Ikea’s sleek, present day furnishings has its share of fanatics, who are willing to drive for hours to shop at 1 of the retailers Now those fans can buy an whole Ikea home — and they don’t have to assemble it themselves. The new Aktiv (Swedish for “active”) is …
Today it is becoming more popular to purchase a piece of property and set a prefabricated or perhaps modular home onto it. The quest for the best home can be quite frustrating for many people. So often when searching for the best dream house you can devote …
IN “knocking up” the community shed at Pomona, Brian Lawson and his band of helpers took seven years and went by way of 5 committees to turn a dream into nuts and bolts reality in the shape of a kit home. On Friday the extended-awaited extension of the …
As Falmouth readies itself for Town Meeting and a decision on Article 17, a request for a $ 2.7 million debt exclusion to begin implementation of the town’s Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan, proponents of composting toilets and urine-diverting …
 Los Angeles Times |
Grand dream loses sheen in glare of daylight
Los Angeles Times By generating solar, wind and geothermal power, the district would supply all its electricity needs. Not only would the nine colleges sever ties to the grid, saving millions of dollars a year, they would make money by selling surplus power. … |
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Rules on septic tanks crush housing dream
Melton Weekly But new septic system regulations that came in just six months after they bought a $73000 kit home forced them to abandon that dream. Mr Byers initially understood Moorabool Council would allow the couple to build upon the property. … |
 Lewiston Sun Journal |
Off the grid and into the dream
Lewiston Sun Journal Norm and Louann Gauthier have tea with their daughter Ashton, center, at their off-the-grid home on Marston Hill … |
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Book Review: On the Grid: A Plot of Land, An Average Neighborhood and the …
Seattle Post Intelligencer … by focusing on the redneck, postmodern-ish dream of 'living off the grid', we've perhaps not bothered to see how the existing system is used and misused … |
 USA Today |
Oregon couple builds a dream cabin for $10000
USA Today "It's peaceful here, and spending time off the grid resets your priorities," Lingard tells Sunset magazine, which profiled their DIY project. … |
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Energy futures
Mainebiz Daily This may help keep Issacson's dream of making Maine a hot bed of solar research alive. If wind and solar are two hares sprinting to the finish before the … |