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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 15 Feb 2015 01:51am
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Quoting: OwenChristensen You got that right. Nothing man made compares to the natural world. You shouldn't try to outdo nature. It always ends up a joke.
Too true, Owen Christensen.
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beachman
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# Posted: 15 Feb 2015 10:08am
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I agree with everyone's comments. No need for a huge place that you have to maintain. Our cottage is a little over 500sf with a 100sf loft, one bedroom, a bath and a front porch. I don't know where some of you live, but we have to screen in our porch to use it - pesky non-stop bugs. (Still would like one more bedroom)
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 15 Feb 2015 06:47pm
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Beachman, there are plants that naturally deter mosquitoes and other pesky bugs that can be planted around the porch. I wish I could remember at the top of my head which they are but I recently read an article about it. I know that marigolds are bug repellants but there are other, bigger ones.
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TranquilMan
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# Posted: 17 Feb 2015 01:09pm
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I'm new to the forum and so happy to find that there are folks out there a bit like me. Enjoying the thread. I love small, practical, efficient spaces. But I seem to be adding more small buildings now that I spend more time in paradise. Problem now is that my wife plays a fiddle and paints so she has more noise and clutter in her life than she used to have. My winter is being spent trying to design a new small space for her so I can enjoy my small space. Anyway. It's all good. Oh, did I mention that she doesn't like my noise and clutter either.
- TranquilMan
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beachman
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# Posted: 17 Feb 2015 03:11pm
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Julie2 - I am going to try some of your remedies for flies but will build the screens anyway - neighbor had a propane bug trap that filled by the thousands each week - and cost a lot to run, but did little to reduce the bug population. We used to have brown bats and they were really good but they have been wiped out by the white-nose disease. Thanks!
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BlueBerryFarmer
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# Posted: 17 Feb 2015 04:00pm
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One Bedroom cabin, 4 car garage/workshop. Don't remember how many SQFT are in 30 acres but it's better then a 2000sqft house.
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brokeneck
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# Posted: 5 Mar 2015 06:45pm
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nirky --use the search feature and look for yurbin
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Wilbour
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# Posted: 15 Mar 2015 02:24pm
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Quoting: rmak I was made to read Walden in high school. It stuck.
Ok, so I consider myself to be an intellectual when necessary but I have to agree, I could not get through the first chapter.
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ChuckDynasty
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# Posted: 15 Mar 2015 03:01pm
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Quoting: Wilbour Quoting: rmak I was made to read Walden in high school. It stuck. Ok, so I consider myself to be an intellectual when necessary but I have to agree, I could not get through the first chapter.
There's a free pdf download on the net if anyone is interested.
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rmak
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# Posted: 15 Mar 2015 05:10pm
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Quoting: Wilbour Quoting: rmakI was made to read Walden in high school. It stuck.Ok, so I consider myself to be an intellectual when necessary but I have to agree, I could not get through the first chapter.
Sometimes books, particularly those written a century or two back, are like Brazil nuts. You gotta poke around and dig up the good stuff. Those guys were wordy back then. Not everybody's cut of tea. Find a chapter with a subject that interests you and jump in...or not. I'm re-reading it now and enjoying it.
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moregon
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# Posted: 21 Mar 2015 02:57pm
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Quoting: Julie2Oregon I want a lovely little place that is cozy, easy to maintain, and comfortable but secondary to the beautiful natural world around me.
Agreed!
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Sheeterdan
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# Posted: 28 Apr 2015 11:26am
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turkeyhunter
Hey how's your cabin coming along . I enjoyed reading your forum then I didn't see it any more as well as pictures . The reason I am asking is that your cabin is pretty much what I want to build here in southwest ohio . I liked the size of it and the bedroom on main floor you see i am disabled with a left leg Prosthetic. I probably would have some hired done. I wife won't let me on a latter ( for a good reason) I finally got all the trails cut in and all my tower stands built and up . Now the big project is cabin and barn , the design of the barn I haven't decided
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rockies
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# Posted: 28 Apr 2015 07:32pm - Edited by: rockies
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I got interested in the small house movement through the "Solar Decathlon" event held every two years in Washington, DC. Teams of Architectural students from Universities all over the world compete to design a small, self sufficient house between 600-1000 square feet and then build a proto-type of it and then display them on the Mall.
http://www.solardecathlon.gov/
Looking at their plans, I started thinking about how small a space a person really needs, and also how much energy it takes to build it and maintain it. Right now I'm designing a cabin that is about 460 square feet. For me, anything smaller feels cramped.
Despite the small size, I think if a space is well thought out and is practical and functional it can seem much larger. If planned properly from the beginning you can even include the extra framing in the walls now for future additions as they are needed.
The main problem most people have with small spaces are battling the "assumptions". You assume you need a good sized dining space, you assume you need a private bedroom, you assume you need large closets. Once you really look at how you want to live, you discover that several functions can be combined without it looking like a huge mess all the time, and you don't really need a lot of "stuff".
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