Featured in numerous books on natural building, this unique cob cottage is a welcoming and cozy retreat hand sculpted of local, sustainable natural materials located on a lovely acreage with sheep, gardens and orchards. This cottage is quite rural and mostly agricultural with several farms and a small private vineyard. Take a look at all 27 photos… Continue reading “Unique Cob Cottage in Mayne Island” »
Do you wish to grow your own garden? If costs of materials are stopping you fulfill this desire, learn that you can save some money on alternative pots and do good to the environment in the process! We present to you the newspaper pots for seed starting. This clever little technique is the best when it comes to starter seeds. Because the material is biodegradable, the plants can go directly in the soil after they’ve grown from seeds. Continue reading “How to Create Newspaper Pots for Seed-Starting” »
Thinking about making something different with the Easter eggs this year? Well, you will love this next project as it combines traditional elements with modern ones and leaves plenty of space for your imagination. Making the embroidered eggs from the photos is an easy task and you can create any pattern you want on the egg shells. Besides this working with these shells is much easier than you would’ve thought and combining them with sewing will result in a beautiful Easter decoration. The basic supplies for this decoration are: raw eggs, a Dremel, needles and embroidery thread. You will need the Continue reading “DIY Embroidered Eggs” »
Does modern city-life rush you away from your own thoughts? If you too have been searching for a way to live in harmony with nature, independent from the city, than we have just the thing. More like, just the Solar Powered Floating Eco Home. With no worries for foundation, trees to remove, a concrete driveway to pour, or even land to buy, the WaterNest 100 is the perfect answer to living completely independent. The pod is a floating unit that can be placed on lakes or bays, along river courses or calm waters sea areas. The stylish eco-friendly home has been designed by Italian architect Giancarlo Zema. The 100 sqm is 98% recyclable. The materials are almost all recycled glued laminated timber and recycled aluminum hull. The 4 m high structure Continue reading “Floating Solar-Powered Waternest Eco-Home” »
Creating the best desert is a true art, especially when it comes to cakes. A great cake has some elements of success, such as an awesome taste, a moist structure and a beautiful look. Each of these is equally important, but looks and decoration are the first thing that everyone notices, so don’t ignore this part. If you want to surprise a huge arts and crafts enthusiast with a birthday cake, these crafty desserts should be very useful. Continue reading “15 Crafty Desserts Ideas: Too Cute To Eat!” »
How about this chair design? Even if you think that it’s a new invention.. it’s not… This design is old. Some say it dates back to the the mid 1700’s with Mountain Men roaming the US. To build this chair you’ll need one 2x12x8 board (no nails or glue). Continue reading “DIY One Board Minimalist Chair” »
Everyone wants to have a beautiful and welcoming home. This entails a decent amount of work done in the cleaning department. It’s exhausting to be very careful and at every occasion something becomes messy. But wait a second, it doesn’t have to be so hard and exhausting to clean! You might have been cleaning stuff in a wrong way your entire life! Here are 10 things that might show you some clever ways to clean stuff. Continue reading “11 Things You’ve Been Cleaning Wrong Your Entire Life!” »
A root cellar is the perfect solution if you have a lot of extra vegetables in your home throughout the year. If you’re not the kind of person which likes to keep canned goods, the root cellar is definitely the way to go. But what’s the best way you could make a root cellar and not spend a lot of money on it? Concrete blocks and wood which are commonly used to build this are not that cheap. Instead, an old refrigerator can be repurposed so creatively. Continue reading “How to Make a Fridge Root Cellar” »
Surviving is not a given and you have to prepare thoroughly for this if you like to adventure into the wild and on uncharted territories. Even though these techniques sound like stuff movies are made extra exciting with, some are essential in the case you go on a hike or a mountain trail. We found a website that shows you in detail a few examples of a crucial survival tip: how to tie a knot. At first, this collection may sound more than you would need, but when you see that a different type of knot is essential for certain situation, you will be Continue reading “Top 5 Crucial Knots For Off Grid Survival (video)” »
