Recycled Shipping Container House
It’s been a while since we reported on a cool new shipping container home, but this awesome piece of cargotecture easily makes up for that. It’s called Kin Kin Container […]
How to Keep Your Chickens’ Water From Freezing (Even Without Electricity)
You wake up on a winter morning, bundled in layers, coffee steaming in your hands—and as you step outside to tend to your flock, you find it. A rock-solid block […]
How to Install a Water-Saving Toilet for Less Than $200
When we bought our 1958-model home, it was newly painted, but there wasn’t much else that was new about the place. The toilets were old and less efficient than modern-style […]
Unique Energy Efficient Cave House
Southern Spain boasts of many cave houses, which are beautiful to look at and also serve the purpose of keeping the inhabitants cool in the searing summer heat. But the […]
Portugal’s Stunning Mirrored Tiny Home That Appears to Float Above the Ground
The prefab home firm Mima Housing of Portugal recently introduced a new line of tiny homes, which are slick, modern, and affordable. They’re calling them Mima Light, and perhaps the […]
Clever Transformation of a Small Apartment That Now Includes a Secret Kids’ Playroom
Living in small or even tiny apartments is the reality for many urban dwellers these days, and while such living arrangements can be ideal for singles and couples, having kids […]