For most days of the summer vacation, people enjoy carefree family rest, often spent at a country house, on a homestead plot, or in a garden. It is during this time that everyone tries to make up for the fresh air and sunshine they did not get enough of during the year, enjoying them to Read more…
A Russian folk tale, “The Fox, the Hare, and the Cock,” tells us: “The fox built herself an icy hut—from snow and ice, and the hare a bast hut—from tough twigs and little boards…” Still, truthful as fairy tales may be, a hare could not raise an entire hut from such material, because linden bast Read more…
It’s a pity to throw away plywood offcuts, thin boards, and chipboard, even if you have nowhere to use them. However, I have a suggestion: make a kind of wood-air panel from the offcuts. You will need glue (PVA or epoxy), battens, strips, paint (or varnish), and possibly fabric (for example, an old sheet). The Read more…
Dacha plots… Just [~600 m²]. How can you fit a house, a separate kitchen-dining room, a utility block, a bathroom, and a garage on this tiny patch? And you still want to plant something… We present a compact three-story cottage house where, under a single roof, all of the above can be arranged quite comfortably. Read more…
I suggest that readers of the magazine make attractive, hard-wearing mats from plastic packaging straps from crates. You can place them in front of the entrance door of a country house or dacha, or in a city apartment—for example, in the bathroom; they are also handy in a car interior. The weaving technique is not Read more…
Everyone has a general idea of a greenhouse on a garden or homestead plot. Building one usually takes a lot of expensive, hard-to-get material: load-bearing metal or wooden posts, film covering or a framed structure with glass — plus heating. Because of that, not everyone can afford such a structure, but working in it is Read more…
On a sunny loggia in a city apartment or on a green lawn of a country plot, it is pleasant to sit in a comfortable deck chair. Its design, proposed by the Hungarian magazine Ezermester, differs from traditional deck-chair schemes in that the chair is not only foldable but also detachable. In fact, it is Read more…
The time came when the amenities in the country house no longer satisfied its owners. After a full renovation of the house, they decided to upgrade the veranda as well, and the plan was to arrange, under the same roof, a sanitary unit with a shower cabin. I want to note in advance that the Read more…
As is well known, in the temperate climate zone farming is often associated with risks. Late spring frosts one moment, “acid” summer rains the next, or early autumn cold snaps… In short, you cannot do without a greenhouse on a homestead plot. Otherwise neither cucumbers nor tomatoes will ripen there. Of course, if we are Read more…
How can you equip a children’s playground in the yard? You can simply install a sandbox, a slide, or carve figures of fairy-tale and cartoon characters from logs. But that is not the best solution. We offer craftsmen another option: to turn it into a play and physical-activity area with their own hands. Building such Read more…
