I would love to see if we could put a container in our back yard and create a workshop/storage space with it. Have you seen what they do with these now? It is amazing, and from what I read it takes 95% less energy and resources to repurpose one of these into a home than to melt it down for new use.
Here are just a couple of ideas I saw:
as a workshop...
http://toolmonger.com/2007/10/18/shipping-containers-your-next-workshop/
as a cool 'Welcome Hut'...
http://www.treehugger.com/modular-design/shipping-container-repurposed-into-welcome-hut.html
wow, a cafe, bars, retail stores in a group in Mexico...
http://contained.tumblr.com/post/5479294261/a-group-of-50-shipping-containers-in-cholula
and the coolest homes...
http://www.homesessive.com/view/container-homes
So if you live in Lancaster City and you see some big rig delivering a shipping container with a lovely worn patina to my yard feel free to drop in and offer decorating suggestions, or just see what we do ;o)
keep dreaming!
Betty K
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