Finding your home away from home
There’s a lot to love about this classicly modern Normandy retreat. It’s completely off grid, for one thing. I love the bretons – I’ve never seen those before, and they’re very nice. The style is just great.
Link via dwell
In opposition the previous post (the rather large English prefab), check out this cabin built from a small shack and a grain bin. Comfy, cute, and definitely unique, the small upstate New York cabin was built from the ground up for only $190,000. I like it!
NY Times (via materialicious) – use BugMeNot for a NY Times login if you don’t have one.
I couldn’t find a lot of information on these wonderful island shelters posted in Dwell Magazine, but the one picture is nice and the idea behind shelters is great, too. The family wanted a cheap way to shelter themselves on their private 24 acre island, so they build what amounts to a few large sheds interconnected by wooden walkways. They are barely one step up from camping, but I believe that’s the whole idea – they are connected to nature much more than they would be with a more traditional vacation home. It’s a great idea as a permanent home, or just as a temporary shelter while a more substantial home is being built.
