Hands-on Log Homes - Cabins Built on Dreams [Hardcover]

Arthur Thiede (Author), Cindy Thiede (Author, Photographer), Jeff Walling (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1998

This third book by popular log-home authors Cindy Thiede and Arthur Thiede brings the scale of log homes back to practical reality. Included are chapters on owner-built homes, recycled log homes, and historical restorations. A chapter on details gives some stunning examples of personal touches that make a home stand out. In addition, log builder Arthur Thiede leads us through the steps of constructing a small log building. Filled with exceptional color photographs of log homes that reflect the personalities and lifestyles of their owners, HANDS-ON LOG HOMES tells of real people with extraordinary stories of determination and purpose.

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Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Back to Basics Hands-on Houses Second Time Around Handmade Originals It's in the Details The Design and Construction of a Small Log Building Resource Directory

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This third book by popular log-home authors Cindy Thiede and Art Thiede brings the scale of log homes back to practical reality. It features owner-built homes, recycled log homes, and historical renovations. The Thiedes also show some stunning examples of personal details that make a home stand out. In addition, log builder Art Thiede lead teh reader through the steps of designing and constructing a small log building. Filled with exceptional color photographs of log homes that reflect the personalities and lifestyles of their owners, Hands-on Log Homes tells of people with extraordinary stories of determination and purpose. Most of them had regular jobs and regular incomes, but for many, a handcrafted log home would not have been financially possible without the generous infusion of their own sweat equity. For others, taking on a house-building project with logs was the opportunity to challenge their own resourcefulness, vent powerful creative energy, and say loud and clear, "Yes, I can!" Cindy Thiede and her husband, Art Thiede, have spent almost twenty years photographing and writing about log-home architecture in the United States. Not only have the couple designed, built, and recycled log homes for themselves and other clients, but they have crisscrossed the country three times over in their efforts to study and document the architectural legacy of logs.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith, Publisher; 1st edition (September 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879058056
• ISBN-13: 978-0879058050
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #236,376 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #36 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Interior Design > Style
  • #83 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Small Homes & Cottages

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars what are you looking for?, August 17, 2006

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T. Johnson (Black Hills, WY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hands-on Log Homes - Cabins Built on Dreams (Hardcover)

This is NOT a how to book any way,shape,or form. It IS a beautiful wish book that will give ideas and inspiration for your project, but thats where the help stops. Rate it a 1 star for the how to crowd and a 4 star for the wish list/coffee table crowd.

17 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully done, inventive, resourceful and entertaining!, August 18, 1999

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Cindy and Art Thiede ([e-mail]) (Hailey, Idaho, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hands-on Log Homes - Cabins Built on Dreams (Hardcover)

Hands-on Log Homes is our third, full-color, idea design book on the subject of log home architecture. As such, it was also my third opportunity to loop America - cameras in hand - seeking out unique log homes and meeting the people who build them. In this case, those people happened to be mostly involved owner-builders. That is, creative, resourceful people who used sweat equity to help build their dream. Similar to our second book, "The Log Home Book", there is a virtual photo-feast inside. The only difference is that the scale of these homes tends to be more moderate, and the owners themselves share their own unique and entertaining building stories along with practical bits of advice gleaned along the way.

Along with built-from-scratch homes, there are those abodes built largely with recycled materials - old logs, old doors, old fixtures! Perfect examples of turning one man's junk into veritable treasure while often saving money along the way.

Next comes a marvelous chapter on historic restorations. Often "rebuilt" with the help of skilled craftsman, we include these handmade originals as true examples of once upon a time, do-it-yourself ingenuity.

While this is not a "how-to-build" book, Art wrote a final chapter that leads the reader through the practical steps and considerations of building a small log building. Of course, there is also a resource guide in back with plenty of leads for designing, building and decorating the home you plan to build, remodel or buy.

Check it out, and let us know what you think by emailing [e-mail].

Cindy Thiede

3.0 out of 5 stars Hands on Log Homes, December 20, 2010

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Michael - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Hands-on Log Homes - Cabins Built on Dreams (Hardcover)

I'm about half way through with the book. It is basically just short stories about people who have built a log home. Very little inside about the actual construction which is what i was led to believe with the title, "Hands on Log Homes".