Small Log Homes: Storybook Plans and Advice |  | Author: Robbin Obomsawin
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 96
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 8 x 0.8
ISBN: 1586850431
Dewey Decimal Number: 728.73
UPC: 082552004316
EAN: 9781586850432
ASIN: 1586850431
Publication Date: May 5, 2001
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Product Description
Whether youre planning a starter home or a lifelong retreat, Small Log Homes is an indispensable idea book for planning, building, and outfitting your cabin in the woods or on the prairie. Lush photographs show how log-home owners, builders, and contractors around the country have achieved the richness and warmth of cabin living within the bounds of economy and space management. And all without feeling cramped or hamstrung. For more information about log home building please visit the Author's Website.
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 Affordable and attainable log homes January 4, 2003
32 out of 34 found this review helpful
This book is for the log home dreamers and offers affordable and attainable log home plans. These are not your multi million dollar mansions featured in popular log home magazines but homes that can and are built for the average homeowner with a desire to live in a log home. Very interesting book with information on chosing a plan for a log home as well as plans that can be purchased.
Log Cabin Storybook March 31, 2003
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
This book is aptly second titled a "storybook" - it is the stuff of fantasies - far removed from today's "cut and stack" modern log cabin building. The pictures and design ideas are beautiful. Well worth the time and money. A must read for small log cabin would-be owners.
Concise, to the point August 2, 2003
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
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 and a nice selection of floor plans. A good working tool if you are considering a log home in your future.
General Overview of Log Homes May 17, 2007
alleycat (USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is a nice little overview of small log homes. It's not meant to be a "how to" manual, or provide detailed information. It's just a starter for those dreaming of building a log home.
Some of the positives are that the book itself is high-quality, the photos are very good for the most part, and it does provide enough information to help determine if a log home really is for you. Some of the negatives for me are the photos are unrelated (there will be photos of the exterior of two log homes, followed by a photo of a kitchen, followed by a photo of a porch, followed by a photo of another kitchen . . . interspersed with text that may or may not have anything to do with the photos shown); I would have preferred groups of photos of one home at a time so I could understand the house better. And the plans and elevations at the back of the book are "stand-alones" for the most part; they are unrelated to the photos shown earlier in the book. It would have been nice to have plans and photos of homes actually built.
It's a nice "starter" book, so I gave it four stars. For me personally, I would have given it three stars for its usefulness.
Good Reference for Building First Log Home August 18, 2007
Robert Webster (Argentina)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is a great reference for the first time log home buyer. Many links to take you down other paths. Robbin outlines a few things that many new buyers should look out for in a compact way. There are also several nice photgraphs that will add to your idea database. The floor plans in the back of the book are great general floor plans to start and modify in your own way. I nearly used the entire book to plan my cabin project. Many thanks to Robbin for a great reference.
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