Other Blogs
Up one levelOccasionally, LiveModern will subscribe to other blogs that do not easily fit into one of our other main topics. These other blogs are unique and fun. Enjoy!
assorted metal wall hung desks
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This is really the roots of the wall hung desk notion - the neanderthal wall hung desk if you will.
H2Offices - floating office design updated
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The H2Office design which we looked at last month is still being refined. Here are the latest images and for more go to the H2Office site here .
EYE ON DESIGN: Kitchen-Dining Room Ideas
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Heart of the Home Gathering to prepare and consume savory meals (and leftovers!) with family and friends is an important part of Thanksgiving. My ideal space for such rituals would be a large open kitchen-dining room with ample counters for more than one cook, and tall windows on at least two sides to suffuse the room with daylight. (Unfortunately my...
Solar Shed Vent
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According to Earthtech Products , this solar powered ventilator provides silent and reliable ventilation as well as improving air quality and preventing mould and mildew. Built specifically for sheds and cabins, it can run for a couple of days without sunlight, needs no wiring, and can be installed on all sorts of surfaces including wood.
Effect of new planning regulations
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An interesting post by Fraser at cabin-living where he says that requests in the UK are starting to rise for cabins under 2.5m high. He continues: "As we suspected the planning rules are starting to affect those people who do not wish to place a cabin away from a boundary. At the moment we have two solutions. On site modification during our installation process or a bespoke range of 44mm thick walled cabins that can be made to your specification." Interestingly, he adds that demand is still strong despite all the doom and gloom around because, as he points out, the combination of commuting costs and a stagnant housing market makes the opportunity to be a shedworker very tempting indeed. More information on planning permission regulations here .
Fall Color Contest Disappoints
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Apartment Therapy recently hosted their 4th Annual Fall Colors contest to vote for the most colorful houses in the country and in the world. The editors selected the top 16 entries from each of 5 regions: east, midwest, southwest, northwest, and international. Our house made it through the first round of votes, nominated as one of the top 16 in the Northwest, but stopped there. I was super
Around the shedworld
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The Daily Telegraph suggests homeworking as the answer to victims of the credit crunch... TimeOut suggests the best free wi-fi spots in London... The new Tenbury Toilets design has been officially revealed (above)... Shed Style had a nice trip to see the Manhattan tree sheds... Chris Routledge shares his Ubuntu discovery on a day of enforced non-shedworking... Chuck Newton suggests more lawyers should consider shedworking... apparently My Daddy Works In His Undwerwear ... Chief Home Officer sings the praises of teleconferencing and cloudworking... and has already planned his next shedworking holiday ... and here's Fin (below) via Shedblog
Friday Shed Art - Sarah Lynch
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It's time for a new regular Friday feature and it's going to be the cannily-titled Friday Shed Art after the fine response we received to last week's oil painting (for previous posts on art and shedworking, click here ). We're starting with Sarah Lynch whose blog is used to display her daily sketches, watercolours or oils (she very modestly says that sometimes they aren't very good but I think they're great). All are quite small and most are for sale via the blog or her Etsy site and Imagekind site . Above is Shed with Hollyhocks and for a selection of her work focusing on sheds click here .
Matroshka: compact shedworking concept
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Matroshka is a clever storage system based on the Russian doll system to maximise space and storage so naturally is of interest to shedworkers. Above is an example of how it works in a home office environment. The package also includes bookshelves, bed, seats, storage and wardrobe. Thanks to Eva Johannson for the tip
Tiny House Blog Week - UK Log Cabins
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While the Tiny House Blog tends to concentrate on US structures, it also features international examples such as Perthshire-based Tay Log Buildings . Above is Hobbit House available in 9m² or 19m² models and constructed, as are their other models, using Finnish pine from the forests of North Karelia, Finland.
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