Crate Inspiration: A Home Furnished Almost Entirely With Vintage Boxes Marie Claire Maison. Tiny Paris Apartment. Would you like to tour a sweet little apartment in Paris with me today?
Eco Friendly Furniture - Green Furniture - Eco Furniture. I'm On To You!: Wall Shelf Moonlights As Secret Drawer. This is the Clopen Shelf from Torafu Architects.
It might just look like a plain old shelf, BUT IT CONTAINS A HIDDEN DRAWER FOR VALUABLES. Don't own any valuables? Welcome to the club. The drawer is only 23mm (~0.9 of an inch) tall though, so you can forget about stashing a big ol' dildo in there. *shelf buzzing* A teensy vibrator, yes. Hit the jump for a couple more product shots. Interview with Vela Creations’ Abe Connally, Off-Grid Homesteader. Abe and Josie Connally are two of my maker heros.
Their infectious positivity and passion for preserving the environment fuel their unfaltering dedication to living the DIY off-grid homesteading dream. They’ve built their homestead from the ground up in the hills of Chihuahua, Mexico, and they relish in sharing their know-how with the greater maker community through their site, Vela Creations.
Their names have appeared in at least 11 volumes of MAKE, and they’ve taught us how to make wind generators, seed starters, honey cows, solar food dryers, compressed earth brick floors, fabric-formed posts, solar wax melters, and more. We recently caught up with Abe to get a window into off-grid life: building, growing, teaching, and raising two beautiful kids. DIY Off-Road Motor Home. The 1-Square Meter House (Isn't A House If You Ask Me) Index. Beijing architect lives in tiny egg-shaped house on sidewalk. Own Your Very Own Hobbit Hole Playhouse For $3K. Ever dreamed of owning a hobbit hole playhouse where you can read nudey magazines and guzzle beers away from the prying eye of Sauron?
Well you're in luck, all thanks to the Hobbit Hole Playhouse from Wooden Wonders. Maybe Gandalf will even pop in for a smoke! No, no he won't, but you will have to bug-bomb the thing every summer after the spiders move in. Attractive and spacious children's playhouse in the style of a Hobbit Hole, with a dome shaped front, curved walls, windows on either side of a round front door and a dormer with a round window.
Provides a perfectly cozy enclosed space that kids will love to call their own. Super Sleek High Altitude Pod. Tiny House Blog - Living Simply in Small Spaces. “Stuart Little:” A Small House with a Big Personality. Welcome to Movie Monday, when I feature the houses from our favorite films.
The first Stuart Little movie, which was based on the classic book by E.B. White, came out in 1999, and it may have been marketed to kids, but the sets were a treat for their parents, too. When I watched it with my children, I was wowed by how colorful and creative the Little family’s house was. It’s a New York City brownstone near Central Park, wedged tightly between much larger buildings on either side. Mr. and Mrs. The dad, Fredrick Little, was played by Hugh Laurie, before he starred in the series “House.” When George (Jonathan Lipnicki) learns that his new brother is a rodent, he opens the hidden door in the wall and runs down to the basement (can’t blame the kid): Looking down the hall into the kitchen: Stuart looks down into the entry where his new extended family has gathered to meet him: The living room:
KCI. The Simple, Organized Life: Mindful Consumption Why not ask a professional?
Guest Author Crystal Eakle is a licensed professional organizer who brings extensive experience to helping businesses and consumers organize their priorities, processes and possessions. In this post, Crystal offers advice to start de-cluttering your stuff. In our earlier posts, we addressed mental de-cluttering and physical de-cluttering before moving into a tiny house. MiniHome: The Green Prefab Modern Trailer. For those who wonder why Treehugger likes modern prefab so much, here is the answer.
We think people can live with less and don't need so much space. We think prefabrication generates less waste and more opportunities for greener construction methods and technologies. We think traditional land development restricts peoples choices and costs too much money. We think the miniHome is just about the best answer to the question that we have seen anywhere. Ever. Sustain MiniHome: Sustainable Prefab Now. TreeHugger loves modern prefab- It should make good green design affordable and accessible.
It often does not live up to this promise- many are built far away as second homes, founded on concrete and tethered to the grid like any other house. Thats why we continue to be so excited about the Sustain MiniHome- conceptually a travel trailer, it can go anywhere, including parks all over North America. We have gushed over it before here and here but finally got to really see it and we are going to gush again. Everything we talk about at TreeHugger is in this baby. We talk about:living with less- It is well laid out and comfortable, and feels much larger than 340 square feet. So forgive us for gushing. .