How to Build Cabins, Lodges, and Bungalows (eBook)

Complete Manual of Constructing, Decorating, and Furnishing Homes for Recreation or Profit

Popular Science Monthly (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
256 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-62873-882-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Many generations ago, the cabin was the backbone of American life; it was the headquarters of that important unitthe home. It provided shelter, protection, and a foundation upon which to build a great empire. The pioneer cabin, understandably, was a necessity.Even in today's modern and complex world, many people still reside in cabins built to withstand permanent housing. In addition, cabins that serve as hunting and fishing lodges, summer cottages, and bungalows are seen as recreational luxuries. Cabins are healthy investmentswhen built correctly and cared for continuously, that is.Originally published in 1934, How to Build Cabins, Lodges, and Bungalows is both a historical and practical text that offers step-by-step instructions on how to build these structures and their various components: doors, windows, shutters, fireplaces, chimneys, porches, and more.In addition to shedding light on how cabins, lodges, bungalowsand even wayside stands and tourist homesare built, the editors of Popular Science Monthly also included ideas for furnishing and decorating the finished homes and lodges, along with suggested lands on which to build them and tips on how to finance them.

Autor

Popular Science Monthly was founded in 1872 by Edward L. Youmans, who wished to produce content rich in science that the layperson could read and understand. Early contributors to the publication included Charles Darwin, Louis Pasteur, Thomas Edison, and Thomas Henry Huxley.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.1.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Hausbau / Einrichten / Renovieren
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• Schlagworte: 1000 square • appreciates • begin planning • blueprints • books on building plans • books on gray waters • books on home designs • books on water powers books on h • builders • build experience • Building code • building experience • building plans • building process tiny house • burning stove • cabin building • clerestory • Compact • composting toilets • Considerations • Contractor • Cottages • creative designs • Design concept • Design ideas • Designing • Downsizing • drawn picture • energy efficient • Energy-Efficient • fireplaces • floorplans • Floor plans • footprint • Furniture • getaway • gray water • GRID • hand drawn • Heating • Home Design • house plans • Layouts • Living space • local building • log cabins • log homes • Logs • mcmansion • Modular • modules • Off-grid • off-the-grid • options • ranch houses • Roofing • rustic cabin • save ideas • saving ideas • shipping containers • shooting range • Small Homes • social connection • Solar power • Spaces • spends copious • sq ft • square feet • square footage • star category • stiles • Storage • Structures • tiny home • true wilderness • Water power • wood burning • wood stoves
• ISBN-10: 1-62873-882-0 / 1628738820
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62873-882-7 / 9781628738827