Download or read book Inside Log Homes written by Cindy Teipner Thiede and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2000 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peek through doors into hundreds of uniquely styled and personally appointed spaces. Sometimes comfortably familiar, other times surprisingly unexpected, each room in Inside Log Homes plants seeds of possibilities for visions of home and hearth. From the biggest notions of carefully styled rooms, to the smaller delights of accessorizing, this book offers suggestions for the intensely personal and expressive world of log cabin living. Even those who may never own a log home will find inspiration in these insights of homeowners and professional decorators.
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 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 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 Small Log Homes written by Robbin Obomsawin and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2001 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Complete Guide to Building Log Homes written by Monte Burch and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 1990 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses floor plans, building lots, log styles, joinery, log house building techniques, insulation, and alternative energy sources.
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 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 The Southern Rustic Cabin written by Emily J. Followill and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the beauty, tradition, and stylish renovation of rustic mountain homes across the Southern Appalachians in this gorgeously photographed book. The cool, wooded mountains of the South are dotted with log cabins, each with its own rich history and aesthetic charm. In The Southern Rustic Cabin, photographer Emily Followill captures the rugged beauty and unique personality of thirteen mountain homes located across Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, and Virginia. The homeowners have lovingly preserved the age-old qualities of their cabins while renovating, revitalizing, and redecorating them to support modern living and reflect their personal style. Alongside her stunning photography of interiors and exteriors, Followill tells the story of how each cabin and owner came together; as the owners changed their cabins, the cabins invariably changed the owners as well.
Download or read book Building the Alaska Log Home written by Tom Walker and published by Alaska Northwest Books. This book was released on 1984 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pt. I consists of a step-by-step guide to constructing a log cabin including tools, site selection, foundations, joining techniques etc. Pt. II outlines the history of log building in Alaska.
Download or read book The Log Home Maintenance Guide A Field Guide for Identifying Preventing and Solving Problems written by Gary Schroeder and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2013-05-06 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to diagnosing and repairing the unique maintenance issued faced by log home owners.
Download or read book Sheds written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated step-by-step to building sheds.
Download or read book American Log Homes written by Arthur Thiede and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 1986 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today log homes enjoy a new wave of popularity, and this book picks up on this trend. First published in hardcover 1986, it has sold more than 50,000 copies. Now in an affordable paperback edition with updated lists of designers and builders, it is a valuable resource for anyone interested in owning a log home. 214 photographs and 24 houseplans.
Download or read book Log Houses of the World written by Richard Olsen and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first-ever chronological survey of the greatest examples of log houses designed in Europe and the United States includes photographs, plans, and little-known drawings from such celebrated Modern-era architects as Eliel Saarinen, Adolf Loos, Le Corbusier, Richard Neutra, and others.
Download or read book Log Home Care and Maintenance written by Jim Davis and published by Lyons Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to log home maintenance for the homeowner.
Download or read book Establishing and Growing Your Business written by Wayne Bell and published by . This book was released on 2013-11-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This business guide serves to help log home services contractors and applicators establish a new business or grow their existing operation by understanding business structure, planning, management, pricing, and legal concerns. This book is addresses business concerns of the log home services contractor but the lessons are applicable by any form of service contractor.
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:
