We're in the middle of the deep freeze that has swept most of the country - we are up to 16 degrees, pretty cold for central Texas - so it's too cold to start experimenting with making the Papercrete blocks outside. We have decided to order the materials to make our own solar panels, but have to wait for them to arrive before we can start that project. So, we have decided to stay inside where it's warm and do more research and update our blogs.
Last year, before we began digging the footing for our cabin, I set about designing the layout for it. I searched for a software program that I could use (something not too difficult to work with). At the time my computer had crashed and I had to replace the hard drive. I didn't want to buy a new operating system (Windows), so I found a free open source Linux OS called Ubuntu to install. Having done that I found that I could no longer use many of my old Windows based programs including a popular one called Google SketchUp. So, I researched and found a 3D Modeling program called Sweethome 3D. It is very user friendly, free, and was perfect for designing our cabin.
After many attempts I finally came up with the design we wanted. Check out some screen shots and video tour of our plans.
Nice house..remember winter winds come from the northwest and summer evening breezes come from the southeast and you want your patio on the east end for afternoon shade.
ReplyDeleteNice cabin!!
ReplyDeleteNow all we have to do is get it off the drawing board and actually build it. We do have the footing dug.
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