CABIN: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman [Hardcover]

THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A memoir of the author's journey from an office job to restoring a cabin in the Pacific Northwest, based on his wildly popularOutside Magazinepiece.

Wits End isnt just a state of mind. Its the name of a gravel road, the address of 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 didnt know what he was getting into is no more an exaggeration than to say hes a man with nearly zero carpentry skills. Well, used to be. You can learn a lot over six years of renovations.

CABINis the story of those renovations, but it's also a love story; of a place, of possibilities, and of the process of construction, of seeing what could be instead of what is. It is a book for those who know what its like to bite off more than you can chew, or who desperately wish to.

PATRICK HUTCHISON is a writer and builder from the Pacific Northwest. His work has appeared inOutside,Wired, Vice, Seattlemagazine, andSeattle Weekly. He grew up in Washington States rainy southwest corner, eventually moving to Seattle to attend the University of Washington. Working on the cabin described in this book inspired him to leave copywriting to pursue carpentry. He now finds himself most often in the woods, working on tiny homes, cabins, and treehouses. When he isnt building, youll find him at his home in Tacoma, WA, where he lives with his wife, Kate, and their black lab, Marge.Cabinis his first book.

Praise for Patrick Hutchison:

Funny and thoughtful&Hutchisons dread at returning to Seattle after weekends at the cabin is the same Sunday blues many feel, amplified by the proximity of what he increasingly becomes convinced is a better way to live. You feel his desire to be back in the woods, working with his hands. Dont we all? New York Til³$