The Log Home Book
By Ralph Kylloe
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Room-by-room inspiration for the affordable mountain retreat of your dreams, from the author of Rustic Elegance and Ralph Kylloe’s Rustic Living.
A foremost authority on rustic design and furnishings, Ralph Kylloe chose for this book his most inspiring images from twenty years of photographing mountain retreats across America. Richly layered images of living rooms, kitchens, dining rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, and recreation rooms are a springboard for cabin planning and vacation dreaming.
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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The Log Home Book - Ralph Kylloe
The Log Home Book
Written and photographed by Ralph Kylloe
Gibbs Smith LogoThe Log Home Book
Digital Edition v1.0
Text © 2010 Ralph Kylloe
Photographs © 2010 Ralph Kylloe
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any means whatsoever without written permission from the publisher, except brief portions quoted for purpose of review.
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The Log Home Book
Table of Contents
Introduction Entryways & Staircases Living & Great Rooms Fireplaces Kitchens & Dining Rooms Bedrooms Bathrooms Outbuildings, Porches & Patios
Introduction
When I was in the third and fourth grades, I lived with my family in the small town of Pardeville, Wisconsin. At that time, we struggled, like many families, to make ends meet. But as an adult my memories of that period in my life are softened by the thoughts of my daily summertime fishing activities. There were two lakes in town, and every day that the sun shined I made my way down to the lower lake with my friend Richard Deitman. As eight-year-olds, we would dig in the earth for worms and collect enough to last for another evening of fishing.
At around four in the afternoon, Richard and I made our way to the end of an old wooden pier that creaked and groaned as we settled in for a late afternoon of fishing. Neither of us had good gear. We would buy four hooks for a nickel and took care not to lose them. Our fishing poles were probably secondhand, and the reels often became stuck because we didn’t have the proper lubrication to keep them finely tuned. For bobbers, we both used small twigs tied to our lines.
The fishing was extraordinary! Each evening we would catch fifty or so blue gills, sunfish or perch. We kept several of them each night, and I was proud to return home after sundown with dinner for the evening.
Years later and back in Chicago, I joined the local Boys Club, where I traveled with many other inner-city kids to different summer camps. It was there where I enjoyed campfires and camp songs and marshmallows, ghost stories, canoe trips and hot dogs. In time I became a counselor at different camps around the country and continued my love