Customer Reviews

Cabinology: A Handbook to Your Private Hideaway

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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.

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.

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.

This is a fully loaded book on how to build, maintain, care for and decorate your cabin. I myself do not own a cabin but bought it because my husband and I decorate our home in the "cabin/lodge" look inside as well as outside and the mere idea of this book caught my eye once I saw it at our local bookstore. I ordered it and was not sorry- only for the fact that I did'nt have a "second" house or cabin to apply more of its ideas too. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Its not something I read from page to page but rather flipped thru to parts that interested me. This author knows his stuff and will definately lead you down the right path if you choose to build a cozy cabin yourself or like me- being a person who "fiends" cabins and lodges and found it a "must have" to put in my own personal library. Well done, choke full of tons of important things to know when building or maintaining especially.

Excellent book on subject. Great photography. I had some problem reading "blue ink" descriptions or picture comments. I suggest using black ink next printing. Very good book to read when suffering from "Cabin fever" in Jan., Feb., March. Very well arranged.

Excellent book on finding the perfect location as well as planning your cabin upgrade or building new project. Highly recommend it.

This is a wonderful book about cabins. I am taking this book to our cabin in the woods as a permanent fixture for our guests and ourselves to enjoy! Beautiful photos.

Our son-in-law is enjoying his book. They will be building a log home in the future and this has given him many ideas for that home. Sandra

Well organized, tons of great pictures well annotated, sketches and text. A great resource for a cabin dreamer or owner. Found it at the library, fell in love and came here to buy it for a permanent spot on my bookshelf.

Order arrived in a timely manner in the condition the seller said it was. Would not hessitate to order from here again.