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)” »
Growing plants in your yard is not easy. But if you can make the task easy, why shouldn’t you resort to clever tricks? The DIY Raised Garden Bed (MyDailyRandomness Blog) is one such trick that will definitely help. Besides the improved quality of the soil as well as better drain access benefited from a raised garden bed, you can still have issues reaching some of your plants; and that was the whole point of having a raised garden bed in the first place – easier access and less effort. That’s why a garden bed in a U-shape is simply brilliant! With this instead of a large rectangle, you Continue reading “Learn How to Build A U-Shaped Raised Garden Bed” »
The 20 DIY Awesome Garden Art Ideas we provide you with are an inspiration to work on making your property the best looking one in the neighborhood. And your creativity is put to the test here: you will have the opportunity to recycle, reuse and impress with all of your gardening skills. You can opt for some hanging wall metal bucket planters, bicycle planters or even toaster planters! A few pieces of art, like the donkey tire art, will definitely improve the look Continue reading “20 DIY Awesome Garden Art Ideas” »
Searching for that amazing piece of furniture for your beautiful garden? This incredible piece of artwork you can see in the pictures was designed and carved by Andy Burgess (a professional Chainsaw Wood Sculptor) from simple logs. If you want something similar for your garden, do not hesitate to contact Andy and your dream can come true..
“I started in 2009 and initially received great help and inspiration from my brother Tim Burgess – also a full time Chainsaw Wood Sculptor.
I provide wide ranging bespoke sculptures for private and public customers as well as for large corporate clients. I can work to detailed sketches and architects plans, for example I have completed nearly 50 bespoke commissions for the Nando’s Restaurant Chain – from organic design columns, to sculptural seating.” says Andy.
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