| Autore |
Meinecke Conrad <1883-1971, >
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| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
New York, New York : , : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, , [2016]
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (243 pages)
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| Disciplina |
690.837
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| Collana |
Classic Outdoors
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| Soggetto topico |
Log cabins - Design and construction
Architecture, Domestic
Outdoor life
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| ISBN |
0-316-39549-8
0-316-43279-2
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Title Page -- Welcome -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Lifting the Latch -- Your Cabin in the Woods -- Start Making Notes -- Plan Wisely and You Plan for the Future -- Who Knows? This May Be Your Future Home -- A Cure for Restlessness -- One Room or Seven? -- The Family Camp-Summer and Winter -- The Guest Tent for Two -- Our Window Picture Frame -- Cabin Composition -- One-Room Cabin -- Two-Room Cabin (with Storm Porch and Toilet Room) -- Four-Room Cabin (with Kitchen and Storeroom) -- The Amateur Architect -- Let's Go to Work -- Cabin Tools-Keep 'em Sharp -- Nails -- Building Rules You May Not Violate -- Land Cost -- Cabin Cost -- Logs for Your Cabin -- Tie Your Cabin Together -- Notching Your Logs -- Cabin Detail -- Windows, Doors, and Gables -- Drainage and Grading -- Upper and Lower Bunks Converted into Couches -- Painting and Preservatives -- Chinking -- Indoor Fire -- Fireplace Magic -- Fireplaces Successfully Built by the Novice -- Tricks of the Trade -- Running Hot and Cold Water -- Waste: Johnnies and Incinerators -- Beautifying Your Cabin -- Lamps, Lighting, and Illumination -- Rustic Furniture -- Storm Doors -- Trick Door with Secret Lock -- Trim Plate Decoration -- Wooden-Peg Coat Hangers -- Skylight -- Natural Icebox Cooler -- The Frame House -- Flagstone Floors -- Steppingstones -- Personality Plus -- Landscaping Your Cabin Setting -- Your Flagpole -- Sign Posts and Trail Markers -- Let Mother Nature Be Your Gardener -- Shrubs, Trees, and Reforestation -- Your Treasure Chest -- Sugarin' -- "Tune In" on the Birds -- Gateways, Guardrails, Fences, and Friendliness -- Friendly Trails -- Springs -- Your Family Camp on Wheels -- Outdoor Fires and Cooking -- Make It Attractive -- Outdoor Cookery in the Garden Fireplace -- Picnic a la "Cart" -- Great Out Doors -- Security: The North Woods -- Experience -- Weather Wise.
Night Enchantment -- The Bursting Splendor of Sunrise -- Woodland Sounds -- When the Snow Is Deep -- Friendliness -- Approval -- The Latchstring Is Out -- About the Author -- Newsletters -- Table of Contents -- Copyright.
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910154317303321 |
Info
The log cabin book : a complete builder's guide to small homes and shelters / / Oliver Kemp, illustrations by the author
