insanity...

[chelidon]

Taste for Space Is Spawning Mansions Fit for a Commoner (subhed: Hot Housing Market Opens Doors to Mini-Taj Mahals)

This is so totally wrong. The amount of waste involved with one of these monstrosities is completely insane. But that's the American Dream..,

...which, no matter what I do or don't think about it, will almost certainly come crashing to a halt as energy prices spiral upwards. I have to admit, I do like big houses, but my thinking is more along the lines of how many people I could fit in it.

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[anthologie.livejournal.com]

I wrote about the Tiny Homes movement earlier this year and interviewed Jay Shafer, proprietor of the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company. I'd love to have one of his homes, somewhere in the 300 to 500 square foot range, and some woods. People raved about the article when it came out -- in Silicon Valley!

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

Oh, very nifty, thanks for the link! Well, in Silicon Valley, I can see that housing prices there might just lead to subdividing into 500 sq ft lots ;>

But yes, smaller places are muuuch more efficient, with much lower resource use all around, short and long-term. That's one of the reasons I love building yurts/gers. Next year I'm hoping to put in a couple of yurts, plus my 4-season treehouse, and the year after that, a hobbit-hole just downhill from the treehouse, south-facing.

[anthologie.livejournal.com]

*yearns for hobbit-hole*.

Before I knew anything about Tolkien, when I was very young, I wanted to grow up and live in a roundish home dug into the side of a hill. *sigh*

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

Well, once we get it built, come on out and visit! South-facing direct gain and natural thermal mass (heck, I'd guess a row of big hairy feet could store a lot of heat ;>) are all the rage in Hobbiton, I hear.

[anthologie.livejournal.com]

As long as it's got someplace to boil a kettle of tea, I'm in. :)

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, good tea is essential, if not compulsory ;>