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008 240717s2024 nyu 000 0deng
010 _a 2024009192
020 _a9781250285706
_q(hardcover)
035 _a(OCoLC)1452736147
040 _aDLC
_beng
_erda
_cDLC
_dDLC
_dTnLvILS
042 _apcc
043 _an-us-wa
092 _ageneral nonfiction
_b690.8 Hutchinson, Patrick
100 1 _aHutchison, Patrick
_c(Journalist),
_eauthor.
_96539131
245 1 0 _aCabin :
_boff-the-grid adventures with a clueless craftsman /
_cPatrick Hutchison.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bSt. Martin's Press,
_c2024.
300 _aviii, 284 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
_bcolor illustrations ;
_c22 cm.
336 _atext
337 _aunmediated
338 _avolume
505 0 _aFound -- Doing the deed -- Tool chatter -- Work party -- Cabin schmabin -- Heart and hearth -- Chim chim cher-ee -- Ray -- Settling -- Firewood -- A recipe for comfort -- Rain's coming -- Big mud -- Waiting and leaks -- The kitchen (part 1) -- The kitchen (part 2) -- Chris -- Anxiety in ambergris -- Barrels of un -- Glory in stairs -- Therapy -- Mike -- Rid of rot -- Trusting in trees -- The roof's last stand -- Blowing the top off -- The gun -- A good goodbye.
520 _a"Wit's End isn't just a state of mind. It's an address for a run-down off-the-grid cabin, 120 shabby square feet of fixer-upper Patrick Hutchison purchased on a whim in the mossy woods of the Cascade Mountains in Washington State. To say Hutchison didn't know what he was getting into is no more an exaggeration than to say he's a man with nearly zero carpentry skills. Well, used to be--you can learn a lot over 7 years of renovations. [This] is the story of those renovations, but it's also a love story: of a place, of possibilities, and of the process of renovation, of seeing what could be instead of what is. It is a book for those who know what it's like to bite off more than you can chew, or who desperately wish to"--
600 1 0 _aHutchison, Patrick
_xHomes and haunts.
_96539132
650 0 _aDwellings
_xRemodeling
_vAnecdotes.
_96539133
650 0 _aLog cabins
_xMaintenance and repair
_vAnecdotes.
_96539134
651 0 _aWashington (State)
_vAnecdotes.
_96539135
655 7 _aAnecdotes.
_2lcgft.
_95690703
942 _2ddc
_cBOOK
999 _c404635
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