Download or read book The Log Cabin Book written by Oliver Kemp and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2016-10-07 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vintage guide from over a century ago offers timeless, practical advice on building log cabins. Simply stated, well-illustrated advice ranges from felling trees to furnishing and decorating interiors.
Download or read book Hill Valley Log Cabins written by Robert DeCarli and published by . This book was released on 2013-01-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insert a smaller Curved Log Cabin block in the corner of a larger Log Cabin block. Oriented one way, the curved block creates a 'valley.' Rotate the block for a 'hill' effect to completely change the look. Use multiple Curved Log Cabin blocks to create a larger block and the design possibilities are endless. Complete instructions for 13 projects ranging from wallhangings to full-size quilts are given. Master this easy technique and you can change the block choice or orientation to create your own unique variations. OUT OF PRINT
Download or read book The Log Home Book written by Ralph Kylloe and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Room-by-room inspiration for the affordable mountain retreat of your dreams, from the author of Rustic Elegance and Ralph Kylloe’s Rustic Living. A foremost authority on rustic design and furnishings, Ralph Kylloe chose for this book his most inspiring images from twenty years of photographing mountain retreats across America. Richly layered images of living rooms, kitchens, dining rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, and recreation rooms are a springboard for cabin planning and vacation dreaming.
Download or read book Judy Martin s Log Cabin Quilt Book written by Judy Martin and published by C&t Publishing / Crosley-Griffith. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judy Martin's Log Cabin Quilt Book provides 16 complete patterns for that all-time favorite quilt design, the Log Cabin. 15 of the patterns are new and original from the fertile mind of Judy Martin. She also provides 1 traditional pattern for those who want to start with the basics before moving on to more interesting variations. Chapters cover everything you will ever need to know about Log Cabins, including fabric selection, sets, keeping track of the logs, machine piecing, borders, quilting, binding, and individualizing your quilt. This lavishly illustrated volume is Judy Martin's 19th book on quilting, her 2nd devoted to Log Cabins. She has designed more original patterns than anyone in history.
Download or read book Hands on Log Homes written by Arthur Thiede and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 1998 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This third book by popular log-home authors Cindy Thiede and Art Thiede brings the scale of log homes back to practical reality. It features owner-built homes, recycled log homes, and historical renovations. The Thiedes also show some stunning examples of personal details that make a home stand out. In addition, log builder Art Thiede lead teh reader through the steps of designing and constructing a small log building. Filled with exceptional color photographs of log homes that reflect the personalities and lifestyles of their owners, Hands-on Log Homes tells of people with extraordinary stories of determination and purpose. Most of them had regular jobs and regular incomes, but for many, a handcrafted log home would not have been financially possible without the generous infusion of their own sweat equity. For others, taking on a house-building project with logs was the opportunity to challenge their own resourcefulness, vent powerful creative energy, and say loud and clear, "Yes, I can!" Cindy Thiede and her husband, Art Thiede, have spent almost twenty years photographing and writing about log-home architecture in the United States. Not only have the couple designed, built, and recycled log homes for themselves and other clients, but they have crisscrossed the country three times over in their efforts to study and document the architectural legacy of logs.
Download or read book The Log Cabin An Illustrated History written by Andrew Belonsky and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2017-11-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A stunning, image-driven examination of the "uniquely American symbol of home and hearth” —BuzzFeed (Books Gift Guide) "Lavishly illustrated, this book by a Cincinnati native tells the story of America through its iconic structure — the log cabin. In lively prose," —Columbus Dispatch "The perfect holiday gift for grown-ups who graduated past Lincoln Logs," —Mother News Network Like a wooden security blanket that Americans reach for when times get tough, the log cabin has endured as a uniquely American symbol of home and hearth. This strain of cabin fever is no fleeting trend: It has struck at regular intervals since the early 1900s, when log cabin vacations first became an option for an increasingly mobile America. Now the cozy cabin aesthetic is found, like a collective fantasy, in every corner of our national culture. But how did it all begin? This is an image-driven history of log cabins in America. Exploring the log cabin’s hidden past, this book draws on colonial diaries and journalistic accounts, as well as paintings, illustrations, and graphics to show how the log cabin—once derided as a poor immigrant’s hovel—became an American institution and a modern ambition. Bursting with quirk, charm, and fascinating trivia, The Log Cabin is the perfect companion for cabin dwellers, vacationers, and daydreamers alike.
