Cabins & Cottages: The Basics Of Building A Getaway Retreat For Hunting, Camping, And Rustic Living

Cabins & Cottages: The Basics of Building a Getaway Retreat for Hunting, Camping, and Rustic Living

Building a rustic cottage or log cabin is a project any DIYer or woodworker would like to tackle because with knowledge of basic concepts, it can easily be achieved. This book gives you the complete know how, from clearing a site to raising the walls and adding the amenities.From the Back CoverBuild that Get-Away Retreat You've Always Dreamed About. If your'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. Cabins & Cottages includes everything you need to knwo. It takes you through the basics of choosing a site, creating an electrical power source, and clearing the land all the way to constructing a sturdy retreat that will withstand the worst that Mother Nature can dish out. You'll learn the carpentry and building techniques for constructing a basic cottage with pre-fab walls, an A-frame cabin, and a rustic log cabin with a framed roof. There's even a special section on designing your retreat with heavy snow, high winds, flooding, and even earthquakes in mind. And, once you've got the structure completed, you'll find instructions on how to install all the basic comforts of home - like running water and heat. There's no reason why getting away from it all should be uncomfortable. If you can dream it, you can do it. With Cabins & Cottages, you can make the dream of retreating fromt he chaos of the daily routine to a peaceful cabin you built yourself an affordable reality.About the AuthorJohn 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.