In case you were wondering...

In case you were wondering...

This blog exists to encourage all those who have ever wanted--and needed!--a tiny getaway close to home. A workshop, playhouse, garden shed, sanctuary, mini-greenhouse, studio, home office; whatever it is you need, it IS doable, with some sacrifice, imagination, and compromise.

It helps if you're handy, too.

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Early Inspirations--Handmade Houses

Years ago in a galaxy far away...well, really, it was just the 1970s...I bought a  copy of this book and fell in love.  We didn't build our farmhouse, in the 70s, but I definitely was influenced in how I rehabbed and decorated it!  Wonderfully quirky stuff, some soooo '70s and some I'd love right now. Beautiful carving, imaginative solutions, warm wood... Handmade Houses is still available for a reasonable amount (unless you want one of the hardbound "new" ones some optimist has listed for $900+!!)

If you love the idea of creating your own space, you'll love this old-but-still-good book!
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  1. GullandDecember 26, 2010 at 2:18 PM

    I got that same book at the same time. It still has a place in my house building books on the shelf. Some things are a bit dated, but the concepts are as good today as they ever were. I'm glad to see another one is still out there being appreciated!

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  2. Kate (Cathy Johnson)December 26, 2010 at 7:57 PM

    Yes, it was as much fun as ever to read! Do you have Rolling Homes, too? I really wanted to do that, after we left our back-to-the-land farm in the late 70s...

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  3. GullandDecember 27, 2010 at 9:33 PM

    A good friend has a copy of Rolling homes, so I can see it from time to time. I got a lot of inspiration from those intimate little dwellings in the pages of those books.

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  4. Kate (Cathy Johnson)December 28, 2010 at 4:02 AM

    I need to find my copy!

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