So, the garden is started. Still lots to plant but ’tis started at least. Quick little video to share. We’d started on a teardrop but moved on to a Gypsy Vardo, this is somewhat a pregnant teardrop. Still cool to see how simple they went … Read More →
Category Archives: Housing
I can’t get this little thing out of my head!
This is the neatest little garden cabin… Best part, I can see applying a lot of these little tricks as additions to our house plan.
Earthship Biotecture
An Earthship is a radically sustainable home made of recycled materials. * Electricity is from the sun with solar panels and wind with wind modules. * Water is caught on the roof from rain and snow melt. * Sewage is treated on site in interior … Read More →
Some more cool ideas…
This home has some really neat features, some of which we may be able to apply to the house plan to add some additional savings. Designing and building a home in the high desert is challenging enough thanks to extreme temperature shifts, but all the … Read More →
Avoid Rushing into Home Ownership for Tax Credits
(from Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy) An $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers has been extended to cover contracts signed by April 30, 2010. A real estate professor writes that those seemingly free dollars might not save you any actual cash, however. Joseph Gyourko, chairman … Read More →
Small House Floor Plan – 350 sq. ft.
This design by Joseph Sandy brings a lot of Wright’s work into it. Beautiful design, flow and simplicity. I can’t wait to see the finished plan! This has really gotten me thinking! At just under 350 sq. ft. this design is compact, yet still provides … Read More →
Interesting site on “Earth Tube” methods
http://mb-soft.com/solar/saving.html Imagine if you happened to live directly over Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. Down below you, on a 95ºF hot summer day, there was all kinds of 56ºF air down in the cave! So imagine that you bored two large holes down from your house … Read More →
Car Living
Don’t know how I stumbled across these two links but they made for a good read. Thinking about it, I’ve seen quite a few people living like this over the years so it was interesting to see what goes through their minds on a daily … Read More →
Very cool ideas
Natural Building Series http://www.flickr.com/photos/robbibaba/sets/72157594275164829/
International Living Building Institute
The International Living Building Institute is a non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to the creation of a truly sustainable built environment in all countries around the world. Comprised of the leading green building experts, futurists and thought-leaders, we believe that providing a compelling vision for the … Read More →