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Picture this: It's the end of another long week - meetings, traffic, deadlines, stress. You leave work and set off into the night, where your troubles soon fade to nothing. Because when you take that final right turn down that narrow moonlit trail, the sweetest little cabin in the world sits waiting only for you.
Nuzzled between water and woods, earth and sky, it's your own private hideaway. Better than medicine.
But to build your way there, you need a guide. In Cabinology, architect and cabinologist Dale Mulfinger leads you through that journey and shares great stories from cabin lovers across the country along with insights into the process of creating a hideaway that's uniquely yours. Happy trails.
When the stress of daily life starts to get to you, often just the thought of a quiet, sylvan getaway is enough to make you feel better. Imagine making that thought a reality by building your own private cabin somewhere off the beaten path. A welcoming retreat where you can escape, relax and savor the timeless moments in peace.
Wouldn't life be a whole lot better if somewhere out in the wild woody yonder sat a snug little cabin with your name on the mailbox? You know it would. If you have a cabin dream, this book is your ticket to making it real. With Cabinology as your map and architect and official cabinologist Dale Mulfinger as your guide, you'll know the best way to approach every decision - from choosing a site for a new cabin, to remodeling an old one, to getting exactly the right fireplace for melting away all that ails you.
Cabinology doesn't just guide you, it keeps you inspired. Throughout are photos of cabins small and large, great details and design tips, stories from cabin owners around the country, and clever insights into getting a cabin of your own.
From the Introduction
Cabins can exist for us in two ways. They're places we visit in person every time we get the chance. And for some of us, they're places we visit only in spirit, where we mentally take ourselves during a boring business meeting or whenever the modern world seems too encroaching.
Transcending the cabin in your mind to the reality of your own, very real cabin plopped down on your own little slice of heaven is what Cabinology is all about. This book of all things "cabin" will help you mold your dreams into the reality of that glowing fireplace, that predawn aroma of freshly brewed coffee, and to the pitter-patter of your loved one just rousing overhead in the loft.
It's not that you simply want a cabin. You need a cabin to bring some balance into your life, to recharge those rundown batteries, to cleanse the soul, to reconnect to nature. Your cabin is a realm of tranquility where sleeping in is not just reserved for Sunday morning, and where a good book and an Adirondack chair are an afternoon's marriage.
Cabins contrast the vast world outside with the intimate world within. Unlike in our suburban world, the world of the cabin is a place where modesty and charm outweigh size and grandeur, while simplicity and flexibility outshine the sophisticated and complicated.
We go to the cabin to get away from phones, television, computers, and other symbols of our interconnected world. At the cabin we will have time to complete a jigsaw puzzle with Aunt Betty or spend a slow yet memorable afternoon fishing with Uncle Bob.
Privacy will go out the same window that a fresh summer breeze comes in. The larder will have to store the essential ingredients for s'mores. And you can leave that recipe for Chateaubriand back in the city.
About the Author
Minnesota architect and cabinologist Dale Mulfinger has designed cabins all over North America. He teaches a class on cabin design at the University of Minnesota School of Architecture. He is the author of the best-selling The Cabin, published by Taunton.
Table of Contents
Introduction. Chapter 1: The Cabin in Your Mind. Chapter 2: Cabinology 101. Chapter 3: Making the Cabin Your Own. Chapter 4: The Master Plan. Chapter 5: Assembly Required. Chapter 6: God is in the Details. Credits. Index. |
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