Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

IrishAyes

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29. Almost forgot about the arched cabins.

Sat Aug 9, 2014, 11:22 AM

Aug 2014

Probably one thing that charms this old Army brat/Army wife (former) is their close resemblance to Quonset huts. I suppose you could use the arched cabins - a much better PR term, don't you think? - for whatever purpose you wanted. But even with the 2-window end caps and extra insulation, they're very cost competive. And I just plain like them. Put in window boxes and built-in planters on the plain sides, and you could wind up with something quite beautiful for pennies on the dollar.

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Sorry I'm late offering the links to my favorite tiny home/deployable permanent/temporary [View all] IrishAyes Aug 2014 OP

I encourage you to post any links you have that contain free, complete, plans for tiny homes. PoliticAverse Aug 2014 #1

Might take me a few days because I'm old and slow, IrishAyes Aug 2014 #7

Always a fan of tiny houses, I just bought a tiny condo... NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #2

I think you will love your small space. cbayer Aug 2014 #4

This all started, actually, with my looking at boats and slips. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #5

Half Moon Bay is a great harbor and very friendly towards liveaboards. cbayer Aug 2014 #6

Nowhere on earth lovelier than Monterrey. IrishAyes Aug 2014 #9

Same difference, just about. Tiny is tiny. I still love my rambling old Vic and will never IrishAyes Aug 2014 #8

I'm familiar with both apartmenttherapy.com and tinyhouseblog.com! NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #11

Don't you absolutely love how some cities are starting to set up Tiny House villages IrishAyes Aug 2014 #13

Any one of Romney's homes could house several dozen homeless in tiny houses. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #14

It's a great idea...The only one I know of, though, is Madison, Wisconsin.. whathehell Aug 2014 #15

Sorry I can'r relate specifics to something I read months ago. Seems like it was at least IrishAyes Aug 2014 #16

That's fine, I'll just google it. n/t whathehell Aug 2014 #17

What part of California do you live in? whathehell Aug 2014 #20

Between Santa Cruz and Monterey. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #22

Well, aren't you a lucky #!!@ ? whathehell Aug 2014 #27

This is great. Thanks so much. cbayer Aug 2014 #3

Lots of the tiny places that show up on my FB news feed have huge amounts of window space. IrishAyes Aug 2014 #10

Thanks! Little Star Aug 2014 #12

Daily Mail article on the tiny house movement... PoliticAverse Aug 2014 #18

Thanks! IrishAyes Aug 2014 #19

Hi..I went onto the "Arched cabins" link...So cute, but I have a question whathehell Aug 2014 #21

I have several friends who have compost toilets Starboard Tack Aug 2014 #23

Why do they "love" them? whathehell Aug 2014 #24

Why do they love them? Lots of reasons. Starboard Tack Aug 2014 #25

Thanks for this information.. whathehell Aug 2014 #26

They're not like old-fashioned outhouses at all. IrishAyes Aug 2014 #28

Funny you should mention that -- When I was a very little kid, we lived whathehell Aug 2014 #31

The old outhouses had to be dug out periodically. People also sprinkled wood ash to IrishAyes Aug 2014 #33

I can assure you that ours wasn't used enough to necessitate that, lol. whathehell Aug 2014 #34

Almost forgot about the arched cabins. IrishAyes Aug 2014 #29

They are uber-cute! whathehell Aug 2014 #30

Especially for prefab, they certainly do seem less expensive than the others, while IrishAyes Aug 2014 #32

About how much do they cost? whathehell Aug 2014 #35

As to cost, any exact info relayed by me at this hour after a short night and no nap IrishAyes Aug 2014 #36

Here is my list edwinston Apr 2018 #37

welcome to DU gopiscrap Apr 2018 #38