Located in Australia’s Central Highlands of Victoria, the Trunk House was built as a small weekend cabin for two busy professionals wishing to spend time in nature. The firm of Paul Morgan Architects was originally inspired by old bones found on farmlands, which led them to utilize local wood that had natural splits in their formation. Besides being...

May 9, 2012

Blog post: spotsunknown.com/urban-tree-to-bicycle/ Bill Holloway and Mauro Hernandez of Masterworks Woodworking in San Jose, CA, salvage condemned city trees, then build beautiful bicycles out of them. The story of these bikes goes from the felling of a family’s guardian tree, through the woodworking process, and finally, the completion of art you can...

May 9, 2012

The latest in eco-friendly technology will be on display at The Living Green Expo, which opens this weekend on the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. And advances in solar technology are one of the highlights at this year’s event. The technology used to be so expensive that most of us couldn’t get our hands on it. But now, thanks to the Minnesota company GoSolar!,...

May 8, 2012

This home/office furniture project seeks to provide solutions to the changes in the way we work today. Increasingly we are finding ourselves on our own and working from home. Companies have a “speak” for this… “downsized and outsourced”, the soho collection is a response to this new reality and fills the need to have a flexible, comfortable and...

May 7, 2012

  These days a few haphazard photo frames have your friends teasing about your lack of dexterity with a hammer, but if those straight A’s in middle school woodworking are any indication, you actually nailed the artful craft. Get those skills back up to par with today’s deal from North Country Woodshop. For $75 (regularly $150), try the Make a...