Tree Hut made completely of wood found in skips within walking distance from my studio. Including a staircase and floorboards from a Victorian house conversion.

We designed this shed with money saving in mind. Even the dimensions are designed to make the most efficient use of lumber.

These beautiful, functional, and durable arched cabins are an easy and inexpensive way to create your own dream cabin or vacation home. You can also use them as animal shelters, artist studios, mother-in-law quarters, lodges, and more

With all the rain we have been having many projects have been halted, so we decided to get started with one of the children's areas that we hope to create. As you can see below, the area already had a basic tee pee structure but had otherwise been abandoned. I needed a place to plant my cucumber seedlings and the tee pee seemed a perfect place. This together with a wild climbing spinach that we had growing in a different, less ideal, location will create a lovely shaded hideout for the…

Last October, flush with my success at building the mini greenhouse, I decided to build my own garbage can enclosure instead of buying a $299.00 plus tax plastic one from a building supply store. I wanted to spend as little as possible to put this project together, and so the scrounging began! I had three 2x4s on hand and I bought three more. A friend had some leftover fence boards he didn't want and he even cut them down to 3' lengths for me so I could easily transport them and use them. I…

Shade, privacy and seating for your deck or patio

Ideas for using a recycled pallet in the garden. Sheds, treehouses, chicken coops, planters, steps, containers, doghouses and more from recycled pallets.

A Rough Roundhouse I’ve been inspired recently by prehistoric ‘roundhouses’ and ‘brochs’, (not a statement I thought I’d ever make) but in actual fact they are quite beautiful things. I found a comical animation on how to build a iron-age roundhouse and decided that any attempt would have to be on a micro-scale as I have limited time and material which conflicts with my wild ambitions. Roundhouse Construction: http://alturl.com/v98wg Location: Clydeside, Glasgow: Through satellite imagery I…

Emergency Power Options for Your Home - Keep your critical systems running when the power goes out with generators, batteries or spot chargers.

Here is a cool collection ‘Creative Uses of Containers’ from around the world.

do it yourself projects and photos from our new house