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Christie Schoepp's main goals for building a cabin on her family's land in Alberta, Canada, were to maximize the views and make the project as cheap as possible.

The 240-square-foot size was determined in part because the cabin needed to be moveable; it's positioned on a cliff, so if the land ever falls in, they can pull the structure further away from the edge.

The cabin is constructed predominantly with plywood that Christie finished with a custom whitewash of 4:1 water to white paint, with a dash of green. "I wanted it pale,

Not willing to sacrifice aesthetics for cost, Christie spent $2,000 on a wood-burning stove. "I could have gotten a propane stove for free, but it would have been ugly,

At 20' feet long, the cabin can fit three twin mattresses toe-to-toe on the upper level, and two on the smaller lower level to comfortably sleep five adults. Integrating ladder groves in the wall eschews the need for a movable ladder that would have cluttered up the interior space.

A gnome guards the wood pile. While Christie's father thought a propane stove would allow them to regulate the heat better, they opted for wood because they have an endless supply of it on the land.

The design changed slightly throughout the building process. For example, the window seat bench was initially going to extend along the entire wall to create an end table near the bed, but then "that tall skinny space appeared,

The wooden ceiling above the dining nook is one of the few remaining features from the home's midcentury past.