A foam "FUTON" can be a bed at night or a couch by day - and it is so light that it can be easily moved out of the room or stood up on its side when you need...
Hi Karen, You didn't say what kind of artist you are or if you own your house but here are some ideas... A hida-bed loveseat serves as a guest sleeping for...
European furniture tends to be smaller. Generally kind of expensive. An exception is Ikea. Their web site is incomplete, best to go in person. People have been...
Article in today's LA Times about Jay Shafer's 100 sq ft house in Sebastopol, CA. Am sending in 2 parts. Don't think the 3 photos arein on-line edition. -Jean ...
Article in today's LA Times about Jay Shafer's 100 sq ft house in Sebastopol, CA. Am sending in 2 parts. Don't think the 3 photos arein on-line edition. -Jean ...
Here's page 2 of the LA Times article on Jay Shafer's little house (from LATimes.Com, 8 Nov 2006). Article on page K-11, by Gayle Pollard-Terry; sorry the 3 ...
There was an interesting interview this week on the NPR show "A Chef's Table." The guest was the author of "The Itty Bitty Kitchen Handbook," about cooking in...
HI is anyone familiar with the work of this architect who build smaller, modern homes in maryland , among other places. the homes feature large wall to ceiling...
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Hi, My mother lives in a house similar to the one you describe, designed by a student of Frank Lloyd Wright. It is very beautiful and very expensive to heat...
Hi I just wanted to acknowledge that I got the responses to my post. Thank you to those who did, and I am just thinking about it all at this point. May comment...
The Eichler homes in California have many of the qualities you mention. I was in one in 1963 (in Orange, CA) and was so awed by its beauty and naturalism (ala...
I thought I'd drop a quick link to a cool low cost idea in housing. Hope ya'll enjoy it and get some ideas. http://www.simondale.net/house/ I have 40 acres in...
Small House Friends, A journalist in the San Francisco area would like to contact a few people to discuss small houses. They are writing an article for a major...
I know this is a long post, but I thought I'd share a few lessons learned in our research for a new book that might help some members think about the design...
Friends, I've recently been giving some thought to what might be the most efficient and green housing methods. Dennis Fukai recently wrote, "the separation of...
On the subject of footprinting: I have given the subject of footprinting quite a bit of thought (especially since I was, and technically still am, a part of an...
You know, I agree with Greg that there is a need for higher density in some regions of the country. But sitting here in a rural town in N. Florida makes me...
I've lived (university dorm) and worked (corporation headquarters office building)in high rises and absolutely hated them.I agree they make a lot of sense; I...
Just to keep everyone in mind, the stacked multi-level approach won't work well for people of advanced age, with certain handicaps, or those confined to a...
I live near Leisure World,a large So. Cal retirement community,which I have visited a number of times.The community contains many 2 (or more) storied buildings...
... It is true that everyone (it seems) is riding a bicycle in the Netherlands, very young and very old. What's really amazing is how many are now riding...
... You are right...and Americans all want to be king/queen. I admire the Dutch with doing so much with so very little land and doing it so beautifully and ...
While I admire many Euro cities, it's very hard to live in them if you are handicapped as I am since they don't believe in many of the handicap accessibility ...
I wondered if anyone had any resources or research into how people sleep around the world. I did a mini search myself and didn't find much of anything. I did...
Try Material World--A Global Family Photograph by Peter Menzel for photographs around the world of each family's possessions, including beds (family bed vs ...
there are professional scientific journals on sleep studies. I don't know any titles off hand but Google has a search engine just for scientiific/professional...
Friends, A radio news producer in Michigan is interested in getting in touch with any small house designers, builders, or dwellers anywhere in the Grand...
