“With no building permits required and a complete set of pre-assembled components. The Bunkie offers an ideal personal sense of place that can be assembled with ease.”

Do you have your eye on a bit of undeveloped land near a ski resort hoping to build a winter getaway but the hassle of construction is holding back your plans? You can always get an Airstream or a double-wide but you should also consider this clever little abode. Introducing The Bunkie created by furniture designer Evan Bare wanted to create a cabin that could be built like a piece of furniture. Bare chose to use joinery techniques he’d developed for furniture design to create a flat-pack, prefab cabin whose CNC-cut plywood pieces can be assembled with simple tools and practical step-by-step instructions. The cabins can be put together by anyone with some construction experience: