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Jessica’s Tiny House
“This little house is where Jessica and her family have been living for the last several years. It sits on a five-acre property on Sauvie Island, an agricultural island on the Columbia River 15 minutes north of Portland.
Salvage Workshops and The Salvage Mining Tutorial DVDs
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.
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.
Pallet Wood 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.
The Complete Guide to Alternative Home Building Materials & Methods
“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.