My beautiful view of nothing. Friends know the road, know how to visit. If things get dicey in the city, they'll all be here and we can build a second house for them.
If things get rough in the city, joblessness, famine, rioting, burglar
break-ins at any house with a fridge,
build your cottage in the sky. Take a one gas tank ride toward the
mountains. Find a road that goes into a hollow, then climb to a valley
and start building. Bring an axe to chop branches, Use the Medeival English
"Wattle and Daub" system. Build your house, come back with a wood stove
and a small generator for you PC. This Recession is going to be beautiful.
You'll have the TIME to do all this! Get you out of your RUT!
A WATTLE AND DAUB HOME, A GENERATOR and STONES IN A CIRCLE FOR A KITCHEN. A camp stove inside for rainy days. A nearby Cooling cellar.
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? One can never be homeless if you have
an ax and there are branches.
Mud makes the wattle.
CHECK OUT THESE PRO COTTAGE BUILDERS http://www.thatchingwales.co.uk/thatching_examples.html
See a CORD HOUSE http://www.masterjules.net/cordhous.htm
See the RUSTIC HOME http://www.masterjules.net/rustichome.htm
These are houses you could build! Lovely mud floors, a few braided straw rugs.
ESSENTIAL CONSTRUCTION requires This joint.
From
http://www.josephlittlearchitects.com/hazelnut.html Master this, you've
got your new home.
If you can find 'used' lumber, go for straight ribs.
http://fransramblings.blogs.com/photos/sca/wattle_and_daub_house_construction.html
http://www.wealddown.co.uk/Magazine/Autumn%202006/magazine-autumn-2006-part5.htm
A VERY GOOD PICTURE OF
HOW ASSORTED BRANCHES,
WICKER AND MUD BECOME A
HOUSE!
Read up on this. The Brits keep the art going bigtime. http://www.salvoweb.com/book.html
so take a look at all these books, online, maybe find them used at
abebooks.com
HOW
TO ORDER CHEAPLY.
There are beautiful sites out there if you seek wattle and daub as a
search term.
http://www.gastateparks.org/core/item/page.aspx?s=160828.0.1.5
Make a copy of your house for the
local bluejays. Give it a bigger door though. This is a finch-sized door
And hey, this is what your finished
house will look like with shingles.
There are many forms that were used in medieval thru Tudor times.
See: http://www.mojobob.com/roleplay/props/buildings.html
http://www.brickfields.org.uk/text/tudor-homes.html
A PC doesn't take a lot of electricity, a small generator can handle it. You have a cell fone which you use infrequently so no big bill. Nearest town has a Post Office so you can rent a box, get mail. You can live quite happily in the middle of the forest like a gnome. Tell a few friends which roads to use to get to you. You have the best of both worlds. I've lived in retirement from the world for l0 years, a total hermit and it's as good as living in West L.A. and having a career. I spent years with parents, husbands, children, now alone is a joy!
PROVISIONS: You will need a
cool root cellar locked so bears cannot get in it. A kitchen with
charm and style
In a wood house, be cautious where you use your camp stove. Be careful
with the propane hook up. An outdoor oven might be a good idea.
Far
enough from the shingle roof that sparks wouldn't be a problem.
FOUND THIS OVEN at a blog: http://hardwareaisle.thisoldhouse.com/2008/07/index.html
I see a barbecue a week on the trash looks like that. The terracotta
hood...well, you'd have
to micky mouse it. Wire grid, lotta clay, then a lotta wood & heat
to cook it hard.
Hey I just drove in from
L.A. You in there? I'm ringing your cell. Answer!
Hmmm, he's probably in
the back making pizza in that damn flying
saucer contraption!
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