Wow, it is incredible what you can do with a small space with the right design! Check out this Tiny NYC half-bedroom converted into elegant chamber (Video)
Water towers do not make for easy conversions; there are going to be lots of stairs. London developer Leigh Osborne took a tower dating back to 1867 and converted it into “one of the most lavish and eccentric residences in the city”. It was a challenge; he tells the Penarth Times that “There were 2,000 dead pigeons in there, and poo that went up to the top of your wellies!”
Gizmodo takes a video tour through TreeHugger founder, Graham Hill’s Life Edited apartment.
Michael Hession summarizes the space:
It is the project of Graham Hill, entrepreneur and treehugger.com founder, to come up with an ideal New York apartment—one with a small footprint, both physically and environmentally, and one that offers just as much beauty and functionality as a pad multiple times its size….. When you walk in, you encounter what is, at first glance, a small studio apartment. Within that cube are actually 8 functional spaces. The living room and office become the bedroom with a tug of a bookshelf. Open one of the closets and you’ll find 10 stackable chairs that go around a telescopic dining table for large dinner parties. An entire guest room with bunk-beds and a closet is revealed behind a wall that slides out on tracks. And of course, a well-equipped kitchen and bathroom await.
The base is made of water reeds. The method is very similar to that employed by traditional thatchers: the reed is tied together in bundles, then trimmed down and padded into the final shape.
credit: Malcolm Wells
Love Nature. Leave It Alone.
The late great Malcolm Wells explains why it makes so much sense to build underground; instead of killing nature, you build under and restore it. Don’t miss our collection of underground, earth sheltered homes.
We see a lot of great design over the course of a year. We also see lots of strange and useless design. Lloyd rounds up some of his favorite of the bad ideas.
There is a natural simplicity to these reed benches, made in the Netherlands.
(via Reed Benches Have a Natural Simplicity of Beauty : TreeHugger)
ZAL Creations of Chicago joined Etsy to start selling their lamps. But not just any lamps. Fantastic lamps made of recycled materials, from pipes and plumbing fixtures to beer bottles as bulb shades.
(via Steampunk Style Lamps Made From Plumbing Pipes and Beer Bottles)
