Category: Architecture
Every Westerner wants a “vacation home”! Perhaps it is the nearness to pioneer days that makes us so alive to mountain forests and ocean sands. _Sunset’s Cabin Plan Book_ is primarily for those who are still in the “talking stage.” However, there is much valuable information i...
Concrete piers are not hard to make. Their size will depend on how deep you must dig to reach solid earth or rock. First, build several tapered box forms of rough lumber. (Fig....
5. Part 5A good color combination would be white for the exterior, with all exposed woodwork, such as garage doors, stained tobacco brown. The terrace rail and the spiral stair should be...
4. Part 4A number of cabins of this type have been built on the Pacific coast in recent years. One of the first, and probably the original one, was constructed by Fred B. Stephen, Seattl...
3. Part 3If you have been wise, you have a long, straight log of unquestioned strength saved for your ridge pole. This should rest in notches at the very peak of the gables, and since it...
1. Part 1Every Westerner wants a “vacation home”! Perhaps it is the nearness to pioneer days that makes us so alive to mountain forests and ocean sands. _Sunset’s Cabin Plan Book_ is pri...
6. Part 6Today’s cabinet type oil range, with burners and fuel reservoir concealed, is as attractive in appearance as the modern gas or electric range. Burners are quick in performance a...
7. Part 7A mountain cabin scarcely requires the conventional kind of pictures on the walls. However, here are two kinds that fit the cabin picture. Have some extra large enlargements mad...