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From “Payne Hollow: Life on the Fringe of Society”:
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Posts tagged: diy
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“Surely refinement of living does not consist in gadgets and machinery, but in such elements as leisure, contentment, lack of confusion, small niceties.” — Harlan Hubbard, ‘Shantyboat’
Amazon.com: Shantyboat On The Bayous 9780813117171: Harlan Hubbard: Books.
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Wind damage to the tin roof on my workshop
Must have happened during the previous night’s thunderstorm. It passed through the Metroplex with 60-mile-an-hour wind gusts and pea-sized hail. Probably came through Sulphur Springs, too. Not too dramatic, I suppose, but when I arrived at the cabin this morning one of the tin slats was bent backward and wrapped around the power line that [...]
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Writing desk made from recycled wooden pallets
I needed a writing desk/dining table for the cabin. It would have been easier and less time-consuming to just buy a cheap-ass folding table from one of the big-box office stores or scrounge one from a local thrift shop, but as I was leaving work one day I discovered a pile of wooden pallets out [...]
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Global Portable Buildings – Ultimate 8′ x 40′
Some people daydream of sunshine and pretty flowers, fame and fortune, or long walks along the beach and candle-lit dinners. I’ve been daydreaming of living in a shipping container for the past ten years. Now that I’ve got the property, it’s just a matter of saving up enough cash to buy the damn thing. Easier [...]
