8 Creative Small Bathroom Design Ideas to Refresh Your Room

Whether you’re doing a full remodel of a small bathroom or just looking for ways to freshen up the look, it can be challenging to find design ideas that maximize the space and offer a luxurious feel. You will probably be tempted to stick with tried-and-true small bathroom design ideas, but the truth is that […]

Smart Tiny Home Organization Ideas

Living in a tiny house is a delightful challenge. It comes with some limitations in space, but these can easily be remedied with smart, functional design. The simple life becomes the sweet life when you use tiny home organization ideas. Practical Tiny Home Organization Ideas Here are some space savers that make organizing a breeze […]

Adventurous Hobbit House: Awesome 10-Step Project

Backyard Hobbit House

Want an out-of-this-world backyard project? Well, this one’s hard to top if you’re building one in your backyard – your very own hobbit house as your personal refuge! This hobbit house serves as a reading nook for its owner-builders. They also plan on installing a projector and a drop-down screen, making it a tiny tiny ‘home […]

Eco-Friendly & Cheap House From Plastic Bottles in 15 Steps

Plastic Bottle House

Here are the reasons why you should consider building a house from plastic bottles and other structures… Plastic bottles are probably not top of mind when you think of building materials. But this recyclable material actually has a number of advantages that make them better than bricks! First, and the most obvious reason, is that a house from […]

DIY Cabin

Need a weekend getaway but on a tight budget? Why not build your own cabin! Getting a contractor to build you a cabin can be very expensive. But by building it yourself, you can significantly cut down costs. Construction might take some time, but worth it for the free vacations it can give you! This […]

The Transatron Project by Patrick Buckle

Having purchased a small vacant block of land I was keen to find an affordable and comfortable solution to make use of the beautiful mountain location and escape the city for weekends and holidays. After a career of building things to be delivered quickly and efficiently in theatre, I began a search for compact and […]

How to Get a Shipping Container

How to Get a Shipping Container

A shipping container can make a wonderful shed, office, hobby room, or even a home. They are a strong and cost-effective material to build structures with. But the question we are continually asked is ‘where do you get them? This article aims to provide you with general information about shipping containers, local building regulations you need to check, and where […]

From a Brass Sink to a Japanese Forest House

A couple years ago I found a neat little brass sink at the local recycle center.   Enamored of shiny objects,  I coveted it’s golden glow,  entirely aware of the fact that I had no use for such a thing.   I wandered around for an hour or so with it in my hand,  looking at other […]

How To Build A Gypsy Wagon

Discover how to build a gypsy wagon with materials like cedar wood and tools like a table saw. Easy steps to create a unique living space!

Durable Earthbag Round House: Solid 7-Step Structure

This interesting home is made from earthbags, also known as sandbags. Sandbags were first used by the military and emergency services teams to build protective structures and for flood control. Now the concept of using earthbags has been applied to housing to create strong and affordable earthbag round house. Earthbags are ideal for making homes […]