Self Contained in Texas

Texas might not be everyone's dream location, though West Texas is pretty amazing and a world apart from East Texas. I saw this container home built on 3,000 acres (not too shabby). Thought the design might be odd, not sure I would like to have 5 parts of my house and non-of them be attached to each other, its still cool and if you flick through the slide show, with that view he has, I would live in a tin hut with pigs (wait, I already do).........

Self Contained In Texas

The Slide Show

Sierra Buttes

This past weekend my best friend from since I was 13 came to visit.  We ventured up to Tahoe National Forest, somewhere I had not been yet, on the recommendation from Kyle to check out the Look Out Tower at Sierra Buttes. 

 It was stunning, a gorgeous day, fabulous drive up and incredible hike (if not a tad steep at 8,500 ft).  It was an amazing view at the top with shots of the Lassen, down to Yosemite and the Sierra's in between. A must do again on the list - just amazing.

This is a MUST Have for the House

I saw thi post on AT - this is a for sure must have for the house........

Ping-Pong Door

The Cottage

Like we don't have enough projects going on at the moment, I am dreaming of the day when we can get started on the cottage on the property. I say "cottage" loosely as its a tumbling down hay barn right now. BUT - I have BIG dreams for it as it will be great to have an extra cottage on the property, will increase the property's value and I have always wanted to renovate a barn, ever since my parent's nearly bought a 14th century Tythe Barn in the U.K. that still had cow poop in it, unfortunately the sale fell through, but what an amazing project that would have been.

So my plans for the cottage include attaching a container on the side of it that will house the kitchen and bathroom and the main part of the barn will be a big living area with loft bedroom above . I love the idea of the modern container with the old world barn. And then a big wrap around deck. These pics are what I imagine the place to look like when we are done.....hehehehehe.

Big Dig House is Done

Just a link to the update - The Big Dig House is finished and its stunning. $150 sq/ft and used 600,000 lbs of recycled material from the Big Dig - this house ROCKS!!!