4.52/5
Author: Zach Klein, Steven Leckart
Publication Date: Sep 29, 2015
Formats: PDF,Hardcover,Kindle,Paperback
Rating: 4.52/5 out of 1371
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
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Nov 25, 2019
The reactions to this book are mixed from the reviews I see, for varying reasons. Some of them are quite funny, others serious. The pictures in this book are gorgeous, with various cabins, some pretty small and little more than a shed, to some quite nice multi-room cabins.Jan 09, 2016
Oct 22, 2015
Great narratives and fascinating cabins around the world. The website (cabinporn.com) seems better than the book as the site contains so many more photos of cabins to puruse. The book is limited in the number of cabins photographed and discussed.Jun 02, 2018
I don't know if cabins are as much an offshoot of white male privilege as this book suggests. Some bros compiled a book about bros, news at 11. If you turn your brain off and just look at the pictures, it's fairly soothing until you get about halfway through and realize the book is completely the wrong size and shape for the content. It's becoming hard to read the text in the crack because the book doesn't open as far as it needs to, meanwhile the crackling plastic dustcover makes a racket while I don't know if cabins are as much an offshoot of white male privilege as this book suggests. Some bros compiled a book about bros, news at 11. If you turn your brain off and just look at the pictures, it's fairly soothing until you get about halfway through and realize the book is completely the wrong size and shape for the content. It's becoming hard to read the text in the crack because the book doesn't open as far as it needs to, meanwhile the crackling plastic dustcover makes a racket while you're trying to read in bed. If you think these details are not relevant... are we talking about aesthetics or aren't we? ...moreDec 19, 2017
Very beautiful photos but not very diverse - seems like every person who built a cabin was a white man with a beard. Lovely to flick through and choose your favourites though.Jun 10, 2019
This book offers good stories and beautiful visuals. Whilst most stories are inspiring and rich of ideas, it made me feel unfortunate to live in a country that is so regulated. No scenario could possibly be undertaken here to create a living space that is both legal and up to the code. It is still a great book, but it features (only or mostly) Americans who have the chance to live in mostly wide open spaces where one can do as he pleases in terms of shelter. Land was either inherited and/or This book offers good stories and beautiful visuals. Whilst most stories are inspiring and rich of ideas, it made me feel unfortunate to live in a country that is so regulated. No scenario could possibly be undertaken here to create a living space that is both legal and up to the code. It is still a great book, but it features (only or mostly) Americans who have the chance to live in mostly wide open spaces where one can do as he pleases in terms of shelter. Land was either inherited and/or cheap to get. I wish a new version of this book could feature real people stories, from countries with a realistic population density and urbanistic laws. This frustration prevents me from giving Cabin Porn a 5-star rating. In the meantime I'll keep looking for an alternate way of living that doesn't make me an outlaw or a legally homeless person. *sighs* ...moreJan 01, 2018
I have an entire board on Pinterest dedicated to isolated cabins around the world, and thus, Cabin Porn looked like a book I would very much enjoy. It is peaceful to read, and provides a step up from the craze of hygge. The photography which has been included is stunning, and the placement and layout of the entire book are great, and work effectively. Cabin Porn has provoked rather strong wanderlust within me, and I will definitely be booking a couple of cabins to stay in in the future.Dec 10, 2018
Beautiful and inspiring book. The stories went into enough detail to give you an overall view of how each kind of cabin/structure came into being. It doesn't go into how they are built, it is more of inspiration into starting the process and backstory of the builders. A downside for me was the lack of diversity of builders. Where are the women and other minority groups?Jun 16, 2015
Reminded me of Kinfolk. Wishing for a trip to Vermont or Maine after looking at the pics. A great coffee table book . . . if you're into that kind of thing.Jan 20, 2019
Much more a collection of photographs and vignettes of people that reviews on the cabins an building processes. Enjoyable for what it is, but doesn’t require much thought.May 30, 2016
Gorgeous photos and nice organization. The feature stories were pretty boring, though. Could've been a lot more interesting.Jan 21, 2018
Beautiful design, layout and photo documentation of several categories of small domiciles. This loaded magazine of retirement alternatives proves, once again, a condo in Florida is sooooo drab. :)Aug 08, 2016
Great book with people's stories and pictures that make me want to buy some land and build a cabin.Feb 20, 2017
Love love love it's made me itch to find that plot of land and get started! Love love love â¤ï¸ it's made me itch to find that plot of land and get started! ...moreMay 09, 2016
"Cabin Porn: Inspiration for your quiet place somewhere" is part a photography collection in book-format, part stories of individuals who have made their own sanctuaries surrounded by nature of hospitable and less accessible kinds alike. The photographs takes us all the way around the world, from Greenland to Norway to California to Quebec, to Romania and Chile, and beyond. What holds the photographs and stories of a select few together is the wish for someplace to rest, to connect, and to find "Cabin Porn: Inspiration for your quiet place somewhere" is part a photography collection in book-format, part stories of individuals who have made their own sanctuaries surrounded by nature of hospitable and less accessible kinds alike. The photographs takes us all the way around the world, from Greenland to Norway to California to Quebec, to Romania and Chile, and beyond. What holds the photographs and stories of a select few together is the wish for someplace to rest, to connect, and to find a piece of heaven on earth.Oct 06, 2015
This book sang to the part of me that fervently wishes live in a cabin in the forest, preferably a tree house, although through reading this I was reminded of the charm of hobbit houses. (The owner of the hobbit house featured in this book awoke to the sound of deer treading softly across his roof. Yes, this please.) Either way, I shall grow a mountain hermit beard and speak to the woodland animals in typical Snow White fashion. One day!May 23, 2019
Beyond the eye-catching name, there's a lot to love in this book. Big, full color photographs and inspirational passages dedicated to life outside the hustle and bustle. I look through this every time I wanna relax and get that camping vibe going, without all the mosquito bites.Apr 29, 2016
