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Home Sweet Home
Sweet Home / Alisa Patterson
Home is the place your heart resides
Home is the place that you decide
Home is the womb that holds the soul
Home is the place where one is whole
Home is the glow you hold in your eye
Home is the emotion that makes you cry
Home is safe and a place of peace
Home is where all strivings cease
Home is protective against the others
Home is full of sisters and brothers
Home is where you find your rest
Home is where you feel your best...
Home is all these wonderful things
Home is the place you develop wings
Home is the place that you’ll find one day
Home is the place where your heart will stay.
Home is the place your heart resides
Home is the place that you decide
Home is the womb that holds the soul
Home is the place where one is whole
Home is the glow you hold in your eye
Home is the emotion that makes you cry
Home is safe and a place of peace
Home is where all strivings cease
Home is protective against the others
Home is full of sisters and brothers
Home is where you find your rest
Home is where you feel your best...
Home is all these wonderful things
Home is the place you develop wings
Home is the place that you’ll find one day
Home is the place where your heart will stay.
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Naturhus Wraps A House In Its Own Private Greenhouse
Design / Sustainable Product Design
http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/naturhus-wraps-a-house-in-its-own-private-greenhouse.html
The house-in-a-greenhouse probably wouldn't play very well in say, Arizona, where enclosing your house in glass shell would be folly. But Bengt Warne, a Swedish architect, starting designing what he called the Naturhus (Nature House) in 1976 to work with Scandinavian nature. Warne put up his own Naturhus before he died in 2006, but two other Swedish families have now designed their own versions of an enclosed house.
Greenhouse on the outside, energy-efficiency on the inside
Here in Sweden, where the dark drear of winter drives many of us to depression or worse, a clear greenhouse on the outside of your wooden house as insulation promises two months more of growing season on the porch and indoor gardens (fed by the houses' grey water, compost, and black water systems) and keeps your heating bills low. Plus an extra feature dear to Swedes' hearts, Naturhus lets you start using the decks in your house a lot earlier each spring.
Naturhus ecohouse small by U.S. standards
The houses are around 150 square meters, a fairly small family house by American standards, with the outside greenhouses total area at 300 square meters. Around the houses are extensive Mediterranean-style gardens that grow many plant varieties that couldn't survive the Swedish seasons without the protective glass covering - figs, kiwi, peaches, wine grapes, etc. The houses are heated by wood-burning ovens and a "hot water masonry heater."
Best of all from a day-to-day living standpoint are the houses' under-glass roof decks. Though the climate is somewhat different in one of the houses up in Northwestern Sweden, with the other one quite close to the Baltic in Stockholm, they both are expected to save about 50 percent on a traditional house's electric bills. Via: Ecorelief and Ecosole
Read more on Swedish house design:
Swedish Flatpack Homes In Large, Medium, Small and XXS
IKEA BoKlok Flatpack houses spread Swedish gospel
Friggebod Fun: The Mini House by Jonas Wagell
Villa Näckros Swedish Floating Prefab
Related on TreeHugger.com:
Design / Sustainable Product Design
http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/naturhus-wraps-a-house-in-its-own-private-greenhouse.html
The house-in-a-greenhouse probably wouldn't play very well in say, Arizona, where enclosing your house in glass shell would be folly. But Bengt Warne, a Swedish architect, starting designing what he called the Naturhus (Nature House) in 1976 to work with Scandinavian nature. Warne put up his own Naturhus before he died in 2006, but two other Swedish families have now designed their own versions of an enclosed house.
Greenhouse on the outside, energy-efficiency on the inside
Here in Sweden, where the dark drear of winter drives many of us to depression or worse, a clear greenhouse on the outside of your wooden house as insulation promises two months more of growing season on the porch and indoor gardens (fed by the houses' grey water, compost, and black water systems) and keeps your heating bills low. Plus an extra feature dear to Swedes' hearts, Naturhus lets you start using the decks in your house a lot earlier each spring.
Naturhus ecohouse small by U.S. standards
The houses are around 150 square meters, a fairly small family house by American standards, with the outside greenhouses total area at 300 square meters. Around the houses are extensive Mediterranean-style gardens that grow many plant varieties that couldn't survive the Swedish seasons without the protective glass covering - figs, kiwi, peaches, wine grapes, etc. The houses are heated by wood-burning ovens and a "hot water masonry heater."
Best of all from a day-to-day living standpoint are the houses' under-glass roof decks. Though the climate is somewhat different in one of the houses up in Northwestern Sweden, with the other one quite close to the Baltic in Stockholm, they both are expected to save about 50 percent on a traditional house's electric bills. Via: Ecorelief and Ecosole
Read more on Swedish house design:
Swedish Flatpack Homes In Large, Medium, Small and XXS
IKEA BoKlok Flatpack houses spread Swedish gospel
Friggebod Fun: The Mini House by Jonas Wagell
Villa Näckros Swedish Floating Prefab
Related on TreeHugger.com:
Paradise in a Greenhouse
A family of 5 (In Sweden) live in a house, inside this greenhouse!
Inside the greenhouse, they`ve got a tropical climate and they grow kiwi, watermelon, peaches, grapes, tomatoes, cucumber and more.
When the sun is shining (in the summertime), the temperature is around 30C on the first floor (25C in the shadow) and on the roof the temperature can get up to 40C. They use very little power and they have solar panels as well. Almost all year round they can sit "outside" on the porch and have dinner and look at the stars! They have lived here for about 15 years. The house itself is 150 square meters, and the greenhouse is 300 square meters.
This is amazing especially considering how often it rains in Sweden. And using so little energy and growing lots of fruits and veggies!!
Now I shall start saving up money for this paradise!
