Cabin Lessons: A Nail-by-Nail Tale: Building Our Dream Cottage from 2x4s, Blisters, and Love - Couverture souple

Carlsen, Spike

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1612125670 ISBN 13 : 9781612125671

Editeur : Storey Publishing, LLC, 2015

Synopsis

When carpenter Spike Carlsen and his wife set out with their recently blended family of five kids to build a cabin on the north shore of Lake Superior, they quickly realized that painting, parenting, and putting up drywall all come with both frustrations and unexpected rewards. Part building guide and part memoir, Cabin Lessons tells the wryly funny, heartwarming story of their eventful journey — from buying an unforgiving plot of land on an eroding cliff to (finally) enjoying the lakeside hideaway of their dreams.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Spike Carlsen built a tree house at the age of 8 and has been swinging a hammer ever since. He worked as a carpenter and contractor for 15 years, then as an editor with The Family Handyman — the world’s leading DIY magazine — for another 15. He’s the author of the award-winning A Splintered History of Wood, Woodworking FAQ, and The Backyard Homestead of Building Projects. He’s written for Men’s Health, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, American Woodworker, and other publications and has appeared on HGTV, Modern Marvels, and CBS’s The Early Show. He and his wife, Kat, divide their time between their home in Stillwater, Minnesota, and their cabin on Lake Superior.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

This entertaining memoir of a do-it-yourself adventure traces a couple's steps and missteps as they plunge headlong into the building of their dream cabin. Through every stage of the journey -- from finding land to drawing up plans, framing the structure, putting up drywall, and applying the final coats of paint -- the couple's blended family of seven must learn to work together and compromise. With generous honest and wry humor, Spike Carlsen shares the heartaches, challenges, and, finally, the immense satisfactions of building a home away from home where all family members feel welcome, essential, and free to be themselves.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1612125670
• ISBN 13: 9781612125671
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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