Cabin Lessons
A Nail-by-nail Tale: Building Our Dream Cottage From 2x4s, Blisters, and Love
Storey Publishing, LLC · Print & ebook · April 21, 2015
When carpenter Spike Carlsen and his wife set out with their recently blended family of five kids to build a cabin on the north shore of Lake Superior, they quickly realized that painting, parenting, and putting up drywall all come with both frustrations and unexpected rewards.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in family memoirs
- Themes
- family, home building, personal growth
- Pacing
- Mixed
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When carpenter Spike Carlsen and his wife set out with their recently blended family of five kids to build a cabin on the north shore of Lake Superior, they quickly realized that painting, parenting, and putting up drywall all come with both frustrations and unexpected rewards.
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Part building guide and part memoir, Cabin Lessons tells the wryly funny, heartwarming story of their eventful journey — from buying an unforgiving plot of land on an eroding cliff to (finally) enjoying the lakeside hideaway of their dreams.
Who it’s for
- Readers interested in family memoirs
- Readers who enjoy personal stories about home building
Where it sits
| Carpentry Projects | 76% |
|---|---|
| Personal Memoirs | 73% |
| Outdoor Living | 23% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Personal Memoirs
- Home Design
- DIY Projects
- Authors
- Spike Carlsen
- Publisher
- Storey Publishing, LLC
- Published
- April 21, 2015
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- family · home building · personal growth
- Reading lane
- Personal Memoirs