Download or read book The Complete Guide to Log Homes written by Clyde H. Cremer and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's a classic American dream: a beautiful log home nestled in the woods, standing proudly on a mountaintop, poised on a hillside, or serenely overlooking a sparkling lake or stream. With walls that beautifully blend the art of nature with the hand of human labor, no other kind of dwelling so poetically expresses the pioneering, self-sufficient spirit that made this nation great. If you're looking to make this dream a reality, let seasoned professionals Clyde Cremer and Jeffrey Cremer help you navigate the often puzzling maze of buying and building a log home. With this indispensable guide, Clyde and Jeffrey advise you on every aspect of the process, from idea stage to completed project, and explains how to choose the right style of home to fit your budget and site selection. They also cover such topics as: Types of wood used for log cabins Energy efficiency Estimating costs Construction concerns Log home maintenance And much more! The Complete Guide to Log Homes gives you all the information you need to make an informed, educated decision on buying or building a log home. Take the first step today toward having the home of your dreams! The Complete Guide to Log Homes
Download or read book How to Build and Furnish a Log Cabin written by W. Ben Hunt and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1991-01-16 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: W. Ben Hunt's classic has earned a reputation as the" authentic handbook since it was first published in 1939. Updated in 1974, it remains the only step-by-step guide to building log cabins and log furniture -- pioneer style."
Download or read book How to Build This Log Cabin for 3 000 written by John McPherson and published by McPherson. This book was released on 1999 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Make a Quilt in a Day written by Eleanor Burns and published by Quilt in a Day.. This book was released on 2000-01-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how to make a log cabin pattern quilt in less than sixteen hours.
Download or read book Log Cabins written by Janice Brewster and published by Friedman/Fairfax Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a photographic tour of the most popular periods and fashions in interior design and architecture. Each book features the insights of an expert design writer and numerous fine examples of a particular style's architectural elements, period and geographic facets, and distinguishing decorative flourishes. Stunning photography showcases both exterior and interior details to give readers a full understanding of each style. Informative and inspiring, this series presents design writing at its best. A must-have for home design enthusiasts!
Download or read book Log Cabins written by William S. Wicks and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2011-02-08 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic guide to building wooden structures covers everything from a simple lean-to to impressive Adirondack cabins and details location scouting and preparation, building materials, ceilings and floors, chimneys and fireplaces and everything else. Reprint.
Download or read book Building With Logs Legacy Edition written by U. S. Forest Service and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-14 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This deluxe unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of Building With Logs is full of old-time tips and methods from the forest experts on how to build log cabins, shelters, houses, and buildings with the natural materials from the woods.
Download or read book How to Build Your Own Log Home Cabin from Scratch written by S. Blackwell Duncan and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Log Construction Manual written by Robert Wood Chambers and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guide to building your own handcrafted log home including how to take naturally-shaped, tapered, round logs and scribe-fit them one to another so they look like they actually grew together in the forest. This book has information on the Log Selection Rules and the author's method for choosing which log to use next. There are also instructions for building hip and valley log rafters and roof trusses from full-round logs, how to cut state-of-the-art compression-fit saddle notches, and how to use underscribing to keep fits tight over time, along with step-by-step directions for laying out the sill logs for virtually any floor plans including hexagons, prows, etc. and advice on scribing and cutting long grooves and corner notches.
Download or read book Log Cabins written by William Anderson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-24 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A log cabin is a less sophisticated dwelling structure made of logs. Log cabins have a long history in both the United States and Europe. In the United States log cabins where the first generation homes built by settlers from Europe and other countries who came to the country in search of a new life. Today with the availability of tall pines and other tall trunk trees, a family can easily erect a log cabin from scratch in a matter of days. With the right tools, a log cabin can easily be erected in any weather because it does not involve any form of chemical reactions. Because of this, many people are opting to build log cabins as their leisure homes. The modern log cabins look a little bit different from their traditional counterparts as they are built with fiberglass insulation and a host of other furnishings that make them more stylish and comfortable. In this book you will find information on: - Materials and tools you need to build a log cabin - Log cabin foundations - Building the log cabin walls - Building roof and flooring - Insulating your log Cabin - Weatherproofing you log cabin - Maintenance of your log cabin and much more!
Download or read book A Log Cabin Christmas Collection written by Wanda E. Brunstetter and published by Thorndike Press Large Print. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times BestsellerExperience Christmas through the eyes of settlers who relied on cabins built from trees on their own land to see them through the cruel winter. Discover how those shelters became homes in which faith, hope, and love flourished. Marvel at the blessings of Christmas celebrated without modern commercialism. And treasure nine Christmas romances penned by some of Christian fiction's bestselling authors.
