Cabinology: A Handbook to Your Private Hideaway [Hardcover]

Dale Mulfinger (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 7, 2008

Wouldn't life be a whole lot better if somewhere out in the wild woody yonder sat a snug little cabin with your name on the mailbox? You know it would. If you have a cabin dream, this book is your ticket to making it real. With Cabinology as your map and architect and cabinologist Dale Mulfinger as your guide, you'll know the best way to approach every decision, from choosing a site for a new cabin, to remodeling an old one, to getting exactly the right fireplace for melting away all that ails you. Cabinology doesn't just guide you, it keeps you inspired. Throughout are photos of cabins small and large, great details and design tips, stories from other cabin owners around the country, and clever insights into getting a cabin of your own.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Hark back to the basics and discover 37 unique cabins across the country.... All are so inviting, you'll want to grab the marshmallows and head to the woods."

About the Author

Dale Mulfinger is a principle of SALA Architects Inc., of Minneapolis, Stillwater, and Excelsior, Minnesota. He is an adjunct architecture professor at the University of Minnesota, where he teaches a class on cabin design. Mulfinger has designed homes and cabins throughout North and South America and is the author of The Cabin (The Taunton Press, 2001).

Product Details

• Hardcover: 250 pages
• Publisher: Taunton Press (October 7, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561589489
• ISBN-13: 978-1561589487
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #107,227 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #30 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > How-to & Home Improvements > Home Design > House Plans

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly interesting and informative, December 8, 2008

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Stephen F. Culpepper "OldVirginia" (Connecticut) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cabinology: A Handbook to Your Private Hideaway (Hardcover)

I loved Dale Mulfinger's The Cabin with its great assembly of cabins in every style and price range. And Cabinology is the perfect sequel -- it gives you the examples but also tells you how to achieve a cabin for yourself. Whether you have land and money or yet just a dream, Cabinology delivers a huge value. Wonderful photographs, illustrations, to-the-point "cabiny" quotations, and interesting first-person Cabin Stories from happy cabin owners -- or just cabin lovers -- all across North America.

If you really want a cabin of your own, or are just content with the dream, get Cabinology. The name says it all.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars wonderful book, April 14, 2009

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jimmyboots (Northern Minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cabinology: A Handbook to Your Private Hideaway (Hardcover)

This is a great companion to Mulfinger's "The Cabin" book. This book has wonderful photos and sketches that detail a variety of cabin ideas and designs. Good tips for the planning and layout of a cabin. I've enjoyed every chapter. I gave four stars instead of five because I would like to know the budget for some of the cabins shown in the photos. I would recommend this book for anyone who is interested in building a cabin. Thank you, Dale, for another great book.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You'll still need a "how to" book but this is a start, February 19, 2011

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KV Trout (Centerville, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cabinology: A Handbook to Your Private Hideaway (Hardcover)

Let me begin by saying this is one of the most useful books out there on cabins.

However, it is not a book that tells you "how to build a cabin" or that gives you specific designs or plans.

Admittedly what I was hoping to find here was 10-15 good plans for cabins along with pictures and the nuts and bolts of how to build one.

This book does not provide any of that.

What this book has is a lot of tips on planning, building and living in a cabin. It's a very good book to read before you build your cabin.

But it does not contain designs, price ranges or any real basic "how to" info on the actual building of a cabin.

But despite the information it lacks I have given it 4 stars because it's very readable and I do consider it a "must read" before you do find your design and begin to build it.