Cabin Porn is unequivocally a cool book. It combines design with practicalities, focused on where nature and construction intersect. This book is filled with stories and pictures… really inspirational stories and hip ideas. Each of the featured cabins were crafted by hand with resources that were reused or indicative of the location. Cabins showcased are variously rustic or modern. Some of the cabins are “off the grid,” and cabins shown are from all over the world. Even a bicycle-powered tree house is highlighted. There are underground examples and salvaged options like grain silos and school buses. Each builder was building more than shelter: something meaningful to each and every one of them. Each chapter tells a story of one of the cabins, including how they found the land, the awesome labor, and the intriguing materials found along the way. Following the chapters are sections called “archives” which show some additional cabin examples in the same genre.
There are more pictures than words in this book, but somehow Cabin Porn still conveys a powerful, peaceful, awe-inspiring message. Readers will be immersed in the ideas, creativity, and even outlandishness of some of the cabins. This is a book to be pored over time and again.