Customer Reviews

Cabin in the Woods

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Wow! I loved this book. The pictures are the best yet in a Kylloe book. The architecture captured therein is amazing! I have thoroughly enjoyed seeing the evolution of rustic architecture and the speed with which it is developing, just by perusing Ralph Kylloe's books over the last several years.

First, a note about the dimensions of the book itself. It is only about half the size of previous Kylloe works. His books are usually the size of coffee table tomes, but this one is much more manageably small, and I have found myself pulling it out and looking at it much more.

My favorite cabin in this book is the Copper Cabin. I have seen this cabin featured in two magazine articles and was impressed the first time I saw it reviewed. But the photography used in Cabin in the Woods to highlight this cabin is breathtaking. It is a small cabin, and in my favorite picture, Kylloe shows it overlooking a Montana mountain range. This particular effect highlighted the beauty of the design while also setting it perfectly within the Yellowstone Club in Montana where the cabin is located.

Great book, Mr. Kylloe! I hope there are still more ideas in your head yearning to be published!!!

If you think this book is about cabins in the woods-DON'T BUY IT. There are no cabins here: this book glorifies those over-the-top multi-million dollar excrescences (Webster: an abnormal outgrowth) oh-so-tastefully hidden in the formerly pristine backcountry of the west. It might more accurately be titled "Monstrous, Extravagant Log Structures in the Western Wayback" . All the photographs seem to attempt a warm, fireside light, but achieve a yellowish-red that obscures detail. I have lived in an honest 1854 Texas log cabin for 11 years, and it has little in common with what folks in our ordinary world might consider the habitations of an alien life form. Having said that, it could be a 'dream book' for a certain type of reader to place on the coffee table. I had hoped for something relevant to cabins, with photographs of cabin-sized rooms and clever use of space. Mr. Kylloe does make pretty books, though.

Will someone please beat this man with a stick and take away his yellow filter and indian blankets. All the outdoor photo's are very nice and clear. All the interior shots would leave one to believe every cabin or rustic home is lit by yellow lamps, and has a colorfull blanket draped in every room. Enough already. I have all his books and do enjoy the homes and cabins, but am sick of his constant use of yellow filters. Like having to much cleavage showing, no one wants to tell that person. Someone please tell this man his yellow cleavage is showing. Without the filter his book deserves a 5.

Many thanks for stocking Cabin In The Woods. Amazon has it together as buyers can find books and music CDs to match or dreams. Author Ralph Kylloe has done it again for us dreaming of a rustic cabin hide away in the woods. The photos in the book are great as you get to see how others designed and furnished their cabin hide aways. The key to Kylloe's books is that he foucuses on the rustic wonders of living in a cabin. He's also an expert in natural furniture that goes so well in these rustic cabin settings. Keep up the good work Amazon. Your the greatest.

I'm giving this book two stars mainly for the photos. They are very nice photos but they tell of homes that are not what the title of the book suggests. "Cabin in the Woods" should have been titled " Mountain Homes For The Wealthy". It is more of a very formal brochure for wealthy clients who are looking to build architecturally designed mountain homes to give them some ideas for their million plus dollar homes. Several of these homes are on the prairies of Montana where there are no woods around for miles. To be fair, there were one or two examples that might have come close to what depicts a cabin but were considered weekend retreats and were built or added on to with original old buildings. Those who live in these homes would not be found near what a real cabin is. I am sending my book back because for the most part, it really has nothing to do with cabins, in the woods or anywhere else.

Visually stunning tour of wilderness get away's. The selection was excellent. One can only dream about owning any of these cabins.

Great book and just what I was looking for- great text and inspiring pictures! Very well-written. An all-over wonderful book.