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Log Cabins and Cottages: How to Build and Furnish Them

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Originally published in 1920, this tiny book has numerous drawings of cabins in the Adirondack style. The first 45 pages discuss how to build log cabin furniture and simple brush camp and lean-to structures. Pages 46-47 introduce the more extensive cabins. You'll find structures measuring 12 x 16 feet to chalets that function as inns for many weary travelers. Drawings are pen and ink and show mostly exteriors. The interior drawings that are shown are interesting, showing fireplaces, stairways, furniture, and beamed ceilings. If you love adirondack style cabins/cottages this book will help to feed your imagination. If you were hoping to look at floor plans... get out your magnifying glass. Most of the floor plans are no more than 2 inches square. I still love this little book and refer back to it all the time. It would be a nice addition to your collection of log cabin books.

We were excited to read this book and get to know the more rustic ideas of log cabin design and construction. We had no idea that the copy we would receive is hardly legible. I understand that this book was scanned from the original 1920 work but I would think that the scanning would not have chopped the ends off most of the sentences. A huge disappointment.