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Own Your Very Own Hobbit Hole Playhouse For $3K | Geekologie
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 - My Modern Metropolis
Forget the traditional ski lodge, think you could sleep in one of these? Designed by Luca Gentilcore and Stefano Testa in Italy, the LEAP (Living Ecological Alpine Pod) is a modern take at prefab outdoor shelters. All materials used in its production are recyclable and great care is taken to make sure the shelters have as little impact on the environment as possible. Built off site, LEAPs are actually helicoptered into their desired sites. LEAPs are designed to withstand intense altitudes and weather conditions. On the outer shell, each is outfitted with photovoltaic film so it can power the technology installed inside even during inclement weather.
I wanted to let you know about a new petition on We the People, a new feature on WhiteHouse.gov, and ask for your support. Will you add your name to mine? If this petition gets 25,000 signatures by April 27, 2012, the White House will review it and respond!
Tiny House Blog - Living Simply in Small Spaces
W elcome 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.
“Stuart Little:” A Small House with a Big Personality
Amazing Mini Egg House by dmvA
This project is one that is hard to name so I am calling it the “Mini Egg House”. The project scope was to create a mobile office unit for Xfactoragencies. The architectural design firm behind the project was dmvA of Belgium. I cannot be certain how an egg was chosen as the inspiration, but I am sure there is a great story behind that.
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.
miniHome: The Green Prefab Modern Trailer : TreeHugger
Sustain MiniHome: Sustainable Prefab Now. : TreeHugger
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.