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I Built a Harvey Ellis Dresser and it Almost Killed Me

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Design
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...kes for a much cheaper product but an unhappy worker. I made many mistakes building my Ellis dresser. It was, by far, the most complex object I’ve ever built (including nine dovetailed drawers that had to be precisely fit to within 1/32 of an inch). I won’t bore you with the long list of errors, but the biggest one was not having a precise plan for the details of the inside of the dresser. There are many different ways to handle the inside of cabi...

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The Flow Hive: a Solution in Search of a Problem

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Animals, Bees
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...s a natural beekeeper I don’t use foundation at all, as bees are by nature builders, and I believe they build the best homes for themselves. I would not presume to define the scope and size of their home. Another concern for me is honey robbing. Pictures on the Flow™ Hive site also show honey dripping from the hive into open jars. In our region, this would set off a robbing frenzy as other hives in the area discover free, open air honey. When robb...

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Designing the World’s Most Pretentious Garden Shed

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Design, Gardening
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...nt from napkin sketch to construction in under a week. I set as my goal to build the world’s most pretentious garden shed and, as much as possible, to use salvaged materials. Yes, I’m crazy. I have to admit that when British hedge fund manager Crispen Odey tried to build a $250,000 neo-classical chicken coop at the height of the 2008 economic crisis I couldn’t help but admire the design. For ideas I thumbed through a coffee table book of 18th cent...

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SUSTAINABLE LA @ Farmlab/Under Spring

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Miscellaneous
...rmlab.org On the program will be Homegrown Revolution’s short about how to build a self-watering container as well as comrade Elon Schoenholz’s “You Can’t Compost Concrete” and a little something from the Wolfpack Hustle kids. From the announcement: Sustainable LA is a celebration of Angelinos engaged in the green revolution. The one-hour program consists of short films on a variety of topics including urban gardening, environmental awareness and...

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Who Needs Windows?

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Design
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...nd humidity fluctuations are bad for old documents. And did we mention the building leaks? This brutalist building, on the national register, has to stay. Officials are pondering new uses for this hot, leaky and windowless monolith. Bank of America Building 101 S. Marengo Ave. Pasadena You just have to love the Google street view of this mid-century relic. It doesn’t get more basic than this–a stone cube for bank workers. A conspiracy theory circu...

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