in which we move in to the recycled house, and are pleased
Posted on August 10, 2009 - Filed Under alternative building | 6 Comments
We have completely, and thoroughly, moved in, FINALLY, to the Noah House!
[cue cheering!]
That is to say, we haven’t moved out of the yurt, we’re just…spreading. And in case you don’t know what I am talking about, here is the beginning of the story of recycling a tiny house, the tiny house my cousin Noah built, [...]
poof, another room
Posted on July 27, 2009 - Filed Under alternative building | 1 Comment
We are in the process of moving into the Noah House. I don’t mean moving out of the yurt, just adding the Noah House as another room in our weird, Tiny House Compound. As I mentioned here, Paul finished the interior trim last weekend and, although there is still a punch list of thing to [...]
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Posted on July 18, 2009 - Filed Under food, kiddo life, mayalife | 1 Comment
Today Paul finishes the interior of the Noah House! We’re so excited. The paper will come off the walnut floors, the tools and sawdust will be removed, and we’ll bust a bottle of champagne on the deck. Well, okay, probably not bust it. But I might have one of my pomegranate martini’s, or as Sophie [...]
Read More..>>how to recycle oak flooring
Posted on February 7, 2009 - Filed Under alternative building | Leave a Comment
We floored the yurt with recycled oak flooring. We paid $800 dollars for 800 square feet of the stuff (its sells for $3-$5 / square foot, new), and since the yurt wasn’t ready for it, we lived in our old farmhouse with metal bound bundles of it filling our living room knee deep for about [...]
Read More..>>how to recycle a tiny house, day five
Posted on January 23, 2009 - Filed Under alternative building | 7 Comments
After taking a day off for the big snow, the guys were back at work for their fifth day recycling our new, tiny house (see the last few posts for details if you are new to the story). They arrived just about the time I was going out to the barn. Here is Fancy saying [...]
Read More..>>how to recycle a tiny house, day four, afternoon
Posted on January 20, 2009 - Filed Under alternative building | 2 Comments
Continuing on in the amazing process of recycling an entire house. Here we are after the guys came back to work after lunch.
Monty started working inside, making the door between the two sections, putting up the loft, putting in the electrical outlets, etc, while Matt and Jose worked on the siding on the little side [...]
Read More..>>how to recycle a tiny house, day four
Posted on January 19, 2009 - Filed Under alternative building | 2 Comments
After taking the weekend off, the carpentry crew was back at eight this morning, slamming it into gear with their incredibly loud music and their hammers and full on get-it-done work ethic. I’ve been staring through the window in awe at their industry.
They’d been here about 45 minutes when it looked like this.
It’s just amazing [...]
Read More..>>how to recycle a tiny house, day three
Posted on January 17, 2009 - Filed Under alternative building | Leave a Comment
The guys brought the Noah House to its new home the morning of the third day. This the first load, pulling up to the yurt at 8:30 in the morning. Be glad there isn’t a picture of pre-coffee me, staggering outside to answer questions about where to put stuff. Scary.
The sun is coming in from [...]
Read More..>>how to recycle a tiny house, day two
Posted on January 16, 2009 - Filed Under alternative building | Leave a Comment
The crew was hard at work on the second morning. Here is what it looked like when we went over to the old site.
Here is the roof. Just a pile of stuff.
Then we came back about four hours later and the whole house was just a pile of stuff!
It’s hard to imagine this could ever [...]
Read More..>>how to recycle a tiny house, day one
Posted on January 15, 2009 - Filed Under alternative building | 1 Comment
As I reported yesterday, we are recycling an entire tiny house, by taking it apart where it is and putting it back together here. And it’s happening FAST.
Here was Noah’s house yesterday at noon:
And here it is four hours later:
The bits that had been taken off were in piles, ready to be moved on the [...]
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