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cabinporn: “Introducing the next book in the Cabin Porn series: Inside. We focused on the interiors of handmade homes and tried to make an inspirational reference for anyone making a space, a retreat or a home in town. Nearly 100 unique places are...
cabinporn

Introducing the next book in the Cabin Porn series: Inside. We focused on the interiors of handmade homes and tried to make an inspirational reference for anyone making a space, a retreat or a home in town. Nearly 100 unique places are featured, including interviews with 10 builders. Every home was contributed by a follower of this account, coming from all levels of experience. It’s truly our privilege to share their creativity, persistence and hard work. Visit https://books.cabinporn.com to find a local shop to purchase it.

diy
diy: “ As you may already know, we run two amazing learning communities for kids, DIY.org and JAM.com. They share a lot in common: • Both support kids in the exact same age range (6-14) • Both teach kids through hands-on projects • Both provide a...
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As you may already know, we run two amazing learning communities for kids, DIY.org and JAM.com.

They share a lot in common:

  • Both support kids in the exact same age range (6-14)
  • Both teach kids through hands-on projects
  • Both provide a kind, safe environment for peer-to-peer learning (our staff mods help keep it that way)
  • Both have badges and portfolios

Today we merged JAM and DIY and the combined platform is called DIY.org.

At DIY.org your kids will have access to:

  • 12 in-depth courses for our most popular topics like drawing, photography, animation, inventing, and science.
  • Over 2,000 projects spanning 120 different skills, many of them STEAM-related.
  • More than 1,000 videos that we produced ourselves to show kids step-by-step how to complete select projects.

We know that many of you will have questions about the merger. Here’s some answers to start:

What will happen to my portfolio?
All photos, videos and awesome posts will still be there for both JAM and DIY kids.

What will happen to my comment history?
All comments, likes and thanks your kids have given or received will still be there.

Do I have to do anything to access DIY.org?
If you are a JAM family simply login as usual. If you are a legacy DIY member, please check your email (be sure to check SPAM folder) for a message from me containing a link to activate your account. Don’t see the email? Just login to DIY.org using your DIY credentials to get started.

Why did you choose DIY for the name?
DIY stands for “do it yourself” and it reflects our mission to help every kid have the confidence to learn anything.

Why are you merging?
We are committed to providing a safe online community for kids without ads (and without selling data to advertisers). We can’t afford to maintain two separate platforms.

If you have any further questions, we are here to answer them at help@diy.org.

Thank you for supporting DIY!

cabinporn
cabinporn

In September 1976, Jack and Mary English were hunting with their 14 year-old son Dennis in the woods behind Big Sur, California. A 260-square-mile section of national forest with rugged peaks, hidden valleys, and hot springs, the Ventana Wilderness is located in a region known for having California’s largest density of mountain lion, and abundant wild hogs, turkeys and deer. While Jack and Dennis were off tracking a deer, Mary encountered a small group of 20-something hikers who were holding a map and looking around curiously. They said they’d read a classified ad in the local newspaper: someone was auctioning off a 5-acre plot somewhere in the middle of this national forest in a place called Pine Valley. The hikers had found the right spot. Later, after they’d left and Jack and Dennis returned, Mary relayed the news. “Somebody is gonna get this land,” she said, “It’s gonna be us.” 

Read the whole story in the Cabin Porn book.

Photos by @noahkalina, story by @leckart 

We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us. Our flesh-and-bone tabernacle seems transparent as glass to the beauty about us, as if truly an inseparable part of it, thrilling with the air and trees, streams and rocks, in the waves of the sun,—a part of all nature, neither old nor young, sick nor well, but immortal. Just now I can hardly conceive of any bodily condition dependent on food or breath any more than the ground or the sky.
John Muir, My First Summer in the Sierra
noahkalina
noahkalina: “ Cabin Porn the book is out today! What a long and amazing journey it was. Thank you Zach Klein, Steven Leckart, Matt Cassity and Kristen Fortier for the amazing collaboration. It’s an honor to work with such brilliant and amazing...
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Cabin Porn the book is out today!
What a long and amazing journey it was. 
Thank you Zach Klein, Steven Leckart, Matt Cassity and Kristen Fortier for the amazing collaboration. It’s an honor to work with such brilliant and amazing people. 
Thank you to the over 90 contributing photographers who’s amazing photographs inspire me.
Thank you Derek Lasher for assisting, advising and cover modeling.
Thank you Zach Vitale for all of your incredible post production work.
Thank you Little Brown for publishing the book and supporting us.

And thank you to everyone who purchases a copy. I really hope you enjoy it.

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