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Category Archives: house
How to Turn Your Backyard into a Bird Refuge
How to Turn Your Backyard into a Bird Refuge is the kind of project I think i can handle in our new place. Despite living in the country, I do not want to raise my own chickens/pigs/cattle/llamas. Setting up feeders … Continue reading
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How to Keep Towels off the Bathroom Floor
At the moment our bathroom doesn’t have a place to hang up towels. I tend to hang them on the shower curtain rod, but that doesn’t work so well for the rest of the family. When we move to … Continue reading
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Our House is a Go!
We got approval from the credit union yesterday for our house, so building can begin! It’s a scary step – this is the most expensive thing I’ve ever bought (and probably the most expensive thing I’ll ever buy). The two … Continue reading
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Double-Decker Drum Composter
This Double-Decker Drum Composter is a really cool idea for composting. I’m not sure if we’d actually use it properly though which makes me a little reluctant to put the effort into assembling it. Then again, if it works out, … Continue reading
The Energy-Efficiency Pyramid
Want to save on your power bill? The Energy-Efficiency Pyramid – Fine Homebuilding will show you how. Note that they put the more mundane options first – do an energy audit, turn things off – while the things that get … Continue reading
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Three-stage brush cleaner
This is a good idea: Make: Online : Three-stage brush cleaner. We’re going to be doing a lot of painting in the near future, so a setup such as this one would be really useful if it works. I read … Continue reading
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Natural Building and Sustainable Living Apprenticeship for Cold Weather Climates
If I could afford the 8 weeks, I would love to try something like this: Natural Building and Sustainable Living Apprenticeship for Cold Weather Climates | Natural Building Institute Ontario. “Si jeunesse savait, si veilesse pouvait.” I can picture my … Continue reading
Use Gridwall to Organize Your Spaces
I like the look of this: Use Gridwall to Organize Your Spaces – Storage – Lifehacker. I really dislike the way our cupboards and utensil storage is set up right now so something like this may be worth trying out. … Continue reading
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Drill/driver settings
Clearing up the confusion on drill/driver settings – Fine Homebuilding gives a good description of the different settings on drills. The rechargeable batteries on my drill have died and I’ve been reluctant to spend the money on replacements but I’m … Continue reading
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Build a Geodesic Dome Solar Greenhouse to Grow Your Own Food
I thought this looked like an interesting project: Build a Geodesic Dome Solar Greenhouse to Grow Your Own Food : TreeHugger. Then I looked at the costs: minimum $5,000 setup. I’m going to see if I enjoy regular gardening first … Continue reading
Use a 20-Year Plan to Build a Stable of Quality Furniture
As we look forward to building our house, I’m thinking of something like this: Use a 20-Year Plan to Build a Stable of Quality Furniture – Home – Lifehacker. The trouble is that the furniture we use the most is … Continue reading
Planning Shelterbelts
Unfortunately our lot is a little too small to get trees from PFRA, but they still have a lot of useful information for Planning Farm Shelterbelts. The front of my parents’ riverlot was pretty much as bare as our lot … Continue reading
Visualize Room Colors Before Painting
This looks as though it would be a useful tool for anyone looking to do some redecorating: ColorJive Helps Visualize Room Colors Before Painting – DIY – Lifehacker. It lets you take a photo of a room and mess around … Continue reading
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Home Health Checklist
I’d be terrified to see where our current house is on this checklist: DIY Home Health Checklist Helps You Fix Problems Before They Blow Up – Repairs – Lifehacker. However, when we move into our new place this is exactly … Continue reading
Google PowerMeter’s first device partner
Official Google Blog: Google PowerMeter’s first device partner looks really cool. We’re going to be building in the not-too-distant future and I really want to integrate something like this into our house. My main motivation for wanting something such as … Continue reading
Hammer Hinge Pins to Keep Open Doors from Closing
We have a door that keeps swinging open to an awkward angle – halfway between open and closed so I’ll give this a shot and see how it works: Hammer Hinge Pins to Keep Open Doors from Closing – Repair … Continue reading
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What Are the Necessary Cleaning Supplies?
Totally Together Journal asks: What Are the Necessary Cleaning Supplies? I’m not terribly good at keeping our house clean I’m hoping that some of that is due to it being an older house with lots of nooks and crannies. The … Continue reading
Build a Beneficial Bug House
This looks like a useful garden project: Build a Beneficial Bug House – Garden – Lifehacker. The site we’re looking at building on is quite large and near a river. We will definitely have plenty of bugs flying around, so … Continue reading