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In 1901, Gustav Stickley began to create the first uniquely American style of furniture and home design-known as Craftsman. Stickley's principles of home design include construction that is in harmony with its landscape, open floor plans, built-in storage, and natural lighting. He was a major influence on Frank Lloyd Wright, and he remains one of the great names in American architecture. Craftsman Homes and Bungalows showcases his work in an affordable,...
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Well over a hundred great churches were build in the cathedral tradition in the middle ages. They are our most important group of historical monuments and embody the finest craftwork of medieval architecture. Despite a great mass of specialist literature and research on other aspects, it was not until Cecil Hewett's work over the past three decades that any serious attention was paid to their functional carpentry or, indeed, to their decorative timberwork.
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Tiny House: A Beginner's Guide to Minimalist Living. Building Your Small Home Guide Are you looking for financial security?
Are you curious about tiny homes?
Do you want more freedom?
Then this book is for you!
In this Tiny House: A Beginner's Guide to Minimalist Living, Building Your Small Home Guide, you'll learn all that you need to know about minimalist living and the tiny house movement. You'll find out how to get started on building your...
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For many, owning a home is the ultimate, goal in their life. To have a place that reflects who one is, their values, and that they can call their own is a natural dream to have. However, in today's economy, owning a house can be more difficult and unattainable than ever before, which has led many people to look at alternative means of home ownership, such as the shipping container home.
Growing in popularity in recent years, shipping container homes...
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TINY HOUSE LIVING
The tiny house revolution is quickly taking over the world. It consists of people from all walks of life-couples, singles, nomads, and the elderly. Small spaces have become popular because they are eco-friendly, cost-effective, and provide people with the opportunity to make their dream spaces come to life.
This book covers every detail of planning and building your tiny home, from what materials to use to ensuring functionality....
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"A classic timber frame is as practical and beautiful as it has been for centuries. In this beginner-friendly guide, veteran builder and educator Will Beemer brings the historic craft of timber framing within reach by walking you through the process of building a simple 12' x 16' structure -- a starter project large enough to serve as a cabin, workshop, or studio -- that can be modified to suit your needs. Along the way, you'll learn what makes...
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Inside this book, you will discover exactly what shipping container homes are, what the benefits are, what permits you need to build one, and how to get started.
Utilizing shipping containers in your building design doesn't only provide you will a unique looking house. They can also reduce cost, building time, and even make your home even more, eco-friendly! This book takes you step by step through the building process, and highlights the different...
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Shipping container homes
Shipping container homes are a newly popular method of sustainable housing. Essentially it involves taking a new (or used) shipping container, and turning it into a home, office, or other type of liveable space!
There are a huge range of designs that can be created, and multiple shipping containers can be joined together to create a truly unique structure.
These shipping container homes are not only a lot cheaper than...
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If you dream of living in a tiny house, or creating a getaway in the backwoods or your backyard, you'll love this gorgeous collection of creative and inspiring ideas for tiny houses, cabins, forts, studios, and other microshelters. Created by a wide array of builders and designers around the United States and beyond, these 59 unique and innovative structures show you the limits of what is possible. Each is displayed in full-color photographs accompanied...
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Continuing the Instructables series with Skyhorse Publishing, a mammoth collection of projects has been selected and curated for this special best-of volume of Instructables. The guides in this book cover the entire spectrum of possibilities that the popular website has to offer, showcasing how online communities can foster and nurture creativity.
From outdoor agricultural projects to finding new uses for traditional household objects, the beauty...
From outdoor agricultural projects to finding new uses for traditional household objects, the beauty...
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A shipping container home is a more, affordable option for home ownership, as you can build a new construction for far less than it costs to build a conventional home. They require fewer materials to build, and the materials are often much cheaper to begin with than those used in a traditional home.
A shipping container home can also be, built much faster than regular home construction, letting you see your vision through in as little as a couple...
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SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMES
Shipping container homes are rapidly growing in popularity for a wide variety of reasons. Not only are they unique, they are also very inexpensive, often costing up to 50% less than a traditionally built house of comparable size!
Container homes are eco-friendly, affordable, and aesthetically pleasing, making them an easy choice for many new homeowners.
This book will explain to you everything you need to know about container...
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Tiny Houses
This book will teach you all about the Tiny House movement, and how thousands of others are adopting this more minimalistic and sustainable way of living.
Tiny Houses are an excellent way to not only save money, but also to create a true architectural masterpiece, that may even (depending on your chosen design) be totally mobile!
At the completion of this book you will have a good understanding of Tiny Houses, and know what steps...
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Hand Hewn is a gorgeous celebration of the traditions and artistry of timber-frame building, a 7,000-year-old craft that holds an enduring attraction for its simple elegance, resilience, and the warmth of the wood. Internationally renowned timber-frame architect and craftsman Jack A. Sobon offers a fascinating look at how the natural, organic forms of trees become the framework for a home, with profiles of the classic tools he uses to hand hew and...
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SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMES
Living in the 21st century is not at all an easy feat. With the constant and consistent rise in the cost of living, it is becoming virtually impossible to live comfortably in a house you own. For many people, owning a house feels like a completely unattainable goal because of the extensive growth in housing prices.
Fortunately, there is a solution!
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Reproduced from a rare original, this 1893 catalog offers nearly 800 detailed and authentic illustrations of superior-quality woodturnings and woodwork. In addition to its conventional examples, it features varied and unusual models of the Victorian style, including stairs, stair railings and balusters, and newel posts; mantels; turned porch and veranda work; gables and window hoods; ventilators; rosettes and other wooden ornaments; and moldings and...
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