Cozy Grain Bin Homes | Cozy Home Plans For anyone who lives in farming country, driving past a grain bin may put visions in your head of an unusual and nearly ready-made home just ripe for the picking. Actually, people have built homes out of grain bins and silos using various techniques and styles. Grain bins come in various widths and heights and are used for storing harvested grain. Many of the older silos are standing empty or are being torn down to be sold for scrap. Grain bins can be reinforced and insulated in various ways with typical wood framing, straw bales or even an additional grain bin inserted into a larger bin. You can also purchase a grain bin home plan from Dream Green Homes. This is on our list of things to build when Cozy Home Plans gets more site traffic and sales. Photo by Visit Missouri
Sustainable Web Hosting - 10 Sensational Homes Built from Straw | green-building Written by Ryan Hollitz | 19 December 2009 Posted in Blog - Green Building New building materials could really make your house green from the ground up! Straw! :) via [thedailygreen.com] In the classic story of the Three Little Pigs‚ a naive piglet decides to build his home out of straw, which soon gets the huff and puff treatment by a big bad wolf, resulting in the poor little pig's untimely end. Many may wonder why a person would want to build a home made out of straw, but apart from providing a place to hide from the big bad wolf, they have some substantial benefits. Read on to discover just how right that first little pig was to build his home out of straw. Photos: Brett Weinstein/Realty Advocates 1. This unique, beautiful straw bale home in Oakland, California recently carried a $1.1 million price tag. Photo: JD Peterson 2. This gorgeous home, perched on owner Henry Siegel's 2 1/2-acre leafy lot, offers panoramic views and cozy comfort. Photo: University of Bath 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
How To Build A Sami Hut In Wood The last but very important thing to do is to cover the hut with some protection against weather and rain.I choosed to cover the hut with tarpaper because its easy and cheap, or you can paint the hut directly with tar if you want, but it is a messy project to do that....You can see that i have nailed some ribbons over the tarpaper that this summer will be used to mount some (i have not decided what type yet) outer panel on. That ugly monster you see in the last pic is an experiment to see if the arrangement could store some heat for the night (you make the fire around it), it works, but i will later on test an idea that makes use of self circulating water from an accumulator tank and radiators under the lavas (where you sit and sleep) . Finnished!You are now the proud owner of a unique Sami hut that you can use as a guesthouse or maybe a cool looking sauna..... PS.
Recommissioned Silos - Life In A Roundhouse 5 Easy to Grow Mosquito-Repelling Plants As the outdoor season approaches, many homeowners and outdoor enthusiasts look for ways to control mosquitoes. With all the publicity about the West Nile virus, mosquito repelling products are gaining in popularity. But many commercial insect repellents contain from 5% to 25% DEET. There are concerns about the potential toxic effects of DEET, especially when used by children. Children who absorb high amounts of DEET through insect repellents have developed seizures, slurred speech, hypotension and bradycardia. There are new DEET-free mosquito repellents on the market today which offer some relief to those venturing outdoors in mosquito season. Here are five of the most effective mosquito repelling plants which are easy to grow in most regions of the US: 1. Citronella is the most common natural ingredient used in formulating mosquito repellents. Citronella is a perennial ‘clumping’ grass which grows to a height of 5 – 6 feet. 2. Horsemint leaves can be dried and used to make herbal tea.
An Investigation of Sami Building Structures By Rebecca Emmons (Risten)December 4, 2004 Of all the indigenous cultures existing or that have existed, the Sámi are one of the most diverse and unique in language, history, and culture. Upon a closer examination of the cultural approach to architectural structures one can glean not only a more comprehensive understanding of social and economic constructs within the Sámi, but also a more intimate understanding, specifically through their approach to building architectural structures, of a well-integrated relationship with nature and climate. A comparison in determining architectural factors throughout indigenous cultures: An initial look at indigenous structures as a whole can be viewed as architectural responses to a set of cultural and physical forces intrinsic to their respective environments. Looking at indigenous cultures as a whole, six categories of dwelling prototypes emerge which are reflective of the cultural characteristics held by various people groups. wind load.
Grain Silo Tiny House This Grain Silo Tiny House is available as a vacation rental at Gruene Homestead Inn. It’s located at 832 Gruene Road, New Braunfels, Texas 78130. A wonderful covered front porch was added. And when you go inside you’ll see the living area, kitchen, bathroom, and staircase that leads you to the upstairs bedroom. Grain Silo Tiny House in Texas Images © Gruene Homestead Inn Learn more: Our big thanks to Kevin H. for sharing this Silo Loft Home through Goods Home Design with us!
6 Alternatives To Bullet Lists Sharebar Bullets make lists of important points easy to read. When those near-perfect little circles are vertically aligned, readers can quickly process the text. Yet too many bullet lists in an eLearning course or slide presentation can be repetitious and mind-numbing. Learners and audiences need novelty to maintain and sustain attention. Here are six bullet alternatives you can create in any graphics program or in PowerPoint. Alternative 1: Use text boxes A simple alternative to a list is to place each item into a a text box that is arranged in a suitable layout. Alternative 2: Let icons do the talking Using the same text boxes as above, this approach adds icons to the words. These icons were found at Iconfinder. You can take this approach one step further by accentuating the graphic more than the words. These icons are courtesy of BuildInternet!. Alternative 3: Let People Speak Your List When you use people cutouts to speak your points, no one will suspect this is a list.
WoodProfits® How To Start A Profitable Woodworking Business From Home With No Capital In 7 Days or Less 190 Square Foot Grain Silo Tiny Home - Tiny House Living Amazing grain silo home makes living simply look like living the high life. Architect Christoph Kaiser turned a dismantled grain silo, purchased online from a Kansas farmer, into a cozy studio in Phoenix, Arizona. The 190-square-foot space is outfitted with a highly customized interior—only the Eames dining chairs were not made by Kaiser—that serves as a comfortable home for him and his wife.” – Dwell Source: You Won’t Believe the Cozy Home Inside This Converted Grain Silo | Dwell Survive Outdoors Recommissioned Silos Recommissioned Silos Round houses have been a successful design option for thousands of years. Wind passes around the building and finds no resistance. Round buildings achieve much higher wind ratings than traditional straight edged buildings. Round houses also have less surface area on the exterior making for a home that is easier to heat and cool. Monte-Silo House in Woodland, Utah. The south facing side of above silo house. Bed cubbies in Monte-Silo House in Woodland, Utah by Gigaplex Architects. Curved kitchen in Monte-Silo House in Woodland, Utah by Gigaplex Architects. A silo home with center garage. Local old grain silos become the Abbey Road Farm Bed & Breakfast, “Silo Suites”. Silo home. pinimg.com Staircase in a two story silo house. pinimg.com Silo home in Germantown, NY By architect Michael Altschuler. Silo home in Germantown, NY. Gruene Homestead Inn, Texas gruenehomesteadinn.com 388 sq ft Silo House. CorTen corrugated steel cladding and exposed steel beams on the interior. Yor