A family of 5 (In Sweden) live in a house, inside this greenhouse!
Inside the greenhouse, they`ve got a tropical climate and they grow kiwi, watermelon, peaches, grapes, tomatoes, cucumber and more.
When the sun is shining (in the summertime), the temperature is around 30C on the first floor (25C in the shadow) and on the roof the temperature can get up to 40C. They use very little power and they have solar panels as well. Almost all year round they can sit "outside" on the porch and have dinner and look at the stars! They have lived here for about 15 years. The house itself is 150 square meters, and the greenhouse is 300 square meters.
This is amazing especially considering how often it rains in Sweden. And using so little energy and growing lots of fruits and veggies!!
Now I shall start saving up money for this paradise!
Dome House in Thailand
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2582344/Home-sweet-dome-Man-quits-job-builds-dream-mini-home-just-six-weeks-9-000.html
"On a large organic mango farm, far into the countryside of northeastern Thailand, I have built my little dome home for only $9000. Enjoy the tour! And if you would like to see more photos and the creation of my home please visit: http://www.steveareen.com/index.html
The song "Reflection" is off my Bird of Passage CD available from iTunes and Amazon. My friend Hajjar Gibran, who's original dome design I used, along with my own design ideas, provided wonderful guidance during construction. He is now offering dome building workshops here: http://www.hajjargibran.com" Steve Arreen
"On a large organic mango farm, far into the countryside of northeastern Thailand, I have built my little dome home for only $9000. Enjoy the tour! And if you would like to see more photos and the creation of my home please visit: http://www.steveareen.com/index.html
The song "Reflection" is off my Bird of Passage CD available from iTunes and Amazon. My friend Hajjar Gibran, who's original dome design I used, along with my own design ideas, provided wonderful guidance during construction. He is now offering dome building workshops here: http://www.hajjargibran.com" Steve Arreen
Welcome to The Roundhouse, it is an ecohome of wood frame, cobwood and recycled window walls, with a straw-insulated turf roof.
The roundhouse was built with sustainable strategies whilst minimizing
the environmental impact on the land.
Life in the roundhouse still provides the modern comforts, but in a home that costs very little to live in and is kind on its surrounding environment.
The roundhouse was built with sustainable strategies whilst minimizing
the environmental impact on the land.
Life in the roundhouse still provides the modern comforts, but in a home that costs very little to live in and is kind on its surrounding environment.
Giant Chinese 3D printer builds 10 houses in just 1 day (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
This off - grid house truck...
looks pretty cool from the outside, with enough space to live comfortably and travel around in style. While travelling, the home is compact and cozy for owners Jola, Justin and their son Piko. But this is no ordinary mobile home…it transforms into a spacious fantasy castle that will leave you green with envy by 03.00! The truck, featured on YouTube channel Living Big In A Tiny House, is completely road legal and off-grid.
It heats water through a mixture of solar panels on the roof, a wetback fire, and gas, and it captures rain water from the roof that is then stored in water tanks below the truck. This tiny home has really raised the bar…in terms of engineering and creativity, it´s just amazing!
Read More: http://www.trueactivist.com/at-first-it-looks-like-a-truck-but-wait-till-they-open-it-up/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=mam&utm_campaign=mam
looks pretty cool from the outside, with enough space to live comfortably and travel around in style. While travelling, the home is compact and cozy for owners Jola, Justin and their son Piko. But this is no ordinary mobile home…it transforms into a spacious fantasy castle that will leave you green with envy by 03.00! The truck, featured on YouTube channel Living Big In A Tiny House, is completely road legal and off-grid.
It heats water through a mixture of solar panels on the roof, a wetback fire, and gas, and it captures rain water from the roof that is then stored in water tanks below the truck. This tiny home has really raised the bar…in terms of engineering and creativity, it´s just amazing!
Read More: http://www.trueactivist.com/at-first-it-looks-like-a-truck-but-wait-till-they-open-it-up/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=mam&utm_campaign=mam
Shipping Container Costs About $2,000.
What These 15 People Did With That Is Beyond Epic.
http://my99post.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/a-shipping-container-costs-about-2000.html#sthash.8bhJ4UrB.dpuf
A luxury home doesn’t always necessarily mean thousands of square footage, towering great
rooms and gilded toilets. Take these homes for example: to begin building one of these epic
houses, all you need is $2,000. That $2,000 will buy you a shipping container. What you
do with that shipping container… well, that’s completely up to you.
Some creative people have found a way to transform this rudimentary “room”
with metal siding into luxury housing that blows us away. These homes are epic.
The best part of the gallery that this Reddit user shared? The shipping containers are
recycled materials, so you’re actually helping the environment if you invest in making
a luxury shipping container home. You can’t beat a base price of $2,000.
What These 15 People Did With That Is Beyond Epic.
http://my99post.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/a-shipping-container-costs-about-2000.html#sthash.8bhJ4UrB.dpuf
A luxury home doesn’t always necessarily mean thousands of square footage, towering great
rooms and gilded toilets. Take these homes for example: to begin building one of these epic
houses, all you need is $2,000. That $2,000 will buy you a shipping container. What you
do with that shipping container… well, that’s completely up to you.
Some creative people have found a way to transform this rudimentary “room”
with metal siding into luxury housing that blows us away. These homes are epic.
The best part of the gallery that this Reddit user shared? The shipping containers are
recycled materials, so you’re actually helping the environment if you invest in making
a luxury shipping container home. You can’t beat a base price of $2,000.
http://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/off-the-grid-container-house/
http://www.iqcontainerhomes.co.nz/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l58L3QEVnc&feature=youtu.be
http://www.iqcontainerhomes.co.nz/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l58L3QEVnc&feature=youtu.be
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