About this season
National Geographic Channel goes off the map to kick off its first do-it-yourself series, Building Wild. Paulie, as he is known, has partnered with woodsman and master fabricator Pat "Tuffy" Bakaitis on a cabin design and construction business called Cabin Kings. These "Cabin Kings" are construction's odd couple: Paulie is a city boy at heart and Tuffy is a gruff, logical woodsman who has never heard of Starbucks. But together, this duo creates unbelievable wilderness getaways, transforming discarded materials into fabulous contraptions and overcoming outrageous building challenges along the way.
Episodes (10)
1. Dirty Dozen Deer Lodge
Aired 14 January 2014 • 43 min
Paulie and Tuffy help the "Dirty Dozen" transform a decrepit old barn into a new hunting retreat.
2. Movable Beast
Aired 21 January 2014 • 43 min
The guys convert a cargo truck into a cabin on wheels while setting up a woodland retreat for an ex-military man and his family.
3. Spinning Cabin
Aired 28 January 2014 • 43 min
A revolving cabin is created using a power-operated shovel as its pivot point.
4. License to Mill
Aired 4 February 2014 • 43 min
A retreat for a retired veterinarian is built.
5. Log Jam
Aired 11 February 2014 • 43 min
The guys build a cabin using only recycled materials found on site at a family-owned logging business.
6. Backwoods Bus
Aired 18 February 2014 • 43 min
The guys help a teacher and novice builder construct his cabin. Included: a school bus recycled into guest quarters; an outside dining area.
7. Tuff Enough
Aired 25 February 2014 • 43 min
The team transform a shipping container into a cabin and attempt to set it up on a muddy mountainside locale.
8. Double Decker Cabin
Aired 4 March 2014 • 43 min
A cabin is constructed over muddy land for a podiatrist who's also an outdoor-sports enthusiast.
9. Float My Cabin
Aired 11 March 2014 • 43 min
The guys build a large camouflaged shelter for a biologist and his uncle in the middle of a swamp. The two plan to use the man-sized eagle's nest to observe nature.
10. Top of the World
Aired 18 March 2014 • 43 min
The guys build a chalet at the top of a ski slope for a father and son who enjoy winter sports.