Hands-on Log Homes: Cabins Built on Dreams - Hardcover

Arthur Thiede; Cindy Thiede

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0879058056 ISBN 13: 9780879058050

Publisher: Gibbs Smith, 2000

Synopsis

This third book by popular log-home authors Cindy Thiede and Arthur Thiede brings the scale of log homes back to practical reality. Included are chapters on owner-built homes, recycled log homes, and historical restorations. A chapter on details gives some stunning examples of personal touches that make a home stand out. In addition, log builder Arthur Thiede leads us through the steps of 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 real people with extraordinary stories of determination and purpose.

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From the Back Cover:

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.

From the Inside Flap:

Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Back to Basics Hands-on Houses Second Time Around Handmade Originals It's in the Details The Design and Construction of a Small Log Building Resource Directory

About this edition

• Publisher: Gibbs Smith
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0879058056
• ISBN 13: 9780879058050
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192