Cabin Porn: Inspiration for Your Quiet Place Somewhere

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We spoke with Klein about the Cabin Porn phenomenon as well as what readers can expect in his latest book. Another incredibly upscale ‘shed’ is currently one of the most shared examples of cabin porn on the internet. Leading the pack is Rupert McKelvie, who trained as a classical boat builder but founded his company Out of the Valley earlier this year: as well as furniture, he now builds stylish, “low-impact” cabins using sustainable, local materials. Camp has become the white noise of our culture,” said Whitney Mallett, a contributing editor of PIN-UP, who edited the book with Felix Burrichter, the magazine’s founder (the design and concept are by Ben Ganz).

As we spend more of our time always-on, reminders of the natural sublime—and how simple a satisfying lifestyle can be—become more poignant. Next week sees the publication of Cabin Porn, a coffee table tome full of drool-inducing boltholes around the world, from treehouses in Austria to fisherman’s huts in Ireland and mountain cabins in Morocco. Behind the bed there is a window that frames the green grassland of Oaxaca, and the kitchen has a huge concrete table that stretches out onto a terrace. The dramatic coastline of Cornwall’s Lizard peninsula, the southernmost place on the British mainland, features meadows and forests that extend right to the edge of the sea.It’s inspired by Cape Cod’s experimental Hatch House and is constructed with western red cedar and thatch. The second volume serves as a reference for both the cabin builder and for those seeking new perspectives on how to create spaces that work, and showcases the intimate details that the cabins' creators gave them.

For most people, cabins have today become leisure homes, and as such, extensions of consumer society. The book includes a grass-roofed, log-walled retreat on Cornwall’s Lizard Peninsula, the southernmost place on the British mainland. They acquired elevators, sun decks, modern European furniture, recycling bins and multiple bedrooms — though Barbie remained perennially single and holding the lease (or mortgage). The glass windows isolate the sound and it feels like you’re sleeping out in the woods with ancient trees slowly moving in the wind,” says Bergroth.simply ordinary people -- is trying to come to terms with their own lifestyles and relationships to nature.