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How To Reuse Pallets

Posted December 12th, 2011 by Michael Janzen and filed in How To

I just stumbled on this slideshow video on YouTube that shows a bunch of different uses for old pallets. A couple photos of my tiny free house under construction are there too.

Construction Update and How-To Videos

Posted July 22nd, 2009 by Michael Janzen and filed in How To

Tags: Construction, free house, How To, movie, pallet house, pallets, tiny free house, tiny house, video

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I took the day off from work we took a half-day trip up the the farm today. I spent a few hours working on the Tiny Free House, shooting some photos and video. I hope this is the beginning of a series of trips that will get me a lot closer to completing the Tiny Free House. Here are a few of the videos I shot.

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There’s Something Poetic About Pallets

Shouldn't the true value of a home be measured by the happiness and security it brings instead of its size and cost?

-Michael Janzen

I’ve embarked on a little experiment. I’m building a tiny house that's cross between Henry David Thoreau’s cabin at Walden Pond and a Tumbleweed-like Tiny House on wheels, the only difference is that it will cost nothing. Any money I spend on building materials will be recouped by selling discarded things I find and most of the wood will come from old shipping pallets. Why Pallets? It just seems like poetic justice for a house that questions consumerism to be made from the very things that carried so many products to market. More...

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