Block Island Small Homes
My name is John Warren. I met Andrea Tremols and Cedric Baele at an oyster roast last night in Charleston. They told me about their project and I told them about a series of photos I took of small dwellings out on Block Island, Rhode Island. They are mostly highly efficient summer homes that are are all uniquely designed to withstand sustained winds of over 100 miles per hour.
I photographed about 20 of them, but there are many more. I became interested in small dwellings when I went to Whidbey Island, Washington. Continue Reading »
Stovetec Alternative Cook Stove
Case Turner an avid outdoors person, small camp boater, and Design associate for a Architecture firm is always looking for smaller more efficient products and ideas for everyday life! Case contacted me about these alternative cook stoves and I thought they might be useful in a small space.
StoveTec was created in the fall of 2008 as a not-just-for-profit entity to act as the technology transfer recipient for the Aprovecho Research Center. ARC has worked for 30 years to design and build improved cook stoves and has completed over 100 projects in 60 countries. ARC designed StoveTec stoves with cooks to assure that cooks all over the world would love the stove.
StoveTec Stoves use 40-50% less fuel and reduce emissions by 50-75% compared to cooking with an open fire or unimproved cook stove.
Each stove prevents 60%, or 1.5 tons, of green house gas emissions every year it is used.
You can purchase a Stovetec stove or donate stoves to a country in need by going here. More information on how they are used for humanitarian needs visit the Aprovecho website.
Double Space Bed System for Small Spaces
John Gudenkauf of Tucson, Arizona has created the perfect bed for your small space or tiny house.
Double Space Bed Systems was created by the joint effort of John and Yani Gudenkauf. The original concept arose after researching and planning out the details to build a comfortable “tiny house” of 200 sf. Most very small/tiny homes utilize a loft-type bed to gain extra space, and for John (a semi-claustrophobic person), this would not do. From these efforts, the Double Space Bed System (DSBS) was born.
We started working on the Double Space Bed System in November of 2006. It was designed, engineered and built by John Gudenkauf, and design and utility patents are pending. We endeavor to build craftsman quality, elegant, easy-to-use products that will last a lifetime (or longer) in the U.S.A. We use eco-friendly/green products and practices whenever possible, and will offer eco-friendly/green versions of our products, as well.
To learn more visit John Gudenkauf Double Space Bed System.
