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2024-11-21T15:40:33-05:00
https://archinect.com/news/article/150140631/this-company-lets-you-build-your-dream-a-frame-for-less-than-2k
This company lets you build your dream A-frame for less than $2k
Katherine Guimapang
2019-06-10T13:52:00-04:00
>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ae/ae16208d29833c66c4e70ba49cc233e9.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>All the blueprints and material specifications needed to put it together are included in a cardboard box. They come both on a flash drive in PDF format and printed on 36-by-24-inch sheets. The company says that the package also includes reading materials about the house, discount codes to build some of the stuff you need at providers all around the United States, as well as a door knob, a hammer, and a hat with the company logo.</p></em><br /><br /><p>A company that once sold designer trailer homes switched gears after a stalled venture to focus their attention on helping homeowners design their ideal <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/665992/a-frame" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A-frame</a> <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/412486/cabin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cabin</a>. For how much you ask? $1,950. As ideal as that sounds, one may be waiting for the catch. However, when <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/150140635/everywhere-inc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Everywhere Inc.</a>'s co-founder Brand Winnie left his tech job in Silicon Valley, he and his wife created Ayfraym. According to Winnie, the inspiration for creating Ayfraym came from his childhood upbringing.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e7/e73737cd4fb221f393221eb38fe33bc2.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e7/e73737cd4fb221f393221eb38fe33bc2.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Ayfraym. Image © Everywhere Inc.</figcaption></figure><p>"Growing up as a kid, I would always travel to our cabin that my grandpa Fred built in the ’70s,” Winnie says. “It’s up near the Tetons on the border of Idaho and Wyoming, and it’s one of my favorite places on Earth. The cabin my grandfather built was the base camp for all things adventure in the region, and it’s created some of my best memories."</p>
<p>If a family wanted to build a cabin similar to Ayfraym, they would have to spend tens of thousands of dollars to plan out the project in a...</p>