Catarina Log
Fri Mar 7, 2014
See also Sedum Panels
- Sedum Master - Located in Canada, ships to US. Regular mat (17 varieties): $3.5 sq ft.
- Feather mat (lightweight): $4 - $4.50 sq ft. Mats not appropriate for walls (drainage and nutrients problems).
- Custom grow: need estimate. They also sell sedum in 4 inch pots. My favorite sedum species: Sedum Spurium John Creech
- Vertical Gardens @ NY Times
- DIY succulent vertical garden
- Today's ShoppingList
Thu Mar 6, 2014
HabLab To Dos for this Week
- Check water / install pipeline if needed
- Clear rubble outside
- Lay straw in front of the house
- Clean room for Chris
- Hang storage area curtain
- Finish cleaning fridge
- Wipe front door
- Wash sheets
- Wash vacuum filters
- Install new water heater
- Weld chimney
- Close old chimney hole
- Insulate new chimney hole
MicroHouse To Dos for next Week
- Internet
- Cell phone signal booster
- Fridge
- Repair water leak
- Stucco south and east walls
Whitewash Recipes
Mother Earth News
Fiasco Farm
Homemade DIY Paint
Yahoo
How to Whitewash Furniture
BoM
Mon Mar 3, 2014
FeF Requirements for Year-round Operation
HabLab
- Insulate bathroom/kitchen wall
- Robust water heater
- Sufficient heating for common room, kitchen, bathroom and bedrooms
- Finish interiors (paint walls/floor, close holes, finish ceiling, etc)
- Mud room (physically separate from main room)
- Covered porch/patio
- Outdoors and indoors firewood racks
- Finish exterior rooms
- Robust plumbing
- Robust water system
- Robust electrical system
- Robust internet
- Cell phone signal amplifier
Exterior
- Gravel or wood chip paths connecting all buildings - for both pedestrians and vehicles
- A way to shovel/clear snow-covered paths
- Solar lights or reflective cells along the paths
MicroHouse
- Draft insulation
- Permanent (buried) water system
- Permanent sewage system
- Permanent electrical system (30A)
- Internet connection
- Cell phone signal amplifier
- Two additional modules (bedroom + living/working room)
- Heating on all modules
- Covered porch/patio
- Outdoors firewood rack
Workshop
- Second stove
House Painting
I think the best contrast colors for dark brown walls are white, yellow and apple green. See for example:
http://www.colourlovers.com/palette/844425/Da_Lime_inda_Coconut
Menards doesn't have any bright greens (only boring ones), but Home Depot does have one that looks pretty nice (bamboo leaf). So here's the palette I suggest:
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Links for the paints at Home Depot:
Bamboo Leaf (green): http://www.homedepot.com/s/Bamboo%2520Leaf%2520%2520paint?NCNI-5
Lemon Lime (yellow): http://www.homedepot.com/s/lemon%2520lime%2520paint?NCNI-5
Chalkboard Paint: http://www.homedepot.com/s/chalkboard%2520paint?NCNI-5
For the MH I think we should go with white for the walls as that will make the space appear bigger.
Fri Jan 16, 2014
Looked into Swimming Pool idea for morale management.