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summer

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Juli Jah

March 31, 2012 § Leave a comment

Juli Jah.

really great work. I love the fluid detail

25 CLEVER IDEAS TO MAKE LIFE EASIER

March 12, 2012 § Leave a comment

so great.

Pump up the volume by placing your iPhone / iPod in a bowl – the concave shape amplifies the music..

Add this item to your beach bag. Baby powder gets sand off your skin easily – who knew?..

Bread tags make the perfect-sized cord labels..

Brilliant space-saver: install a tension rod to hang your spray bottles. Genius!

Gutter garden: Create a window-box veggie patch using guttering…

wood pallets

February 9, 2012 § Leave a comment

21 ways of turning pallets into unique pieces of furniture.

this is pretty cool. These are my favorites

Build a house for less than $5000

February 9, 2012 § Leave a comment

Build a house for less than $5000 | Cira Car.

This is awesome. I would love to have a house like this. Just add a garden, some chickens and solar panels and it’s perfect.

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Some key points of the design and construction:
* Dug into hillside for low visual impact and shelter
* Stone and mud from diggings used for retaining walls, foundations etc.
* Frame of oak thinnings (spare wood) from surrounding woodland
* Reciprocal roof rafters are structurally and aesthaetically fantastic and very easy to do
* Straw bales in floor, walls and roof for super-insulation and easy building
* Plastic sheet and mud/turf roof for low impact and ease
* Lime plaster on walls is breathable and low energy to manufacture (compared to cement)
* Reclaimed (scrap) wood for floors and fittings
* Anything you could possibly want is in a rubbish pile somewhere (windows, burner, plumbing, wiring…)
* Woodburner for heating – renewable and locally plentiful
* Flue goes through big stone/plaster lump to retain and slowly release heat
* Fridge is cooled by air coming underground through foundations
* Skylight in roof lets in natural feeling light
* Solar panels for lighting, music and computing
* Water by gravity from nearby spring
* Compost toilet
* Roof water collects in pond for garden etc.

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He also said this about tools he used: “Main tools used: chainsaw, hammer and 1 inch chisel, little else really. Oh and by the way I am not a builder or carpenter, my experience is only having a go at one similar house 2yrs before and a bit of mucking around inbetween. This kind of building is accessible to anyone. My main relevant skills were being able bodied, having self belief and perseverence and a mate or two to give a lift now and again.