From Scraps to Sanctuary: A $700 A-Frame Cabin

To some, a pile of scrap wood might look like trash. But for Alla Ponomareva and Garrett Hohn, it was an opportunity to build something beautiful.

On family land, the couple discovered some old window frames and spare lumber from a dilapidated structure on the property. Inspired by the debris, Alla remembered Derek “Deek” Diedricksen’s online blueprint for an 80-square-foot A-frame cabin — and realized they had much of the material to build it.