Log House Plans, Log Home Idea Books, Rustic Cabins & Country Cottages

The Cabin: Inspiration for the Classic American Getaway Cabins: A Guide to Building Your Own Nature Retreat The Log Home Plan Book The New Cottage Home Building the Alaska Log Home Hands-On Log Homes Timber-Frame Home Log Homes Made Easy

• The Cabin: Inspiration for the Classic American Getaway
  - by Dale Mulfinger, Susan E. Davis
  Presents 52 garages, from basic to elaborate. Various styles & purposes are illustrated, including workshops, hobby shops, living spaces, & 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.



• Cabins: A Guide to Building Your Own Nature Retreat
  - by David R. Stiles, Jeanie Stiles, Don Metz
  Give readers all the information they need to build their own cabins whether it be as a wilderness retreat or a backyard studio. The authors describe each step in the process from buying land to obtaining services, from finding qualified construction help to deciding on & developing plans for a structure that suits their lifestyle & budget.



• The Log Home Plan Book
  - by Heather Mehra-Pederson, Cindy Teipner Thiede
  More than just renderings, each floor plan is illustrated with beautiful color photographs of the landscaped exterior & fully styled interior. Weaving pictures & plans together are valuable information, advice, & planning tips from the people who design & build log homes.



• Log House Plans
  - by B. Allan MacKie
  Designs range from a 432 square-foot guesthouse through a 1,140 square-foot cabin (that began as a ski lodge and eventually became Mackie's home) to a 3,300 square-foot masterpiece that contains a sauna & swimming pool.
• Small Log Homes: Storybook Plans and Advice
  - by Robbin Obomsawin
  A good, usable well-illustrated book for the everyday person..the middle class "dreamer". Not focused on millionare showplaces, but homes for the average family, homes under 2500 sq ft. Cozy photos & a nice selection of floor plans. A good working tool if you are considering a log home in your future.



• Building With Logs
  - by B. Allan MacKie
  This classic is still considered the best book ever written on making a full sized log home. This enlarged eighth edition, revised in 1997, is filled with numerous major construction improvements, & clearly shows the novice & experienced log builder how to select logs, plan both the site & financing, & then build a handsome log structure from the foundation to the ridge cap.



• Notches of All Kinds: A Book of Timber Joinery
  - by B. Allan MacKie
  Clear instructions & profuse illustrations & drawings make this a completely detailed manual for the log builder.



• Cabin Fever: Rustic Style Comes Home
  - by Rachel Carley
  Excellent book with great pirctures of rustic rooms & homes with Great decorating ideas!



• Cottage Style
  - by Denise L. Caringer
  Covers the history of cottages as they evolved from serfs' homes in England to the Cape Cod style in the United States & on into the 20th century. The main purpose is to show how contemporary architects, using modern design techniques, have developed the cottage style for contemporary living. Architects, interior designers, & students will find this book especially useful for its last chapter on designing a cottage home.



• Rustic Style - by Ralph Kylloe (Photographer)



• Adirondack Style
  - by Ann S. O'Leary, Gary R. Hall
  Provides an overview of this distinctive area & the original owners & builders of the Great Camps. More than 200 full-color & historical black-and-white photographs highlight all the elements unique to this style, from exterior stonework & twig filligree to interior fabrics & wall decor.



• The Complete Guide to Log and Cedar Homes: All About Buying, Building, Decorating, and Furnishing Log, Cedar, and Post & Beam Homes - by Gary D. Branson



• American Log Homes - by Arthur Thiede, Cindy Teipner



• Inside Log Homes: The Art and Spirit of Home Planning and Decor
  - by Cindy Teipner Thiede
  Loved all the idea's & variety this book provided. For anyone planning an adventure in log home construction & living, this book is a true inspiration. Thanks for access to so many creative expressions by homeowners & builders, & for another wonderful log home experience.



• The Log Home Book: Design, Past and Present - by Arthur Thiede, Cindy Teipner, Jonathan Stoke (Photographer)



• Hands-On Log Homes
  - by Cindy Teipner Thiede, Art Thiede, Jeff Walling
  This is a true collection of extraordinary homes that bring to life the uniqueness of their creators. These homes span the breadth of America & the book does an outstanding capturing the different styles which represent the individual characteristics throughout this multifarious geography.



• Log Cabins (Architecture and Design Library) - by Janice Brewster



• Log Spirit - by Linda Arms White



• Sheds: The Do-It-Yourself Guide for Backyard Builders
  - by David R. Stiles
  Packed with detailed illustrations, plans, commonsense advice & an inspiring selection of color photographs, Sheds is like having a consultant at your side as you work. Whether you are an average amateur builder or an ambitious expert, this book has something for you.



• Building Great Sheds - by Danielle Truscott, Barry Hamel



• Backroad Home: Simple Country Designs of Cottages, Cabins, Barns, Stables, Garages and Garden Sheds with Sources for Blueprints, Kits, Building Accessories, Catalogs and Guide Books
  - by Donald J. Berg
  Sourcebook & guide to the best small, simple, inexpensive & easy-to-maintain country homes. Seventeen of America's best country architects & designers contributed 86 plans of vernacular-style cottages, cabins, backyard barns, garages & garden sheds.



• How to Build Small Barns & Outbuildings
  - by Monte Burch
  Monte Burch takes readers step by step through the fundamentals of general construction, from planning & laying out a site to do-it-yourself instructions on framing, roofing, wiring, plumbing, & much more.



• How to Build and Furnish a Log Cabin: The Easy, Natural Way Using Only Hand Tools and the Woods Around You - by W. Ben Hunt



• How To Build This Log Cabin for $3,000
  - by John McPherson
  Step by step "how-to" on the construction of a log cabin profusely illustrated with over 300 photographs plus several line drawings. This book was written & designed for the "average" person who has the desire to build a log cabin but not much knowledge.



• Low-Cost Pole Building Construction
  - by Doug. Merrilees, Ralph Wolfe
  This one-of-a-kind book will save you money, labor, time, & materials in building a small home, barn, or other structure.



• Practical Pole Building Construction: With Plans for Barns, Cabins, & Outbuildings
  - by Leigh Seddon, Susan Williamson
  Seddon covers the logic of pole building & then gives straightforward instruction on how to do it, with lots of clear drawings & photographs. Included are design, materials, calculating loads, foundations, framing and jointry, roofing & siding, windows & doors, building plans, & an appendix that shows how to calculate sun angles, snow loads, compares insulations, gives recommended nailing schedules, & several other useful items.



• Monte Burch's Pole Building Projects: Over 25 Low-Cost Plans
  - by Monte Burch
  This book is great. It has thorough, easy to follow instructions for various pole buildings, & free plans! Excellent for first-timers or experienced builders. Great reference!



• Complete Guide to Building Log Homes
  - by Monte Burch, Richard J. Meyer, Lloyd P. Birmingham
  From buying land & drawing floor plans to choosing log styles & joinery, every phase of construction is covered in over 800 photos & drawings with complete how-to instructions.



• The Cottage Book - by Richard Sexton



• The New Cottage Home
  - by Jim Tolpin
  Covers the history of cottages as they evolved from serfs' homes in England to the Cape Cod style in the United States & on into the 20th century. The main purpose is to show how contemporary architects, using modern design techniques, have developed the cottage style for contemporary living.



• Better Homes and Gardens Second Home - Better Homes and Gardens Editors