It is no secret that building a home from scratch is a daunting task. From high costs, unforeseen circumstances, and months and months of hard work, building a traditional home is a grueling process. You have to hire professional builders, contractors, carpenters, plumbers, and more. In addition, set a specific budget and work hard to […]
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To Build or Not to Build: Should You Add to Your Home, or Build a New One?
Most people dream of being homeowners, but once that dream is fulfilled it’s not uncommon for people to feel like they’re outgrowing or have outgrown the confines of their house. This is especially true for growing families. A large house with two people can feel downright tiny with a family of four or five, particularly […]
DIY Your Way To Build Your Dream Home
Owning a home is a proud moment. Saving finances and finally being able to get the keys to your place is magical! But imagine having a home that you design yourself? Every inch of the house reflects your touches, your preference, and is how you wanted it to look? That sounds like a blissful dream. […]
What Are the Different Styles of Interior Design?
Interior design may seem like a foreign concept to some. With all of the names corresponding to eras and confusion surrounding terms like modern and contemporary, it can be difficult to feel like you have a handle on the concept as a whole. When deciding on your interior design style, it can be highly beneficial […]
What does a water softener for well water do?
Private wells regularly produce drinking water that contains hard minerals, also called hard water. While there’s nothing wrong with drinking hard water, pumping lots of mineral-rich water into your home from a well can create issues. For example, hard water causes stains, prevents detergents from working properly, and leaves deposits inside hot water appliances, which […]
Staircase Designs for Custom Homes
Staircases are central design elements for the interior of any home and take up a considerable amount of your available space. They are often one of the most prominent features of the house and build an essential bridge between the levels of your home. If you’re building a custom home with the assistance of a […]
Japanese Tea House- Press Release & Pictures
Download press release + pictures of the Japanese Tea House: PICTURES + PRESS RELEASE Design: Joshua Woodsman – Pin-Up Houses External Dimensions: 2,9m x 2,9 mm / 9’-6” x 9’-6” Construction time: 3 months Material: construction timbers, tatami, shingles, plywood, wooden foundations Location: New Zealand’s North Island Builder: Andrew Keywords: japanese tea house, zen-budhism, traditional architecture, […]
A 76-year-old psychologist fulfilled his dream, building a tea house
Your Tea-House looks very well and detailed built, are you a carpenter or did you have professional help? I am not a carpenter or in any way, a general builder. I have no previous building experience. My background is in Psychology, Education, and Theology. I have always wanted to attempt a building project. I had […]
News from DIY builder Ben
Good Morning Joshua, My water cabin project progresses slowly as working with water around is challenging…. but fun 🙂 The best part of my time goes in managing the farm, my main livelihood. The cabin is now enclosed with 12 out of 15 windows installed. Almost all Tyvek paper and strapping have been installed also. The […]
5 Tips for Making a Tiny Sleeping Space Super-Functional
Whether you live in a shared house with a small room, a tiny home, or another home where sleeping space isn’t the most generous, it can be all too easy for your bedroom to become cluttered, making it a struggle for you to enjoy a relaxing night of sleep every night. The good news is […]
How to renovate your small house: Let’s make a plan list
It seems counterintuitive, but renovating a small house can actually be more of a challenge than renovating a big house. If you’re trying to fit things into a smaller space and make a functioning home in spite of smaller square footage, our tips can help you to renovate successfully, and with as little hassle as […]
“The most challenging part was drilling the pilings,” Jessica says
Where did you build this cabin? (a type of building site- sloping/forest/meadow, not address, just country if you want) We built my house in my backyard in Middletown Rhode Island USA. The land is quite wet so we put it up on 12 pilings. For what purpose did you build this cabin? We built it to live […]
7 Tips for Keeping Your Home Warm during the winters
It is best to go for little to no cost ways of making your home warm. Make sure to make use of sunlight and let the natural light warm up your place. Cooking is another activity that can ensure warmth in your home. When you bake a dish in your, keep it open afterward to […]
Building Off-Grid House out of 20’ Shipping Container
Laying out a foundation with concrete bricks and gravel & stone backfill First, I outlined the location of the raised foundations using a spirit level and a string. The corners must be at right angles. Subsequently, I dug holes in the places of the future foundations and filled them with stones and sand. I stacked […]
DIY Pin-Up Cabin in a Flood Plain
One of our skilled clients, Don, bought plans to build a Marlene cabin. He adapted them a bit to his ideas and started construction with zeal. Since his land is in a flooded area, he placed his cottage on an elevated podium. Don shared valuable photos from the course of construction and was so willing […]
What goes into the overall costs of a window replacement?
Today’s Windows are Much More than just some Glass Obviously, if we are factoring in cost we need to consider the medium this is all about – your windows! Every little feature and additional thing on your windows cost money – some features are going to be WAY more worth it than others. If your […]
