Posted by RenaissanceTrophyWife on October 28, 2008
How far would you go to live in a house that looked like this?
Would you take up residence in this for a month or longer?
Image from TSIcontainers
Well, if you lived in that house, you’d have no choice. Talk about a creative, green way to repurpose materials! Now comes the part where I beg the BF to design a cool container house for our very own. 
Incidentally, I’ve heard that refrigerated shipping containers like these can be picked up for under $5,000 apiece. Assuming an 8′x40′ container goes for $5k even, that works out to $15.63 a square foot– pretty economical considering new construction can be several hundred dollars per square foot. Obviously foundation and finishing costs will increase that $15.63 number, but starting out with your basic materials for that price is a sweet deal.
(All photos from Leger Wanaselja Architecture)
From this....
To this!
Posted in Domestic Diva, Trust fund, baby! | Tagged: architecture, green, house, modern design, shipping container | 1 Comment »
Posted by RenaissanceTrophyWife on October 28, 2008
I am craving these:
Abaco Gris Parme Glorious Glossy
Abaco Gray Nicky Playa
The problem? Miss Glorious Glossy is $195 down from $620, and the Nicky Playa is $230 down from $695 at ideeli. I’m not quite convinced that shelling out $200 for one bag, even at a >60% discount, is my style.
Pros: Abaco’s fine French leather goods are well-constructed, stylish, and make you look like you’ve got tons of dough, which is definitely worth something. $200 for a bag you’ll use every day for a couple years (say 700 days) will net you a per-wear cost of under $0.30 per day.
Cons: I would definitely buy the Abaco bag over 4 $50-dollar pleather knockoff bags that will crack within a year. That said, I can find $50 leather bags overseas that, despite lack of a name brand, will last me just as long as the Abaco– and 4 of them for the price of an Abaco is a great alternative. (I actually prefer the non-name brand bags since everyone keeps trying to figure out what you’re carrying, and then when they ask, you can tell them, “Oh, I picked it up in a cute boutique in Hong Kong/Japan/France/Italy. I don’t know who makes it.”)
The verdict: Crave-worthy, but not cash-worthy. Sigh…
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