Huts, Havens and Hideaways

Whether your perfect retreat home is a cosy country house or a minimal hut on the beach, this book is about making that dream a reality. This international selection of humble homes for holidays, sanctuary or escape will appeal to anyone who is seeking a hideaway.

Table of Contents

Water; why water?; by the water; water in mind; island shelter; sailing barge; summer house; Mediterranean calm; remote watermill; white-washed beach hut; air; why air?; up in the air; air in mind; spruce-top treehouse; back to basics; mountain life; railway escape; fire; why fire?; from the fire; fire in mind; desert airstream; homestead hearthside; African hot-house; Northern lights; earth; why earth?; in the earth; earth in mind; strawbale house; converted dairyhouse; secret garden.

Reviews

We all dream of a secret hideaway at times. Somewhere to escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life, a place to curl up and dream. The ethos behind "Huts, Havens and Hideaways" is just that - sanctuaries. From beach huts beside the sea to treehouses at the bottom of a garden. Desert airstreams to converted railway carriages. All these are encapsulated within the four elements of water, air, fire and earth, each person having their own particular affinity with one of these primal instincts. Jo Denbury brings these dreams to life with this, her first book, accompanied by photographer Chris Tubbs. The enticing photographs are complemented by the inspirational text of Ali Watkinson, all sowing the seeds of fantasies that could one day become true. Whether your dream hideaway is a wooden summerhouse surrounded by flowers and decorated with faded chintz or a cosy, stove-heated converted railway carriage on the edge of a Scottish hillside, you will find inspiration within these pages. Ideas abound to transpose to your own home or to light the fires of your imagination, fantasising what could - will - one day be your own private nirvana. - Lucy Watson