Exterior, Cabin Building Type, Wood Siding Material, and Flat RoofLine This remote cabin in Sullivan County hovers above a steep slope, suspended by the trees that surround it.  Photo 9 of 15 in 15 Black Cabins That Make the Case for Dark Exteriors from A Group of Friends Build an Off-Grid Tree House in New York for $20K

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This 360-square-foot cabin by architects Mike Jacobs, Biayna Bogosian, Forrest Jessee, Leopold Lambert, and Luis Gutierrez of award-winning New York practice Jacobschang Architecture was designed to accommodate a $20,000 construction budget. The exterior boards are coated with Scandinavian pine tar to protect them from the long, wet winters in New York’s Sullivan County.