Greg, a student at the University of Texas School of Architecture, admired the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Wright believed in organic architecture, saying that a building should seem to grow naturally from its location and blend in with its environment.
Inspired by this idea, Greg designed his own small home, which he called the Stanley.
The idea for the Stanley, a log cabin tiny house, came to Greg while he was visiting Idaho.
He stopped in the small town of Stanley, located in the Sawtooth Mountains along the Salmon River.
There, old log cabins are a common sight. The natural beauty and these old cabins inspired Greg’s design.
He wanted his home to fit perfectly with the natural surroundings, just like the buildings in Stanley.
The Stanley is a tiny house built on an 8-by-12-foot trailer with a single axle.
It weighs between 4,800 and 7,000 pounds, depending on the types of logs and other materials used.
The house has a porch and eaves that fold up, making it easy to move on highways.
When the eaves are down, they help drain away rain and snow.
Greg decorated the house with elk antlers he found in the forest, using them to hang things on.
The outside of the house is made from beetle-kill spruce logs. These logs fit together in a tongue and groove design, which makes the house stronger.
Greg spent many hours carefully fitting the logs together to make a sturdy base for his home.
The kitchen in the house has a sink, a double-burner cooktop, and a two-door refrigerator.
There’s plenty of storage space, with shelves in the living room and kitchen cabinets made from reclaimed wood.
Greg crafted the beautiful countertop from maple slabs he found in a salvage yard.
He especially likes the live edge, saying, “It is cool! You can see where insects burrowed in and left squiggly marks.”
The floors in the house are made from beetle-kill spruce wood, arranged in a tongue and groove pattern.
Greg added two coats of natural tung oil to protect the floors.
Greg designed the shower to look like a log cabin too. Instead of using a regular shower stall, he used plexiglass sheets and sealed the corners with clear silicone.
The house has large windows that let in lots of light and provide a great view of the outdoors.
The upstairs sleeping loft in the house is rustic and cozy, making it a perfect place to relax after a day outside.
The window in the loft lets in lots of natural light.
The Stanley, a log cabin tiny house, fits well in the countryside and connects closely with nature.
Greg shares his thoughts on smaller homes and nature: “When you decide to shrink your house, the world around it somehow becomes bigger, and you become more in tune with it.
There is a lot less house to look at, and much more nature.”