DIY Projects from Mother Earth News

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August 13, 2005
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Rope Tree Swing
Charm your children, grandchildren and friends young and old with this wooden-seated tree swing.

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Build Your Own Mailbox
Install your mailbox with this sturdy wooden frame.

Doll House
Build a 32-by-16-inch colonial-style doll house for a special child or child-at-heart in your life. This lightweight house is constructed of cardboard and scrap wood. Three pages of plans include a materials list, illustrations and instructions. Plan # 784 

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Straw Bale Home Study Plans
A package of photos, illustrations and design information gives you all you need to know for building this 2,400-square-foot straw bale house, designed by Living Shelter Design Architects in Issaquah, Wash. Plan # 1999 

Prefabricated, Gambrel Roof, A-frame House 
You can build the sections of this 20-by-24-foot house in town then put it together at the new building site. The gambrel roof adaptation of a traditional A-frame house allows for more head room in the loft. The plan booklet gives all of the details for the construction phase of this house. Blue prints not included. Plan # 771 

Mother's Earth-sheltered House
Mother proves, once again, that energy-efficient housing doesn't have to be expensive. This 1,000-square-foot , two-bedroom, earth-shelterred house has a cement block foundation built in an almost complete, 36-foot diameter circle with a greenhouse on the front, south-facing wall. The seven page plans includes helpful information on the foundation and roof design, plus all the other construction components. This house was designed and built at the Mother Earth News Eco-village in 1983-84. Blue prints not included. Plan # 766
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