How do you fit a spacious kitchen, comfortable living/dining area, bath and queen size bed into a 16′ trailer without it looking like a box? Watch this video to see how. Every few seconds of the video shows another clever solution.
Owen Geiger
Homeowner’s tiny house stolen
Sacramento home taken under cover of darkness. YouTube Thanks to Ann for this tip. Having your house stolen isn’t something I’d ever considered. This video should help get the word out to a wider audience.
Earth, Wood and Sun – Natural Building, Local Style
“When we are able to successfully work with local ecologies to meet our needs, we do the Earth a better service. And we are becoming empowered in our own lives.”
Cheap, Lean, and DIY Greenhouses
A simple greenhouse design by Urban Farmer Curtis Stone that is fast and cheap to install. Also known as Caterpillar Tunnels. Cost is about $1,000 for a 12’ x 100’ poly tunnel made with 1-3/8” galvanized top rail tubing that’s used on chain link fences. Metal hoops are 4’ apart.
DIY Solar Water Heater! – Solar Thermal COPPER COIL Water Heater!
“DIY Solar Water Heater. A Homemade “flat panel” COPPER COIL Solar Water Heater. Easy DIY. Full Instructions. Super hot temps (sustained at 165F+). Fast hot water. No electricity needed. Easily hooks up to standard water tap/garden hose. Reaches temps well over 150F (water pasteurization temp) so it works to clear/kill any pathogens (if a non-municipal source is used). It’s super portable so it’s good for camping/off-grid/emergency as well as everyday use.
One man’s fight against poverty, by making a mansion out of mud
“Macford Mwape lives on less than two dollars a day in Zambia’s Copperbelt region. He’s spent the last five years painstakingly making ten thousand mud bricks, to build the house of his dreams. Now he wants to train his neighbours to build better houses for themselves.”