Rustic Retreats: A Build-It-Yourself Guide | 
 enlarge | Author: David Stiles
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Category: Book
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Rating:  12 reviews
Media: Paperback
Pages: 160
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.4
ISBN: 1580170358
Dewey Decimal Number: 690.872
EAN: 9781580170352
Publication Date: January 7, 1998
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Condition: New - Never Read - Lt shelf wear edges and corners if any and no remainder marks
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Amazon.com Review
This is a delightful book that promises to deliver loads of fantasy and fun for anyone in need of a rustic place to rest, relax, and retreat from the speed and stress of modern living. The Stiles provide more than 20 step-by-step plans for low-cost outdoor buildings, among them a grape arbor, a hillside hut, a water gazebo (floating!), a log cabin, tree houses, a wigwam, a garden pavilion, a yurt, and a river raft. A bit of individual creativity can make any of the plans described and diagrammed into unique personal statements or fantasies. Many of the plans are so simple they can be built in a few hours or in less than a day, and most do not require high levels of carpentry or building skills (though all will be useful as "learning projects" for the uninitiated). If you built forts as a kid--or wanted to--here's your chance to play at it again as an adult! --Mark A. Hetts
Product Description
Campers, anglers, hunters, and nature lovers--the woodland hideaway you've dreamed of is in these pages. From an elegant water gazebo to a traditional tipi, all can be found in RUSTIC RETREATS. The authors, who are experienced designers and builders, offer illustrated, step-by-step instructions for more than 20 low-cost, sturdy, beautiful outdoor structures.
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 Not for armchair builders June 8, 2008
John E. Akiki
I liked this book alot. Contains simple and practical ideas. But I would say it is best for someone who is ready to get off their duff and build something, anything. Instead of just looking for pretty pictures and dreaming. If I can do it you can too.
 I can build that! August 30, 2006
Corey Reynolds (Cocoa, FL USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I'm glad there are no photos in this book. Get an imagination! The drawings are fun and lively. They also give important aspects of the project that a photo rarely illustrates. Now I know how (in detail) to construct a tipi, or put together a simple door or roof that really would hold up to nature. The primitive shelters section is great. So are the tree houses. Not that all of these projects are practical homes, but now I have ideas for that "fort" in the back acre my kids are bugging me about. Thanks for a great book to just read, or get us outside with a saw and hammer.
creative ideas, not for children January 23, 2003
christinemm - The Thinking Mother (Connecticut, United States)
28 out of 30 found this review helpful
These are true rustic retreats for adults. Just know this is not for children's tree houses or play houses. These are very rustic retreats, such as a lean-to to use as a nature retreat, or for the shack-like building the size of a garden shed for sleeping in as a weekend getaway,(sans electricity or toilets).The one I loved the most was a rustic arbor for grapevines that was basically 4 poles with a semi-roof--for the vines to grow up and over the top to form a roof. The idea of sitting under it with a table and relaxing outdoors was quite tempting. However, where I would get the rustic tree trunks to make this is beyond me (but it looked wonderful). There are no photographs. This is not a glitzy-beautiful tempting type of book. It is about the nuts and bolts of really building one of these structures. I suggest browsing this book first to see if there is a structure you are interested in. The plans are quite detailed and seem more than adequate to use as building plans.
 Good ideas No Photos except Cover January 25, 2002
Walsh (Quincy, MA USA)
30 out of 44 found this review helpful
I don't get why you put a beautiful photo on the cover of your book and all 2nd rate hand drawn pictues inside. It's deceptive! Won't help you with Country Home ideas. Maybe good for a kids Fort or a Bowhunting stand...
Unlimitless Imagination! June 12, 2000
Pauline James (Chicago U S A)
17 out of 22 found this review helpful
For anyone with space enough, but without the money to build on it, this book has so many answers. It has line drawings on almost every page and is pure delight to read and dream over.
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