Sunday Farm Photo: Heat Cheat

Firewood Blocks: A Busy Farmgirl's New Best Friend Both The Shack and the new building ( ... old home. The new building, on the other hand, has the opposite problem—we bought a massive wood ... like a perfect plan to me—stay warm and yet still have plenty of fresh air. Kind of like when I used [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 20:23:38

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Upcycling wood pallets

I have a love of free materials for many reasons, not least of which is that I feel fine having dozens of non-working prototypes when I'm building ... . Plans for a pallet stool (pdf) (via Greenupgrader). Pallet art: high-end furniture from pallets (via ... instead of breaking the pallet apart. At the extreme, a house made of pallets: [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 00:01:01

Sweet Water Bungalows

One of my readers passed this onto me this morning. Thanks DJ! Sweet Water Bungalows are fair weather tiny houses that have a simple wood frame, windows ... on is not included in the price but they do include free plans making it easy to build it yourself [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 16:24:21

Supplies List - Everybody Chime in Please.

Okay so, I have another thread about me building an enclosure for a WD. I didn't want to post this into the other thread as to get off topic ... the wood from getting soaked? I plan on running a mister system in there, so its gonna get wet. sorry [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 06:48:52

How-To: Build a Reindeer and Sleigh For $15

Many of the suggested holiday wood projects we see on project sites take on a Julia Childs approach to design — you know, using materials you don’t have, tools you can’t afford, and plans you couldn’t draw up even ... . Note: As this is a Craftsman-sponsored project, you’ll notice a number of Craftsman tools in the photos [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 00:57:41

Is ‘New Yorker’ Critic James Wood Creating an Army of Like-minded Young Novelists?

Photo-illustration: Everett Bogue; Photos: Getty Images, istockphoto Indisputably, the answer is yes, as revealed by Leon Neyfakh in the Observer ... to do with them once he's got them assembled? Are his plans peaceful? Or does he intend for his armies to depose Sam Tanenhaus at the Times Book Review? Storm the Random House building? Take over [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 20:45:45

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