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How to Build Your Dream Cabin in the Woods: The Ultimate Guide to Building and Maintaining a Backcountry Getaway

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Now, everyone can have the refuge they want—a getaway beside a trout-filled stream, near a bass-laden lake, or by a mountain trail with a breathtaking view. This ultimate resource includes photos, blueprints, and diagrams, and covers the steps to constructing the cabin you've always wanted such as: Selecting a siteGathering construction materialsDeciding on a design that is right for youManaging your propertyBuilding add-ons, including shooting ranges, an outhouse, or an outside fire ringInstalling cabin securityAnd more! For generations, nature lovers, writers, and sportsmen have found an escape from their day-to-day world in living closer to nature. J. Wayne Fears offers a complete guide to building without the hassle of a construction crew or outrageous costs. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Skyhorse (May 26, 2020)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 248 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1510759689


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 88


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.5 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #201,189 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #95 in Small Homes & Cottages #164 in Residential Architecture #334 in Home Design & Construction (Books)


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Top Amazon Reviews

    • Fascinating and an Easy Read
This book really opened my mind to many possibilities, from simple to complex, cabins. Also, all the considerations one should regard when planning a cabin: the pitfalls of the cabin's location on a plot as it pertains to weather and drainage, the question of is the solitude of a cabin right for you or do you need more social contact than you know, health code limitations, looking into the facts of the land surrounding your plot and foreseeing logging operations that would decimate your beautiful view and seclusion, security of a cabin, etc. Brilliant book by a brilliant author. Also funny and down-to-earth. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2012 by AyeLuvSnow
    • Very Informative, just nothing showing or any descriptions about steps to build yourself.
Good book, very informing about log cabins, however there is nothing talking or showing you anything about notching or any of the steps that you need to do from chopping the trees down to de-barking or anything if you do it yourself. Great book though, very informative.
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2019 by Charlie
    • So glad this was my first book to read
I would recommend this book to anyone who has been contemplating renting or building a cabin and doesn't know the first thing about how to get started. I was thinking about living in a rural area and commuting to work until retirement and wanted to consider both cabins and tiny homes. But I couldn't determine how to begin planning and searching the internet wasn't much help. I bought the kindle version of this book based on the number of reviews being more than other books with "cabin" in the title and so glad I did since the book was a pleasure to read and really organized my thinking on how to begin planning. Plus the additional guides in the appendix put this book into the 5 star category. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2015 by Denny
    • Fed My Dream!!!
Loved the methodical step by step approach. Thinking Adirondack Style, carefully picking home site on my land and planning orientation, looking for rough cut lumber mill nearby, negotiating for cedar trees to cut and will use an Alaskan Saw Mill to make 1/2 Log siding, doing floor plan layout, educating myself on wood stoves, applying for a water connection -vs- drilling a rock well, planning an outdoor fire ring/pit, building Leopold Benches now and figuring out where to put a shooting range. Thank you Wayne Fears for crystallizing all the random issues I've been wrestling with. You are concise, thorough yet interesting. Great approach and end result. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2014 by Henry B Adams
    • Just OK.
I was very excited to purchase this book because my wife and I were in the middle of building our own 288 sq. ft. cabin in the woods. We knew how we were going to build it, but I thought this book might give us additional ideas. It did give us some ideas, but I was expecting a few more details. I didn't want blueprints, but more sketches and tips would have been nice. I realize that when a person builds a cabin it is a very personalized thing, but Fears left me always looking for more information. I am glad that I bought this book, and it will remain in my collection for reference for a long time, but I will keep looking for a somewhat more informative cabin book. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2009 by Amazon Customer
    • Fabulous book for beginners and those looking for new ideas
I loved this book. I bought it for my father for christmas, then bought one for myself. I actually read it front to back (like a novel), it's so well-written. Even though my dream cabin is financially a few years off and geographically a few more, I will be following many of the guidelines set out in this book, with some more green ideas (solar panels, reusing water, etc). I would recommend this to anyone wanting to build a cabin of their own, or just know more about them. Great book for anyone. I loved it. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2008 by Jade
    • Great reference
Great source of information on many aspects of not just building your cabin but furnishing it and managing the land etc. Lots of information included on wood burning stoves, camp cooking, fire pits, fireplaces outhouses etc. You may not think a cabin should be a small cabin like Fears, but it is stil full of good information. I will keep it as a reference. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2016 by Huey Chief
    • Excellent Book
I own 20 acres. Since moving here a year ago I've been wanting to build a cabin. I've bought survival books and few others to be ideas. I bought this one and one other log cabin building and this one has everything I needed. My hunt for good information on this subject is over. Great pictures and illustrations. A complete must have book, thank you to the author. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2014 by Rotbone

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