BUILDING A HOMESTEAD

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Car Ports

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My cedar pantry built by my husband. My favorite room in the house!

Shelves

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Barn Buildings

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Illustration: Gregory Nemec | thisoldhouse.com | from How to Build a Fold-Down Murphy Bar
These Lavender Coconut Oil Bath Melts are an easy, and inexpensive way to moisturize dry skin.
Industrial Loft Reclaimed Teak Trunk Bar Cabinet | Zin Home

Bars

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How to create a composting toilet system with a flush toilet, a worm-composting bin and a filter bed. Nothing is wasted and the garden is given nutrient dense organic matter.
Take a tour of our homestead outdoor shower - no running water required!  Perfect for your off-grid cabin or camp. | Homestead Honey

Bathroom

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Building the Gasifier Unit.
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Bio Diesels/Bio Char/Bio Gas - Otro

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Gasifier -- trash to electricity. Interesting at least!
Turn wood into fuel for your car, generator, or both.   Just added to my essential items. Off the grid just became possible.

Bio Diesels/Bio Char/Bio Gas - Gas afirers

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Blacksmithing

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copper foundry

Blacksmithing/Forges/Jigs

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How to Construct Houses with Plastic Bottles
Recycled plastic flowers curtains
DIY 1L Plastic Bottle House - a great way to reuse plastic bottles... #diy

Bottle Buildings

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Pioneering | Bridges | Fenland Double Lock
Suspension Bridge - A more complicated lashing project; time consuming and needs a lot of materials but a good project if you have a week at a camp.
Pioneering Bridge

Bridges

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Diy walk in cooler
Preserving Meat Without Refrigeration - Perhaps our ancient Irish ancestors used some of these techniques...
DIY an unwanted fridge into a Curing Chamber or Cheese Cave!  Tutorial includes wiring and sources!

Butcher Shop Ideas

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Brick Pavers

Cement Block/Brick Project & Machinery

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Three "how to make" refractory concrete recipes (also know heat resistant cement) for all your home projects: furnaces/forges, pizza ovens and more...
How to Make Firebricks and Wood Stove Logs for Free! | Survival Sherpa
How to make coal for your forge.

Cement Cob/Charcoal/Coal

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25+ DIY Cinder Block Projects for Your Home @ Momwithaprep.com | Project from Villapacis

Cement Projects

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Try using DIY carved and bisqued cylinders to roll textures onto slabs and add variety to your forms.
Making a mould is not difficult, it's just a bit messy...
Rehydrating Clay...I wish I knew about this my very first day when I found EIGHTEEN bags of opened white and red left by the previous teacher.

Ceramics & Pottery

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The other method of doing built in windows in a cob wall is to simple embed a panel of glass into the cob and then cob around it (building u...
Earthen Floor. Made of dirt, clay, and straw! Sealed with an oil, like linseed or hemp oil.
Cob Community - love this photo!

Cob Housing

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how to heat a building using compost.  NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THIS !!
7 steps to making a compost water heater

Composting Power

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HOW TO BUILD A CUSTOM CRAFT DESK – my floors need to be put down quickly so I can finish my craft room
Great uses for pegboard - OMG! The possibilities are endless! You can do a whole wall and organize EVERYTHING!
An outdated magazine rack from the thrift store gets a modern industrial makeover and repurpose with this fun DIY tutorial! Love the idea of giving pressed cane a "metal" look...and upcycling the magazine rack as a portable file as stencil storage is genius! Of course, you could use it for filing paper or other ephemera, too. Great thrift store repurpose craft project from Sadie Seasongoods / www.sadieseasongoods.com

Craft Rooms & Storage - Other

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Wine, whiskey and brandy are stored in oak barrels to both age the contents and to add flavours that are absorbed from the oak staves. Barrels are ordered as either American or European oak and, yes, they do add very different flavours! After a period of use, the surface has given all the tannins and flavinoids it can and the staves need shaving back to fresh wood. But stave shaving can only be done a couple of times before the barrels have given all there is to give. That's the time you...
Thick and chewy, these treats are half chocolate chip cookies and half chocolate brownie!!! YUM.
Serving drinks outside? Using one of those ugly plastic coolers? Here's a way to turn that ugly cooler into something cool-er :) Love this fun DIY project for a rustic ice chest table. It's so pretty for the patio or deck.

Coolers

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floating dock - Google Search
My Floating Dock Build | Property Projects & Construction | Pond Boss Forum
Kayak Launch Dock - Freestanding Launch Port System

Docks

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Our Old Abode: Hollow Core Door Makeover
How To Build A Kitchen Island From An Old Door http://theownerbuildernetwork.co/qc33 If your kitchen could use an island or breakfast bar, then this economical project using a recycled door is great. Does your kitchen need one of these?

Door Projects

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Fire Pits

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How to Make Firewood Cutting Machine DIY - YouTube

Fire Wood

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Food Storage

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