It’s now available in independent bookstores.
I’m doing the following appearances:
- Saturday, March 16th, 7 PM at Mollusk Surf Shop, 4500 Irving Street, San Francisco (maps)
- Tuesday, March 19th, 7 PM at Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz (maps)
- Wednesday, April 17th, 6:30 PM, Gallery Bookshop, 319 Kasten Street, Mendocino, Calif. (maps)
- Friday, April 26th, 7 PM, Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, Calif. (maps)
Some early reader feedback:
- “…a breathtaking new book…”
- –Kay LeRoy, Book Passage, Corte Madera, Calif.
- “Driftwood Shacks is spectacular!”
- –J. Tony Serra, Lawyer, San Francisco
- “…a marvelous book with lovely pictures of the California Coast.”
- –Eliot Buchdruker, CPA, San Francisco
- “Driftwood Shacks is splendid, a tribute to Lloyd’s fine and undimmed eye.”
- –John Van der Zee, author
- “…fascinating, ephemeral forms of spontaneous architecture.”
- –Elise Cannon, Publishers Group West
- “…fantastic new book”
- –Chris “Uncle Mud” McClellan, natural builder
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Featured in our book: Tiny Homes
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Sarah and Matt Parks lived in a 1978 VW Westfalia before they decided to build a new rig using a newer Chevy van as a platform. What are the benefits of using a newer platform? Easier to heat during winter, more storage, less maintenance. Sarah and Matt along with their new rig will be featured in our upcoming book, aptly called Hit the Road Jack due out towards the end of the year.
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…In the fall of 2008 we came across an opportunity to pick up pine trees that were locally cut. We adapted our plans to the amount of wood available.
We hired a local sawmill owner to cut the timbers for us. That winter we rented a shop and prebuilt a 24′×30′ timber frame of 9′×9′ pine. The joinery is mortise-and-tenon, sculpted with mallet and chisels…
From our book, Small Homes: The Right Size
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We just received our new version of Driftwood Shacks: Anonymous Architecture Along the California Coast. It has twice as many pages/pictures and was printed by our printers in Hong Kong who print all of our building books. It is now available for order at www.shelterpub.com/building/driftwood.
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From Kristen Dirksen’s YouTube channel.
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Paul’s rig which features a globalxvehicles pop top will be in one of our next books on adventure rigs. Due out next year.
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