Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #133979 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-07
• Released on: 2008-10-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

Review
The book covers nuts-and-bolts topics such as cabin layout and plumbing and mechanical systems, as well as creative ways to make a cabin one of a kind. Minnesota architect and "cabinologist" Dale Mulfinger, principal of Sala Architects in the Twin Cities, has designed dozens of rustic retreats and has penned the book "The Cabin." In his latest work "Cabinology: A Handbook to Your Private Hideaway" ($25, Taunton Press), he guides readers through the process of creating their own "realm of tranquility." With his architect's eye and expertise, Mulfinger outlines the steps in designing and building a cabin or renovating one. He covers nuts-and-bolts topics such as cabin layout and plumbing and mechanical systems, as well as creative ways to make a cabin one of a kind. The book is filled with drawings, floor plans and photos of cabins of every style and size. Mulfinger also devotes a section to identifying who will use the cabin and its ultimate purpose to help plan "what kind of cabin your cabin will be," he writes. --Star-Tribune, Minneapolis-St. Paul MN, October 2, 2008

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).

Customer Reviews

Thoroughly interesting and informative
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.

Get Cabin Smart Thru This Book!
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.

Cabinology: A Handbook to Your Private Hideaway
Excellent book on finding the perfect location as well as planning your cabin upgrade or building new project. Highly recommend it.