Salvage Workshops and The Salvage Mining Tutorial DVDs

Learn how to build affordable, sustainable houses with salvaged materials.
Learn how to build affordable, sustainable houses with salvaged materials.

We’ve featured several Tiny Texas Houses projects here on our blog. Some readers may be interested in building their own recycled homes and so I thought we’d take a look at their educational materials. Here is the product description of the 4 DVD instructional set from Tiny Texas Houses.

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Pallet Wood Decks


Here’s yet another way to utilize free shipping pallets. Search our site for lots of other do-it-yourself pallet building ideas. For instance, we have a blog post about a homemade tool (Pallet Pal) that’s used for breaking down pallets quickly and easily.

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Pallet Wood Kitchen Cabinets

Pallet kitchen cabinets
Pallet kitchen cabinets

Pallets are a great free resource for building low cost houses and furniture. We’ve covered lots of different uses of pallets on our blog – floors, paneling, furniture and even entire houses. Here are three nice kitchens made primarily from recycled pallets.

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The Complete Guide to Alternative Home Building Materials & Methods

The Complete Guide to Alternative Home Building Materials & Methods: Including Sod, Compressed Earth, Plaster, Straw, Beer Cans, Bottles, Cordwood, and Many Other Low Cost Materials, by Jon Nunan
The Complete Guide to Alternative Home Building Materials & Methods: Including Sod, Compressed Earth, Plaster, Straw, Beer Cans, Bottles, Cordwood, and Many Other Low Cost Materials, by Jon Nunan

“In the United States alone, the annual construction of over one million new homes causes a very substantial drain on natural resources. Today, approximately 60 percent of the timber cut down in our country is used for building homes. Using alternative home building materials and creating a greener home are about creating better homes that are environmentally friendly, are less expensive in the long run, and create healthier occupants.

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