Jay H
Senior HTF Member
Just miscellaneous ramblings on a cloudy tuesday afternoon.
The Small House link that I was checking out and the Small House Society that I found from the tumbleweed link I posted below led me to muse on unique houses. What makes your house unique?
I'll start with mine:
In a sea of aluminum/vinyl siding and modern 2 story houses, mine is log-sided.
Mine is small and cozy.
The previous owner had a "laundry chute" in the kitchen which basically was a hole in the tile (with lid) that led to a laundry bin. The washer/dryer happens to be below the kitchen so that is why it's there. To me, it made more sense to be a "garbage" chute so I removed the laundry bin below and left the chute in and basically put my garbage can below, so to take the trash out, I simply bag the garbage, tie it up, and slide it through the chute. To sweep the kitchen, I simply open the chute and use a broom to sweep all the detritus into the garbage can. Voila! Pretty handy and it's a great idea. I love the thing in fact, think it's a great timesaver and convenient. It's a small chute and probably wont work with large garbage bags but I use those plastic grocery bags and will toss often.
Jay
The Small House link that I was checking out and the Small House Society that I found from the tumbleweed link I posted below led me to muse on unique houses. What makes your house unique?
I'll start with mine:
In a sea of aluminum/vinyl siding and modern 2 story houses, mine is log-sided.
Mine is small and cozy.
The previous owner had a "laundry chute" in the kitchen which basically was a hole in the tile (with lid) that led to a laundry bin. The washer/dryer happens to be below the kitchen so that is why it's there. To me, it made more sense to be a "garbage" chute so I removed the laundry bin below and left the chute in and basically put my garbage can below, so to take the trash out, I simply bag the garbage, tie it up, and slide it through the chute. To sweep the kitchen, I simply open the chute and use a broom to sweep all the detritus into the garbage can. Voila! Pretty handy and it's a great idea. I love the thing in fact, think it's a great timesaver and convenient. It's a small chute and probably wont work with large garbage bags but I use those plastic grocery bags and will toss often.
Jay