Spoil yourself at these AWESOME Desert Tent Glamping Rentals!

Spoil yourself at these AWESOME Desert Tent Glamping Rentals!

Dustin and I recently spent two nights at this glamping tent rental compound in Yucca Valley, CA and LOVED IT! (rental link further below) We were out teaching a hands-on tiny house building workshop in the area and this was…

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Solar Alpine home warms up via 3-story greenhouse facade

Solar Alpine home warms up via 3-story greenhouse facade

Emanuele Almagioni wanted to build a home in a cold and windy, but very sunny, town high in the Italian Alps that would use the sun to provide all of its heating needs. With winter low temperatures reaching -25°C (-13°F)…

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DEAD SPRAY PAINT CANS- Empty them the EASY way!

DEAD SPRAY PAINT CANS- Empty them the EASY way!

Dead spray paint (rattle) cans is a common problem for people. They sit around awhile and lose their propellant and in most areas you can’t toss or recycle them unless they are fully empty (which seems tough to do). Well,…

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LA tests Dutch/Japanese pocket communities. Skeptics like it

LA tests Dutch/Japanese pocket communities. Skeptics like it

When Barbara Bestor was tasked with turning 5 mostly-abandoned lots into 18 homes in LA’s Echo Park, she knew the neighborhood opposition to multi-family units so she performed “stealth density” by crafting duplexes and triplexes that look like single-family homes.…

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Converted Arkansas City Church

Converted Arkansas City Church

Circa 1907 converted Arkansas City church, now a beautiful home with over 3400 square feet of open-concept living space. Rural Kansas area but less than 10 minutes from shopping and dining!

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Cork-clad home uses thermal wall & circular vents as free A/C

Cork-clad home uses thermal wall & circular vents as free A/C

When Nancy and her husband found a lot at the edge of Catalonia’s Garraf forest, they wanted a home that would fit the environment so they wrapped their home in cork insulation and installed a “natural” swimming pool that uses…

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He was a bike nomad. Now revamps derelict Alpine farmstead

He was a bike nomad. Now revamps derelict Alpine farmstead

After spending years cycling around the world, Martijn Doolaard was ready for a more permanent home and he wanted something with a view. Remembering the rough beauty of the peaks of Val Pellice from a bike trip, Doolaard discovered dozens…

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Didn't use garage, turned it into his parents' modern home

Didn’t use garage, turned it into his parents’ modern home

To convert a garage into a home, Ramiro Losada-Amor left the structure untouched and dropped a birch box inside to operate as a transforming home within a home. “That box is like a Swiss Army Knife where everything can open…

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FedEx tinkerer custom builds no-waste micro farmstead

FedEx tinkerer custom builds no-waste micro farmstead

Ramutis “Ray” Narkevicius kept his day job with FedEx but cultivated his dream job by gardening his small Los Angeles backyard to a point of passion. His high yield system produces fruits, veggies, eggs, & fish thanks to composting. He…

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Wanted common area for people, not cars. Built a Pocket Hood

Wanted common area for people, not cars. Built a Pocket Hood

On an empty lot next door to a popular craft brewery, the Blockhouse team wanted to build housing that would fit a buzzing Spokane (WA) neighborhood. They carefully placed micro and skinny units around some old-growth trees to create a…

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