Cabins & Cottages, Revised & Expanded Edition
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Cabins & Cottages, Revised & Expanded Edition by Skills Institute Press
If you've ever dreamed about building your own rustic cottage in the woods or the hunting cabin of your dreams, or even homesteading off-the-grid, this handy reference provides a logical, sensible, and easy-to-follow approach to building a permanent shelter in that perfect out-of-the-way place. Including everything from choosing and clearing a site and creating an electrical power source, to clearing the land and creating a foundation, this book offers instruction on building an A-frame cabin and a rustic log cabin with a framed roof. There is also a special section on designing small buildings to cope with Mother Nature, including earthquakes, heavy snow, high wind and flooding.
John Kelsey is a journalist and editor specializing in woodworking and furniture making. He has a degree in woodworking and furniture design from the School for American Craft at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a former editor in chief of Fine Woodworking magazine and a publisher of woodworking and home building books at the Taunton Press. He is the author of Furniture Projects for the Deck and Lawn. He lives in Newtown, Connecticut.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781565239678 |
| ISBN 10 | 1565239679 |
| Title | Cabins & Cottages, Revised & Expanded Edition |
| Author | Skills Institute Press |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Fox Chapel Publishing |
| Year published | 2018-10-09 |
| Number of pages | 168 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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