Young House Love

Blog about a couple and their housing renovation in Richmond, VA.
Super cute couple, adorable house.

YoungHouseLove

Real sustainable design

About 12 years ago, Dan Phillips started Phoenix Commotion, a construction business in his hometown, Huntsville, Tex., where he builds low-income housing out of salvaged items.

So far, he has built 14 homes on lots either purchased or received as a donation. A self-taught carpenter, electrician and plumber, Mr. Phillips said 80 percent of the materials are salvaged from other construction projects, hauled out of trash heaps or just picked up from the side of the road.

A chair's back is fashioned out of cattle bones.

Read and see more about Dan's work at the New York Times.

Ink Calendar by Oscar Diaz

"Ink Calendar" make use the timed pace of the ink spreading on the paper to indicate time.

The ink is absorbed slowly, and the numbers in the calendar are "printed" daily. One a day, they are filled with ink until the end of the month. A calendar self-updated, which enhances the perception of time passing and not only signaling it.

The ink colors are based on a spectrum, which relate to a “color temperature scale”, each month having a color related to our perception of the whether on that month. The colors range from dark blue in December to, three shades of green in spring or oranges, red in the summer.

newest latest in the world of snuggies

providing privacy and warmth to you and your computer.

DIY wired mag covers

lets see em, gals!

El Taco Feo

For those of you who haven't heard the news, Mike and I are the proud new owners of a 1964 travel trailer named El Taco Feo. Mike is living in it while in Vancouver this year. The photos are taken by the previous owner. We have since installed new lighting, curtains, added shelving, subtracted shelving, etc. Updated photos will be added to Hoof Button in the future.

Earth Days

Director Robert Stone concocts an inspiring and hopeful work in Earth Days, a feature documentary that recounts the history of the modern environmental movement from its beginnings nearly four decades ago. Environmental activism really began with the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, and precipitated an unexpected and galvanizing effect on the national psyche. Told through the eyes of nine very divergent witnesses, Earth Days is a visually stunning, globe-spanning chronicle of watershed events and consciousness-changing realizations that prompted a new awareness: the post–World War II American dream of a future world created by scientific progress, new technology, and economic expansion was rapidly changing into a nightmare.

We went to watch it at the Weatherspoon last night...it was really good. I highly recommend it.