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    Cabins
    Cabins
    Cabins
    Ebook249 pages46 minutes

    Cabins

    By Ralph Kylloe

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    Whether at camp, at the lake, in the mountains or high off in the backwoods, we all cherish our memories of summer vacations at the cabin. Maybe it was enjoying the coziness of log bunk beds, playing games with cousins and friends, diving off wooden-plank docks, fishing from the riverbank, being lulled by the rustling breeze or mesmerized by the riffling stream or slapping waves—whatever, these experiences linger in our memories.

    The homes and camps presented in Cabins are making new memories for today’s families. Some are contemporary homes that incorporate rustic furniture; some are traditional cabins with great rooms and high ceilings. All exude the warmth of wood railings and stone.

    Engaging, impassioned, and always entertaining, Kylloe has an eye for rustic detail and signature style of photography that makes this, his thirteenth design book, exquisite in every regard. These homes feature idyllic settings for family fun and entertaining, masterfully crafted rock fireplaces and sensual rustic furnishings to covet.

    Featuring homes across the upper United States, from New England and New York to Montana and Washington.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGibbs Smith
    Release dateSep 5, 2008
    ISBN9781423613473
    Cabins
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    Ralph Kylloe

    Ralph Kylloe received his EdD from Boston University and has taught at the university level for many years. He is a leading authority on rustic furniture and owner of the aplh Kylloe Gallery at Lake George in New York's Adirondack Mountains. His previous books include Fishing Camps, Rustic Architecture and Design, and Cabins & Camps.

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      Cabins - Ralph Kylloe

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      Introduction

      I’ve wanted to do a book on waterfront homes for a long time, and this book is indeed a collection of rustic homes that are situated on lakes, rivers or ponds. However, it is difficult to see this in most of the photographs because trees often obstruct views of the water from the houses.

      Although for centuries humans lived near water mostly for subsistence purposes, in our day water is piped everywhere and even desert communities thrive, thanks to this precious resource.

      Strangely, but conscious of obvious realities, many primitive cultures have purposely avoided waterfront living. Interviews with indigenous peoples in South America and Africa have indicated that although waterfront living has its advantages in terms of transportation, food supplies, fresh water for bathing and cooking, as well as for reasons purely aesthetic, many tribes choose to live distinctly away from the waterfront. Insects that live by the trillions near water can literally drive someone crazy, to say nothing of the dangers of deadly diseases transferred by these nasty creatures. Crocodiles, alligators and hippopotamuses have also been known to make the lives of people who ventured into their territory quite miserable. I am reminded of a story of a Peace Corps worker who tried in vain to teach the people of a small African village to swim. Seeing that her students were quite reluctant to enter a local river, the teacher dove in to demonstrate the joys of immersing oneself in cool water. Seeing a village elder, the teacher asked why no one would enter the water. The chief calmly replied that the crocodiles usually eat us when we swim. The teacher refocused her attention and concentrated on teaching mathematics and writing.

      In spite of these dangers, why, then, do people choose to build homes practically on the water? Because we love it! And if we can’t live near the water, we often vacation by it or swim in pools or purchase inflatable pools that hold only a few gallons of water, and we soak our tired toes in it after a hard day of work. When nothing else is available we’ll strip down to our skivvies and make fools of ourselves by squirting the water hose at our kids, spouses and friends—and what fun it is! Besides being fun, water cools us down when we’re too hot. It completely takes our minds off any tedium and troubles we may be having.

      On a more serious side, although some people will take offense at this, living creatures came from water. We are, in reality, more than 50 percent water ourselves. Alien creatures in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, referred to humans as bags of water. And that we are! It’s inside of us and we are a part of it. Water is strange stuff. It offers mystery and folly. It is quite unexplainable in its physical state. It magically loses its form and descends quickly downward, responding to the force and call of gravity. Yet, when it freezes, it responds perfectly to the laws of physics that are the same throughout the entire cosmos. And it can disappear in front of our very noses. Turning into formless gas, it fires the imagination as we watch billowing clouds rumble across the skies. It is the ultimate Rorschach test.

      We’ve been known to ponder the great questions of life on the shores of the great oceans. We sail upon the waters and we swim in it. We consume the very products of the oceans and marvel at the variety and beauty of the life within it. We thrill at its calmness and we marvel at its violence and beauty. The sounds and rhythms of the waters quiet us and remind us of our time spent in the womb of our mothers. We live on a blue planet. We could not and would not exist without water.

      At the same time there is tremendous mystery in the water. We thrill and cower as we consider the mysterious entities that dwell in the deep. Its beauties are vast and its dangers are ever present. It both excites us and frightens us as we contemplate our relationship with water. It is part of us and we belong to it. It offers an unmistakable, unspoken magnetism.

      So, with good reason, we create both grand and simple homes on the shores of the water. And if we have not a waterfront home then we either camp near it or live as close as we can to it or bring a man-made fountain into our surroundings to imitate it. Or we spend our vacations splashing in the waves, traveling upon it

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