Farmhouse Modern

From Grassroots Modern.This prototype residential wind turbine by Philippe Stark Wind turbine may generate up to 80% of a home’s electricity for ~$1000.And it does it with style.

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Designed by Jenesys of Qualicum Beach, BC, The “Wings” house is an energy-efficient prefab “housing system.”
In there own words:
You know it’s the future when your house has wings. Environmental Features of Wings Like the E Cube, our Wings housing system has twice the energy efficiency of comparable houses built to standard code requirements. Our houses […]

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I am thinking about building a “Farmhouse Micro” office out behind my house, but the perfect spot is too close to the neighbor’s house to get a permit for a permanent building. The solution seems to be to build a “temporary” structure without permanent electricity, gas or plumbing.
This got me to thinking. […]

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At some point or another all of us who love architectural design would like to own “the perfect house.” And we run head-on into the economics of making an existing house into something new. So when is it better to renovate and when should we invite “Mr. Bulldozer” to come to the house and […]

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The decision to use photovoltaic cells (PV) on a residential roof may be stifled because the things are too often just plain ugly. I read about “building integrated” pv, but when I look at the images, they still look like a science project sitting on the roof (or worse yet on the lawn).

I just […]

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Check out Barnhouse Modern’s post on retro pulley fans fromThe Woolen Mill Fan Company.

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