We have an amazing and interesting swimming pool, here are a few photos of our pool, which was build in 1964 and has a significant amount of history. Catherine at the pool, I had the sun screen up overhead, but the pool is a chlorinated salt water pool which rusted out the steep posts… Continue reading Havilah House – Swimming Pool
Author: Roland Munyard
Havilah House – Living Room and TV Room
The Living room and TV Room are alongside one another and where we spend much of our family time however sometime you need to be able to get away from it all which is why I’m working on the Music Room (in Australia this is sometimes called the Rumpus Room). A recreation room (also known… Continue reading Havilah House – Living Room and TV Room
Fix One Thing Each Day
We all have things to do each day and we feel that we must do what we know before we make our lists that we simply could not do everything on the list because we have a finite amount of time available each day (and we don’t know how many days we have left) and… Continue reading Fix One Thing Each Day
Thoughts and Dreams 1997
“While you are making your plans, your children are growing up around you and begin to plan and dream their own futures”. – Roland M The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. – Lao Tzu This is what I wrote to myself in 1997. I received much of what I was hoping… Continue reading Thoughts and Dreams 1997
Havilah House Music Room
http://www.small-cabins.com/havilah-house/havilah-house-habitat/ I have been working towards making a music room in the garage, (below the four upstairs bedrooms). I have mostly used recycled material. The project has been quite time consuming and is still incomplete. The idea is to have a retreat of sorts, a place for members of the family to find some… Continue reading Havilah House Music Room
Making a Panel Table
Over the last two weekends, I built a Panel Table out of recycled timber. We have a fairly small kitchen, and I felt it would make sense to have the kitchen equipment we most often used more visible and readily available, because we don’t have the space to store kitchen appliances and electronics on on the… Continue reading Making a Panel Table
Building a Chicken Coop
Last winter, (I think it was last winter), Julian and I built a chicken coop. It was a fantastic father and son project and we had a lot of fun and it took a lot longer than we thought it would. I thought this time I would try documenting it using a video social assembler as… Continue reading Building a Chicken Coop
Sometimes you have to chop them down
We have had this palm tree, (golden cane), since we moved into the Havilah House and because of where it’s located right outside the carport which I need to make it a little more accessible. Mark has helped me for years, and if I had documented everything he has helped me with this blog would… Continue reading Sometimes you have to chop them down
Elastic Homes and Living
The terms “Elastic Home” or Elastic Housing” are terms I coined, and refers mainly to the idea that the home you live in should grow and shrink to meet the needs of your family as you journey through life. Imagine for a moment that you were going camping with your family and your children asked if… Continue reading Elastic Homes and Living
Books about Small Cabins
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