h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

It certainly looks romantic but I bet it would be cold!

Depends on where you are. The original cabin photo was in the American South - where people worry more about keeping cool in the summer.

But thy would get snow in the mountains, wouldn't they?

Very occasionally.

I just checked - it probably depends on high up you are, and on which side of the mountains. Boone, NC can get up to 33 inches a winter, but Knoxville and Oak Ridge, TN get only about 6 inches.

I see I forgot to put a chimney on the cabin, but it would be cosy inside with a fire burning, even though there is quite a bit of snow outside

This would be the heat source:

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/hhh.pa3601.photos.212992p/

I remember my dad chopping some wood for one when we visited my grandparents' farm in winter. (That one's in a Quaker meetinghouse in Pennsylvania.)

Oh wow - that is a superb stove

Might the chimney be hidden on the side not visible? Or just a holei n the roof with nothing sticking up-?

In a classic Appalachian mountain cabin, the chimney should be on one end of the cabin.

Yes, we’ll have to pretend that this cabin’s chimney is on the side we can’t see

Exactly.