Ann built much of this house herself using materials salvaged from the rotting cabin that used to be on the site. It's designed as a part-time vacation house for herself and a full-time house for her mother, and every inch of the house is as carefully designed as it was built. Check it out.
We've also recently looked at three different ways to compost indoors—which do you use? We admire small vessels made of reclaimed and recycled materials and turned by hand on a lathe, and there's still time to snag a hot AT t-shirt by sending in an idea for our Creative Reuse series. As always: links after the jump.
Tour Ann's 2-in-1 House
From Re-nest: Our site that covers abundant design for green homes
A simple technique makes extraordinary objects in the hands of artist Sarah Thirlwell, who uses a lathe to turn scraps of wood and plastic into sculptural vessels.
Don't have a yard for compost? That's no longer an excuse. Here are the best 3 indoor compost solutions.
We're still on the hunt for reader ideas from our Creative Reuse series. We've blogged more than ten reader ideas so far, and we'd love to see how you reuse things around the house.
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Um. You can't compost if you have no yard, because where do you put the compost??
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I live in a condo and keep my worm bin on the balcony. A well-maintained worm bin does not emit unpleasant smells.
I use the "worm juice" in lieu of fertilizer for my potted plants, both in- and outdoor. I mix the compost with soil whenever I (re-) plant.
Whenever I have too much compost, my neighbors are happy to use it for their plants.
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I keep my worm bin in my kitchen. I used the instructions for this "flow-through" style worm composter. If I don't tell people what it is, they'd never know I have a big bag of worms right there. There is no smell, and having it handy to the food preparation area means that dealing with food scraps is really easy.
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