down in one place—from the wrath of carpenter ants and the difficulties of working with small town contractors to the building in a pandemic and pivoting designs to meet a changing lifestyle. Below is just that—everything you need to know about building an tiny A-Frame during a pandemic. Read on and wise up.
(Spoiler: the end result is really awesome, even if the road to completion was a bit bumpy.)