The cabin : inspiration for the classic American getaway

The cabin Inspiration for the classic American getaway

Dale Mulfinger, 1943-

Book - 2001

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Subjects
Log cabins.
Vacation homes.
Published
Newtown, CT : Taunton Press [2001]
Language
English
Main Author
Dale Mulfinger, 1943- (-)
Other Authors
Susan E. (Susan Elizabeth) Davis, 1942- (-)
Physical Description
250 pages : illustrations
ISBN
9781561583928
  • Introduction
  • For the Love of Cabins
  • The Rustic Cabin
  • Start with a Life-Size Model Minnesota
  • The Community Cabin Minnesota
  • A Family Tradition Wisconsin
  • A Cabin of a Different Stripe Missouri
  • Steps up a Hillside Wisconsin
  • Big at Heart Minnesota
  • Maintaining Integrity New York
  • Rustic Oasis Missouri
  • A Chain of Perfect Cabins Minnesota
  • The Transformed Cabin
  • Tobacco Barn to Log Cabin Virginia
  • A Clever Conversion Massachusetts
  • Reviving a Ghost Town Montana
  • An Odd Couple New York
  • Rescuing a Heritage North Carolina
  • The Traditional Cabin
  • Ties to the Land Washington
  • Log Cabin with a View Montana
  • More than the Sum of Its Parts Washington
  • Do-It-Yourself from a Kit Washington
  • Cabin out Back New York
  • Paradise on a Budget Washington
  • Wilderness Wonderland Montana
  • The Better to See the Water Washington
  • Like Living on a Yacht New York
  • All You Really Need Wisconsin
  • Planning a Community Oregon
  • A Better Place to Enjoy Nature Atlantic Coast
  • An Interim Strategy Maine
  • The Modern Cabin
  • Rocky Mountain Retreat Colorado
  • Fresh Take on the Log Cabin Montana
  • Just for the Fun of It Wisconsin
  • Academic Freedom Minnesota
  • Contemporary Dogtrot Louisiana
  • A Cabin as Ship Nova Scotia
  • In Nature and of Nature Wisconsin
  • The Call of Loons and Ospreys Minnesota
  • Floating on a Wisconsin Prairie Wisconsin
  • A Salute to Frank Lloyd Wright Montana
  • Credits
Review by Booklist Review

The broad spectrum of cabins showcased here, from a one-room rustic to an all-glass Wisconsin aerie, is almost seductive enough to surrender to country-wilderness living. Mulfinger and Davis have done an exemplary job of building the emotional case for cabins--beautiful settings, simple shelter, and at-home feelings. More than 30 basic (and not-so-basic) homes are documented, with photographs, overhead blueprints, and sidebars about specific intricacies. Watch out, Abraham Lincoln, for the new generation of "gimme shelter." Barbara Jacobs

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Review by Library Journal Review

These two books are fine additions to the literature of architecture and building from Taunton Press, best known for the magazines Fine Woodworking and Fine Homebuilding. In an introduction and six chapters, Obolensky, who collaborated with Sarah Susanka on The Not So Large House, presents 52 garages, from basic to elaborate. Various styles and purposes are illustrated, including workshops, hobby shops, living spaces, and parking spaces. The extraordinary photography that accompanies the precise text brings the glory of the "Garage Mahal" to life. The result is whimsical in tone yet serious in design and execution detail. Architect Mulfinger and writer/editor Davis accomplish much the same for the cabin. In four chapters "Rustic," "Transformed," "Traditional," and "Modern" they present 36 cabins from across the United States. In addition to exterior and interior photographs, colored renderings of site plans are included where needed. The authors also emphasize the importance of mood and environment. While this book is a bit more serious than Garage, the joy in the discovery of great design operates strongly here as well. These extraordinarily well-produced books are enthusiastically recommended, particularly in communities strong in second-home construction. Alex Hartmann, Williamsport, PA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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