Camps and Cottages

<p><strong>Camps and Cottages: How to Build Them</strong> first published in 1939 (and revised in 1946) is an inspirational classic treatise on the planning building and furnishing of a small rustic dwelling. Complete with a number of the author's house plans and illustrated with numerous diagrams the book remains relevant today for anyone of any skill level contemplating building his or her own small home or vacation get-away using only simple tools and inexpensive local materials. Some of the topics discussed include selecting the perfect site materials tools site preparation and building layout framing exterior and interior trim doors and windows roofing chimneys paints and finishes and water supply and utilities. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p>