Beazer's Garden Body, Bath & Home Journal

Not everyone needs a garden shed.  But, if you’ve no more space on your garage wall for that new leaf rake, if you can’t find your potting trowel because it fell behind the kids’ bikes, and if your car has that forlorn, neglected look since the brand-new snowthrower moved in last fall, it’s time to face the undeniable truth—your outdoor tools need a home of their own. The design of your garden shed can take any form, from a simple lean-to to a large free-standing building. Ours occupies a modest 6 x 6 x 8-ft. area - enough for a variety of tools, but not so large that it dominates a backyard landscape. The straightforward design is easy to expand—up to about 8 x 12 ft.—to suit your storage needs. Before you begin work, contact your local building codes office and find out about necessary permits or other requirements for this type of building. Our shed uses standard framing techniques and materials. It’s sheathed with 1⁄2-in. C/D plywood and sided ...

“Toast Pixels” by Arne Felix Magold...612 slices of toasted bread!..This is a huge mosaic arranged by different degree of burn toasts. This artwork not only give out spontaneous visual impact, it can be also read by other senses, such as touch and smell..

Beauty is in the eye...  Naomi Campbell’s Eye of Horus House – By Luis de Garrido . “The home, that sports 25 bedrooms and 5 lounges, is said to supply its need of  water and electricity  making it completely sustainable and quite inexpensive for a home of its size and technology.  The eye’s black outline is made up of photovoltaic panels, which work in combination with a geothermal system to provide all the home’s energy needs.  Rainwater is harvested, and an on-site biological system treats waste water. The multi-level central dome is framed with steel and clad in glazed glass panels.”