If you live in an area prone to wind-storms, real shutters can save you money and protect your property.
Obsolete Design Elements
Old house features for modern homes
By: Shannon Lee , Contributing WriterIn: Home Improvement Tips, Obsolete Design Elements
There's a lot to be said for modern conveniences, but have we left some trends behind that could still be useful? Check out this list.
The mystery of the disappearing pocket doors
By: Conrad Neuf , Contributing WriterIn: Old House Musings, Old House Construction, Obsolete Design Elements
Pocket doors are disappearing from old houses and rarely seen in new ones, yet they are a great way to temporarily divide large spaces. It's a mystery.
Toilets that turn poop into hydrogen: “Oh, the humanity!!”
In: Old Houses, Obsolete Design Elements, Old House Construction, Old House Musings, Green Renovations, Garden And Lawncare, Technology, Old House History, Historic PreservationEver since humans decided that a hut and a veg garden were preferable to nomadic hunting and gathering, we’ve struggled with a problem we have yet to solve - where do we put the poop? The fundamental design of the toilet and the sewage infrastructure haven’t changed much since the Dukes of Dookie cleaned up the Thames. But, with 7 billion people on the planet and 2.6 billion with no access to toilets, somethings got to give.
How to destroy the planet from the comfort of your own home; Part 3
By: Matt Grocoff , Contributing WriterIn: Old Houses, Obsolete Design Elements, Old House Construction, Old House Musings, Green Renovations, Garden And Lawncare, Old House History, Historic Preservation
In Part 2, we saw how we used to build homes that recognized the patterns of nature to provide us comfort and happiness. Many preservationists like to talk about how “old homes are the greenest homes.” But sadly, the impact our homes have had on the planet over the last century and a half has been devastating to the biosphere upon which all life depends.
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