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Shed Factoids and Resources

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Design
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...gal, living space. Inexpensive Pre-fab Johnny Sanphillippo, a guest on our podcast mentioned a shed he installed in a rental property he owns. He went with Cedar Shed but, for his second shed project he’s getting a Tuff Shed from Home Depot. Modernist Shedcraft Though not a modernist myself, I really like what this YouTuber did with a Tuff Shed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnSew-tCuPo I also like this modernist shed from the, sadly, defunct Re...

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Make Your Own Furniture

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Design
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...p van Lieshout’s work. Will Holman We had Will Holman on episode 55 of our podcast. He collected his stylish and resourceful wisdom into a DIY manual called Guerilla furniture design : how to build lean, modern furniture with salvaged materials. Nomadic Furniture The 1970s was a golden era for DIY furniture manuals. Two of my favorites are Nomadic Furniture, and Nomadic Furniture 2 by designers Victor Papanek and James Hennessy. Nomadic Furniture...

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A Little Free Blockbuster

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Thoughtstylings
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The last time I was on the Garden Fork Podcast, the host, “East Coast Eric” challenged me to build a Free Blockbuster Little Library and I finally made good on the promise. I managed to install this garishly painted DVD, VHS, CD and video game themed little free library in our parkway yesterday as the sun went down. With the exception of the hinges and Lucite, I used repurposed materials and patterned the design after a lararium I saw online. I d...

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How I Learned to Stop Hating and Love the Vegan Cheese

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Fermentation, Food
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...s taught by forager and author Pascal Bauder (a guest on episode 89 of the podcast). His vegan cheese method is nothing short of moon shot vegan culinary genius. I’m not going to give away the secret on this blog–you’re going to have to take his class. One hint: it involves a simple fermentation. I know many of you don’t live here, but Pascal’s classes are worth traveling long distances to attend. He’s got another vegan cheese class coming up on A...

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Acedia Part II: An Internet of Narcissism

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Thoughtstylings
...about techniques for dealing with social media addiction. In the meantime I recommend you consider taking a look at Lasch’s very readable book (here’s a pdf–the internet can still be useful!). The Regrettable Century Podcast has two episodes (I and II) about The Culture of Narcissism with guest, C. Derick Varn that provides some further context for Lasch’s work. And here’s a short article about Lasch and his other books....

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