Quotable:Aug 23, 2016
Many beautiful photos and inspirational stories of cabins and other small dwellings in remote places. However, it also includes some photos that are clearly the shacks or hovels of extremely poor people, which was a bit disturbing in a collection that's obviously based around urban hipsters with disposable income. While those examples were luckily few, it did gave this book a bit of a stench of poverty tourism. Also, the description of the book as "created by a group of friends who preserve 55 Many beautiful photos and inspirational stories of cabins and other small dwellings in remote places. However, it also includes some photos that are clearly the shacks or hovels of extremely poor people, which was a bit disturbing in a collection that's obviously based around urban hipsters with disposable income. While those examples were luckily few, it did gave this book a bit of a stench of poverty tourism. Also, the description of the book as "created by a group of friends who preserve 55 acres of hidden forest in Upstate New York..." is a bit ridiculous. It's not preserving forest to build a whole bunch of cabins on a plot of forest. Clearly that's better than tract homes or something like that, but that wasn't the alternative, the alternative was likely to leave it alone. ...moreJan 26, 2018
Originally got this and thought it was a coffee table book. Nothing more than eye candy. But I later found out that there were actual stories in there and read through 'em, nine in total. Each one is supposed to be about a different type of cabin build (e.g. reclaims, from scratch, geometric, treehouse) but the form ain't all that important. The stories are more about people deciding they're going to do a project and then following through with that project. In any case, they're more or less Originally got this and thought it was a coffee table book. Nothing more than eye candy. But I later found out that there were actual stories in there and read through 'em, nine in total. Each one is supposed to be about a different type of cabin build (e.g. reclaims, from scratch, geometric, treehouse) but the form ain't all that important. The stories are more about people deciding they're going to do a project and then following through with that project. In any case, they're more or less there to put some structure behind all the gorgeous inspiring pictures in the book, and as far as that goes they do their jobs well.Nov 26, 2015
I figured this would be a random sampling of images collected from the Cabin Porn tumblr. Luckily, they went a step further and provided backstories for half a dozen structures with varying purposes.Dec 26, 2015
Visually this book is a total treat with pages and pages of beautiful landscapes interwoven with the stories of people building cabins, homes and huts in amazing places. Each chapter focuses on the story of building in a particular style or landscape followed by an archive chapter of similar structures. It is my dream to build a home that is ecological, sits lightly on the earth and reuses materials (and is as cheap as possible) and is sufficient for my needs and whoever lives with me, but no Visually this book is a total treat with pages and pages of beautiful landscapes interwoven with the stories of people building cabins, homes and huts in amazing places. Each chapter focuses on the story of building in a particular style or landscape followed by an archive chapter of similar structures. It is my dream to build a home that is ecological, sits lightly on the earth and reuses materials (and is as cheap as possible) and is sufficient for my needs and whoever lives with me, but no more than that. This book provides thought and inspiration for my dream and is a book I will return to frequently. I love it! ...moreOct 20, 2015
Cabin Porn began as an online collection of photos to inspire a group of friends embarking on homebuilding. Readers around the world submitted shots of various structures to get ideas and brainstorm. The snapshots are mainly of exteriors, and many are tucked away in nature's nooks and crannies. Some of the more oddball structures include a renovated grain silo, and an underground bunker built into a hillside. Rustic charm is illustrated throughout, and if you're looking for inspiration for Cabin Porn began as an online collection of photos to inspire a group of friends embarking on homebuilding. Readers around the world submitted shots of various structures to get ideas and brainstorm. The snapshots are mainly of exteriors, and many are tucked away in nature's nooks and crannies. Some of the more oddball structures include a renovated grain silo, and an underground bunker built into a hillside. Rustic charm is illustrated throughout, and if you're looking for inspiration for solitude this is it. Time to start saving up the cabin fund. ...moreNov 18, 2015
Like many, I balk at affording, maintaining or even aspiring to live in the endless fields of cookie cutter suburban conformity where 2000 square feet is considered a small house and servitude to perpetual debt an obligation. This book features stories of people who have taken a different road. Interspersed with photos of different iterations of small places out of the way that illustrate how less can be more. While the book is great, there is a companion website that has many more photos of Like many, I balk at affording, maintaining or even aspiring to live in the endless fields of cookie cutter suburban conformity where 2000 square feet is considered a small house and servitude to perpetual debt an obligation. This book features stories of people who have taken a different road. Interspersed with photos of different iterations of small places out of the way that illustrate how less can be more. While the book is great, there is a companion website that has many more photos of cabins from every corner of the world http://cabinporn.com ...moreMar 01, 2019
Well, now I am inspired. What a great concept for a book! I loved the in-depth "case studies" as well as the archives showing further examples. My only desire would have been to have more in-depth stories from other countries not just the US though I do understand that since the authors live in the US, it would make sense that they would accumulate more local stories and could more easily go in-depth. But now I want more stories and from around the world - I need to live vicariously through all Well, now I am inspired. What a great concept for a book! I loved the in-depth "case studies" as well as the archives showing further examples. My only desire would have been to have more in-depth stories from other countries not just the US though I do understand that since the authors live in the US, it would make sense that they would accumulate more local stories and could more easily go in-depth. But now I want more stories and from around the world - I need to live vicariously through all these other people in their quiet places. Book number 2 thru? ...moreTake your time and choose the perfect book.
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