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How to make a No Sew Window Treatment. Finally after all the hard work I have been doing in my hall bathroom, I have been rewarded – it is all coming together just as I had envisioned.

How to make a No Sew Window Treatment

No snafus or problems. Yes! Google Image Result for. Tiny Houses:Small Spaces, Kitchen in a Closet. » How to Never Lose a Thing Again. Recently I posted my new twist on the excellent GTD system, Zen To Done (ZTD): The Ultimate Simple Productivity System.

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This is the sixth in a series of posts exploring each of the 10 Habits This is one of the oldest organizing truisms around, but it is probably the most important of all: a place for everything, and everything in its place. Why is it so popular? Because it works. Read below to find out how to form this habit and never lose a thing again. This Is What A Toilet Looks Like When Bill Gates Is Involved. Sanitation: it’s not the sexiest issue, but it’s a big problem in much of the world. A staggering 2.5 billion people don’t have access to proper sanitation, and open defecation leads to the deaths of 1.5 million children under age five every year. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is a major funder of sanitation-related initiatives. Everyone Poops. Tiny House Toilet Options. « Clothesline Tiny Homes.

I came across an interesting article about toilets and thought I would share it with you all, as toilets seem to be a favorite topic of discussion among tiny housers. Click HERE to read the Fast Company article about Bill Gates’ sponsored toilet inventions around the world. One submittal: China’s toilet submission. Not sure where you sit. Looks dangerous… Www2.iccsafe.org/states/virginia/Maintenance/PDFs/Chapter 4_Light Ventilation and Occupancy Limitations.pdf. Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code (USBC) The Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code (USBC) contains the building regulations that must be complied with when constructing a new building, structure, or an addition to an existing building. They must also be used when maintaining or repairing an existing building or renovating or changing the use of a building or structure. The USBC is comprised of three parts known as: The Board of Housing and Community Development adopts and amends the USBC.

The board bases the technical requirements of the USBC on nationally-accepted model codes and standards and makes as few amendments as possible. The board encourages anyone who believes that a technical amendment is needed to submit their proposal directly to the International Code Council (ICC). Where practical, the code provisions are stated in terms of a required level of performance to facilitate the prompt acceptance of new building materials and methods of construction. Related Links Publications. Are tiny houses too tiny? final design of the the not-too-tiny minim house. After several months of deliberation and design the excellent plans from Foundry Architects are basically complete. Minim House design stands on the shoulders of others: House 227 from the great folks at Yestermorrow, the hidden platform bed from Front Studios, the not-so-tiny homes from Stephen Marshall at Little House on a Trailer, the Solo designs from MiniHome, plans from Wheelhaus, and Idea Box’s MiniBox.

Why Did We Choose to Build a Tiny House, Rather than Buy an RV or Mobile Home? As our project has gotten a bit more mainstream press over these last few weeks, one question we’ve seen pop up again and again in the comments sections of blogs and news posts has been: why did we choose to build a tiny house from scratch rather than buy an RV or a mobile home? “Coulda bought a single-wide and saved yourselves 1o months of labor.” Well, yes. This is definitely true. But for us, building our own house from scratch was kind of the whole point. Tiny house could be sign of bigger trend. A DC tiny home community rises. Tiny House Design. Cheapest Way to Own a Home. What is the cheapest way to build a house?...Serious answers please. Geek to Live: Extreme makeover, filing cabinet edition.

The History of the Passive Solar Greenhouse - Why Build? Why Build the Passive Solar Greenhouse?

The History of the Passive Solar Greenhouse - Why Build?

This greenhouse will enable you to garden easily in difficult situations such as: short season, windy, low night time temperatures, animals eating your garden, low rainfall, high altitude, urban gardening, low humidity and/or cold winters. This greenhouse will allow you to garden all year with a wide variety of vegetables, regardless of where you live. Because this greenhouse is permanent and passive solar, it is much more effective than season extension. Why I personally decided to build a greenhouse. For three years back in the mid 1980s, I was a professional organic landscaper in Atlanta, GA (USA): Zone 8, only 800 feet above sea level, approximately 50 inches of rain a year, and a population that loved its trees, extravagant foundation plantings, and yet gardens with gusto despite the challenges of wind and harsh climate. Broccoli and kale, early February 2000 The coldest our winter got this year was -14"F.

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How to - Floor an Attic. Shared Knowledge “How to - Floor an Attic” 6 September 2005 Summary: my method uses precut panels of plywood that are then spaced and screwed to ceiling joist in attic.

How to - Floor an Attic

Certainly do-it-yourself (DIY) if you have a power handsaw and portable electric screwdriver. I bought 4x8 3\4inch plywood sheets and had the hardware store rip the sheets length wise so each sheet was 16 inches wide or the exact center-to-center distance between ceiling joists. Since the panels are small, they are easy to haul around and easy to get up into the attic space and are then simply put down like you would floor tiles.