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Quarantine Hobbies: Sewing/Quilting

December 23, 2020 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

Like many (if the news/feature stories I’m reading are any indication), I’ve taken up a new hobby to soothe my troubled soul during this pandemic. I’ve had a sewing machine for a few Christmases now but hadn’t progressed all that much in my learning — or so I thought. I guess over the years I’ve…

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Filed Under: Design, Hobbies, Surprises

The Lure Of Retro Teardrop Campers

August 26, 2015 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

“Tiny home” and sustainable living fans are likely to also be fans of a phenomenon I’ve been following — the rise of the retro teardrop camper. These little RVs are lighter, more compact and they often pack big surprises in their seemingly small interiors. The latest one I’ve come across (h/t SF Globe) is from…

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Filed Under: Alternative Living Spaces, Design Tagged With: campers, teardrop campers

More Area “Tiny House” Companies: Arched Cabins

January 19, 2015 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

They call it the “Tiny House Revolution” — the apparently growing movement to downsize your living space to maximize financial security, independence, simplicity and freedom. I don’t have stats to prove this movement is growing, only a sense of how often I’m seeing this kind of thing in the news and a gauge of my own web…

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Alternative Living Spaces: Gorgeous Renovated School Bus

August 23, 2013 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

Architecture graduate student Hank Buttita wanted to build a cabin on his grandfather’s land. But building codes made the project cost-prohibitive, so he bought an old school bus off Craigslist for $3K and set about making it livable (and beautiful!) to the tune of about $6K in improvements. It even turned out to become his…

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Filed Under: Alternative Living Spaces, Alternative Transportation, Design, Photography Tagged With: renovated school bus, school bus

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