Not one-story.

I looked up “cabin” on my Mac. The dictionary on my computer has fairly useless definitions as far as our discussion is concerned.

Cabin may refer to:

• Beach cabin, a small wooden hut on a beach
• Log cabin, a house built from logs
• Chalet, a wooden mountain house with a sloping roof
• Small remote mansion (Western Canada)
• Small, free-standing structures that serve as individual lodging spaces of a motel
• Cottage, a small house

Forget that. Where’s my real Webster’s dictionary?? Mine was published in 2004 rather than 1935. Oh good grief, look at this: “A small, simple, one-story house.”

That’s it? Au contraire! (Is that how you say “You are wrong” in French?)

Too stylish to be considered “simple”.

A few folks checked in on my other blog with their thoughts on what a cabin is. One suggested “primitive”; another said a place to get away from every day life; someone else put forth the idea that a cabin is a state of mind. “Non-fancy” is a good description, and another added gave a description of an ideal cabin. She used the word “spare”, which could mean an extra home or it could mean without clutter. (I’ve seen some pretty cluttered cabins, and I have lived in a cabin when it was my only place of residence.)

To be continued next week (and feel free to share your thoughts on what makes a cabin in the comments, under “Leave a Reply”!)