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Jay Shafer's DIY book of backyard sheds & tiny houses : build your own guest cottage, writing studio, home office, craft workshop, or personal retreat / Jay Shafer ; with the editors of Skills Institute Press. --
Designed for anyone interested in the tiny-dwelling movement, this book gives a brief overview of its history and philosophy; a look at plans for several box bungalows; a portfolio featuring photos of a variety of tiny house interiors and exteriors; and illustrated guides to construction techniques building a tiny house may require.
Record details
- ISBN: 1565238168 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781565238169 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 142 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
- Edition: Rev. ed. --
- Publisher: East Petersburg, PA : Fox Chapel Pub., c2013.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Revised edition of Tumbleweed DIY book of backyard sheds and tiny houses. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 24.99 |
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| Subject: | Small houses > Designs and plans. Bungalows > Designs and plans. Architecture, Domestic > Design and construction. Outbuildings > Designs and plans. Sheds > Designs and plans. |
Jay Shafer is internationally recognized as an expert in small living. He is a designer specializing in sustainable architecure and urban planning. He currently lives in an 89 square-foot home of his own creation in Sebastopol, California.Shafer's first book, The Small House Book, was self-published in 2000 and revised in 2010, in cooperation with Fox Chapel Publishing. An underground self-publishing success, it has sold many thousands of copies over the past 10 years.
Jay Shafer is internationally recognized as an expert in small living. He is a designer specializing in sustainable architecure and urban planning. He has lectured extensively on these subjects for such venues as the Eco-Dwelling program at New Collage, the Boston Architectural Center, and the University of Iowa's School of Art and Art History where he served as Adjunct Assistant Professor for more than a decade. Jay's designs and essays have appeared in a number of periodicals, books, and television shows including Fine Homebuilding, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CNN, Oprah, and This Old House. He currently lives in an 89 square-foot home of his own creation in Sebastopol, California.
Shafer's first book, The Small House Book, was self-published in 2000 and revised in 2010, in cooperation with Fox Chapel Publishing. An underground self-publishing success, it has sold many thousands of copies over the past 10 years.
Shafer's first book, The Small House Book, was self-published in 2000 and revised in 2010, in cooperation with Fox Chapel Publishing. An underground self-publishing success, it has sold many thousands of copies over the past 10 years.
