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Farmer-Rick

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16. Wow what a beautiful home he made

Wed Jan 18, 2023, 09:08 AM

Jan 2023

I love my old farmhouse but I certainly didn't build it myself like he did. What an amazing talent.

I'm proud of myself for just building a giant doghouse by hand. I could never do a whole house. But some people are born builders and artists.

Just imagine the beautiful things we could create if we didn't have to spend most our lives earning money to just survive.

I bet most of us, if born to wealth, could do so much more beautiful things than what our filthy rich oligarchs create with their wealth.

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90-Year-old Woodcutter Built his Own Hobbit House Where He Lives Off-Grid in Charming Comfort [View all] nightwing1240 Jan 2023 OP

Pretty cool Emile Jan 2023 #1

TY.. I love seeing what it's like in Cha Jan 2023 #46

Love hi Capbadge 3auld6phart Jan 2023 #54

pics Celerity Jan 2023 #2

How cool is that? calimary Jan 2023 #8

Love the pics NJCher Jan 2023 #10

Thank you :) nightwing1240 Jan 2023 #23

What a wonderful place for second breakfast! obamanut2012 Jan 2023 #18

Say-cond brake fast! yardwork Jan 2023 #58

Holy Cow! I love these, thank you! nightwing1240 Jan 2023 #21

would make a very popular AirNB BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 2023 #57

So cool Joinfortmill Jan 2023 #3

Humans, especially the older ones, never cease to amaze me. Lovely home, just the way he likes it. SheilaAnn Jan 2023 #5

His landscaping is awesome, too. He has many talents, I really enjoyed listening Ziggysmom Jan 2023 #4

Pretty amazing. Liberal In Texas Jan 2023 #6

I figure anybody who puts that much work into their home will make it... JHB Jan 2023 #40

What a day brightener Easterncedar Jan 2023 #7

I would love to live in that house. scarletlib Jan 2023 #9

Me too! 2naSalit Jan 2023 #24

What a talented and kind man. SergeStorms Jan 2023 #11

WOW so cool!!!! I absolutely love it ♥️ Raine Jan 2023 #12

wouldn't take long onethatcares Jan 2023 #13

--and I the video, he's cutting wood with a chain saw and 3Hotdogs Jan 2023 #14

Guilty of doing that too. . Emile Jan 2023 #15

Oh crap, Farmer-Rick Jan 2023 #19

I volunteer at an outdoor environmental center in N.J. We build boardwalks over streams and such. 3Hotdogs Jan 2023 #22

That's great Farmer-Rick Jan 2023 #25

I love that! 2naSalit Jan 2023 #26

A battery operated chainsaw! nt. druidity33 Jan 2023 #48

We have one at our environmental refuge. 3Hotdogs Jan 2023 #52

Wow what a beautiful home he made Farmer-Rick Jan 2023 #16

I built my own, but it's a boring, conventional "stick" frame house. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2023 #29

I admire your dedication and hardwork Farmer-Rick Jan 2023 #31

Its cute but its not a hobbit house... brooklynite Jan 2023 #17

Agree. It's very cool but not a hobbit house. Silver Gaia Jan 2023 #32

I would have called it a fairy tale house. Emile Jan 2023 #33

Yeah, that works! Silver Gaia Jan 2023 #34

I had the thought! ShazzieB Jan 2023 #43

Not all Hobbitses lives in holes! NullTuples Jan 2023 #51

I love the house and I love the bits of furniture he's crafted. Vinca Jan 2023 #20

In another article... ucralum Jan 2023 #37

Thanks. I would love to see this place someday. Vinca Jan 2023 #42

What an amazing house! So much creativity and love went into it, and highplainsdem Jan 2023 #27

Indeed. Delphinus Jan 2023 #35

Wow, the interior is fabulous as is the outside! machoneman Jan 2023 #28

I thoroughly enjoyed this article and the pictures! Wow. llmart Jan 2023 #30

LOVE IT!!!!! Absolutely amazing. Should be declared a national treasure, or at niyad Jan 2023 #36

. . .maybe a museum, when he passes on. . . DinahMoeHum Jan 2023 #39

Stuart Grant is just as amazing as the house he built Doc Sportello Jan 2023 #38

Hobbit-henge, where the grand-dads live, and they do live well Blue Owl Jan 2023 #41

Spinal Tap! SergeStorms Jan 2023 #45

Same here -- that line makes me laugh every time Blue Owl Jan 2023 #59

Love this story msdogi Jan 2023 #44

"Excuse me sir, you wouldn't have found a ring lying about, would you?" Ray Bruns Jan 2023 #47

I've often puzzled about how to build a "real" one Warpy Jan 2023 #49

Absolutely beautiful GeoWilliam750 Jan 2023 #50

Lovely malaise Jan 2023 #53

I like this! yardwork Jan 2023 #55

love it thank you republianmushroom Jan 2023 #56

I love this place democrank Jan 2023 #60