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Linder
True Blue Farmgirl
592 Posts
Linda
Lake Forest
IL
USA
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 Posted - Jan 23 2009 : 5:36:07 PM
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Check out this wonderful website I found in Country Living.
www.tinytexashouses.com
This guy makes amazing houses out of salvaged materials!
I emailed with him the better part of the day today and am so impressed with what he's doing.
Go to the picture gallery and have a look.
SO COOL!
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom"
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
2099 Posts |
Posted - Jan 23 2009 : 6:45:26 PM
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I love these houses. Abso-freakin-lutely love them. I've got to have one someday, and I'm not kidding.
Hey, one of the houses in the gallery is in New Braunfels...wonder if Heather (catscharm) has seen it? |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - Jan 23 2009 : 7:58:43 PM
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I want one!!! I love the Victorian B & B and the Farmhouse on the creek. This would be the perfect retirement home for me in about 10 years. Although I don't know if I would be able to climb a ladder to bed every night!
Handmade Soap and More! http://therusticcottage.etsy.com
The Rustic Cottage Blog http://therusticcottage.blogspot.com
PROUD FARMGIRL SISTER #100 |
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3318 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3318 Posts |
Posted - Jan 23 2009 : 8:18:13 PM
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Right around Christmas I contacted the Nixon Presidential Library about the house former President Nixon grew up in Lorba Linda California. What a darling little house! Apparently it was a "kit" like they used to get early on in the early 1900's... Sears put them out and Aladdin Readi-Cut Houses had them as well as a few others. Well, yesterday the Library and Museum sent me a huge envelope with the floor plans of the birthplace, built in 1912 by his father Frank, as well as copies of a few homes that were comparable to his.
I live in a huge old Victorian right now, but in a fews years the kids will be gone and we have decided to go "small". My dream is to have a home just like Nixon's birthplace home. He grew up on a Lemon Ranch! Doesn't that sound wonderful? Check out the web site at http://www.nixonlibrary.gov and see the birthplace of Richard Nixon.
Melody
http://melodynotes-melodynotes.blogspot.com
www.bythebayhandcraftedsoap.com
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homesteaderbelle
True Blue Farmgirl
391 Posts
Belle
USA
391 Posts |
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Farmtopia
True Blue Farmgirl
1465 Posts
Zan
New York
New York
USA
1465 Posts |
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
1207 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2009 : 09:23:57 AM
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| Cute as a bugs ear. If we lived in one of these cuties, we wouldn't have so much stuff to clean around. |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2009 : 12:08:34 PM
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I didn't see any pricing on the site. I'm laying in bed last night thinking about these cute little houses, how I'd decorate, what kind of furniture I'd have, etc. Now I'm totally hooked!
Handmade Soap and More! http://therusticcottage.etsy.com
The Rustic Cottage Blog http://therusticcottage.blogspot.com
PROUD FARMGIRL SISTER #100 |
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dkelewae
True Blue Farmgirl
1310 Posts
Diana
Saint Peters
MO
USA
1310 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2009 : 2:25:14 PM
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Okay...I took a peek at that website and thought "Wow! How cool would it be to have a bunch of these on farmland somewhere...a regular MJF commune!"
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #272
St. Peters MO
Country Girl trapped in the city!
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Jan 24 2009 : 5:34:51 PM
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Usually when they don't have the prices marked it means "if you have to ask, you can't afford it". I hope not, but it sounds like they put quite a lot of custom labor into these buildings, and then shipping on top of that.
I'm looking forward to seeing the kits and plans that the website says are coming soon. I bet I could build something like that. Not that I have any building experience, but I like the idea of a house so small I wouldn't be scared to get up on the roof. |
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Buffalomary
True Blue Farmgirl
199 Posts
Mary
Caldwell
ID
USA
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Posted - Jan 24 2009 : 9:11:18 PM
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They are so cute! That would definitely be one to eliminate a lot of "stuff" just lying around. But I'm also not sure if I could get the ladder. My poor old knees sometimes have a mind of their own.
I also found sort of prices at the "Design Options and Pricing" tab, right next to the Contact Us. It appears it would depend on how far away you are. Wonder if my brother could haul one up here for me? Hmmmm....
Buffalomary
Farmgirl Sister #293
You can take the farmer's daughter off the farm but you can't take the farm out of the farmer's daughter!!
Please visit me at my blog: http://buffalomaryscorner.blogspot.com |
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rhondacate
True Blue Farmgirl
234 Posts
Rhonda
Janesville
CA
USA
234 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2009 : 9:25:42 PM
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I love, love, love those.
My husband and I often look at the tiny houses on the tumbleweed site and really love them:
http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com
But I think I might like the ones with salvaged materials even more.
Of course right now we live in a TINY house, but not nearly as cute as those. And who am I kidding, we could never fit all of our stuff in one of those. We'd have to have 3 more just for storage. :) lol
~Rhonda
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
2099 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2009 : 08:03:09 AM
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quote:
We'd have to have 3 more just for storage. :) lol
~Rhonda
http://rmfo-blogs.com/rhonda
I've always liked the idea of a compound...one little house for sleeping/privacy, one for cooking and entertaining, one for a workshop/storage. Of course, in this climate, walking back and forth between them would get old real fast during the winter. |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3318 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3318 Posts |
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