![]() ![]() We had to get creative in how we used our space (for example setting up our baby changing station in the bathroom closet…). Most cabins don’t have a ton of storage, if any. If I could go back in time and talk to myself before we moved, here’s what I would say:ĥ Things I Wish I Knew Before Moving to a Log Cabin 1. I wish now that I had been more prepared for what it would be like to live in a cabin. It’s not that my visions of log cabin living were false, just that there ended up being more to the story… more that changed in everyday life, in our family, and even in my mindset. I envisioned snow fluttering outside the window while I curled up with a cup of hot cocoa in front of the fire. I figured it would be the same as the other places I’d lived, only made of logs. One thing that I didn’t count on was how different life would be living in a log cabin. Basically, we were turning our lives upside down (but for good reason!). Visit for more information about the show and to find any future viewing times.And on top of that we were moving from a big city to a small one, from a populated area to a rural one, from flat Texas to the Tetons. She said she would someday like to appear on the HGTV's "Beachfront Bargain Hunt" show. But not hard enough for her to give up television, apparently. But once I leave Columbus and get back to the hills, I feel like I am home."Įven though Newkirk has experience in being behind the camera from her pageant days, she said shooting the show was hard at times. But that doesn't seem to be a problem for them. Lawhorn commutes five days a week and Newkirk two. The move means the couple will each have a long drive to their jobs in Columbus. They contacted the show after their friends in Maryland were also featured on "Log Cabin Living." It took four days to shoot their episode, but Lawhorn said it was fun. Lawhorn is from Frankfort, in Ross County, and works for a pharmaceutical company in Columbus. ![]() She works at Fairfield Medical Center and also at a Columbus urgent care facility. Newkirk is a Jackson native and the 2015 Miss Ohio USA. They joined the show in the third week of November and moved into their new house about two months ago. The premise of the show calls for participants to buy the house they choose. But Lawhorn said the couple would have one built, probably next winter. The log cabin they chose, however, does not have a finished basement. In comparing the three cabins, they said a finished basement was important to them. "We had to take off for to film the show," Newkirk said. Lawhorn and Newkirk were compensated for being on the show. "They are absolutely thrilled with the house," he said. Real estate agent Robert Panian helped them find their new log cabin and said Newkirk and Lawhorn found him while they were looking for houses at. The cabin was listed for $210,000, but Lawhorn and Newkirk bought it for $200,000. Armed with a $300,000 budget, they chose Hideaway Cabin, which is the first one presented on the show. The episode is called "Ohio Mountain Cabin," and follows them as they look at three cabins in the Hocking Hills area. The show aired Saturday and Lawhorn and Newkirk had 16 people over for the viewing. Newkirk said the couple also like the area and the people they've met since moving in about two months ago. It's everything we wanted, and it's out in the country." SUGAR GROVE - Cody Lawhorn and Sarah Newkirk are enjoying life in their new Sugar Grove log cabin viewers from HGTV's "Log Cabin Living" show watched them choose. ![]()
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