Our first non-traditional buys for the barn was at a building reuse it/recycling place in Astoria, Queens. We went to look at a commercial used fridge that had been already sold.
What we did find was nine, 8’ x 3’ brand new un-hung, primed interior doors. They were selling them for $35 each and I managed to talk them into selling them to us for $30 each. We will be using them as pocket doors to retain as much wall space and flow as possible.
This really peaked my interest in what kind of savings could we reap by buying gently used or unused new materials for the build. Unless noted, they [...]
Our Big Fat Green Build ~ part two
Origins of green ~ part 1
While speaking to a dear friend on the phone yesterday, I was told I was not of this time. That I must have lived before in an earlier time period and it trickles out into this lifetime.
She was referring to all the earth loving, natural health/healing, food growing and gathering I do. It’s not as simple as all that, but you get the picture and I get what she’s saying.
Some of what I do comes from how, when and where I was raised. By crazy, un-self aware parents, during the first oil crisis in the Northeast. During the peak of that oil crunch my mom was a single parent and [...]