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Photo by Amy Treasure on Unsplash Shortly after Easter this year I got a very bad concussion that left me on full bed rest for three weeks and semi bed rest for another 3 weeks. For the first three weeks after the diagnosis I was not allowed to use a computer or a phone. I could not even watch TV. I was only allowed to sleep or take a walk if I felt good. The first couple of weeks were hard. The following weeks were better as I learned how to pace myself. I realized that my body was quite adept at letting me know when it had had enough. And so I listened to me and surprisingly, I learned a lot about myself.  For the first time in my life I was able to rest without guilt and it was wonderful. I unplugged and reconnected with nature and it made me incredibly happy. This enabled me to see ME for the first time in what seemed like forever and I started to understand what was missing in my life, what I needed and what I no longer needed.  For a very long time I have equated

Up-cycled Shipping Container Homes & Studios

A guest house/garden retreat/playhouse by Jim Poteet of Poteet Architects in San Antonio, Texas
I have this obsession with up-cycled containers and I have posted about them here and here. I just love that you can take ugly, old shipping containers and turn them into something so beautiful. I mean to look at these pictures you would never guess that the original building material once sat on a dock or in a train yard. I am so in awe of these spaces, especially the artist studio. Click on the link at the bottom of the post to see more examples of container homes + studios. 

The Oakland, CA, home of architect Stephen Shoup of building Lab inc. has an attached office space for the firm's staff.
Cove Park - a group of artist residencies by Edo Architecture overlooking Loch Long in Scotland
Maziar Behrooz Architecture's Art Studio in the Hamptons
Prefab house from MEKA

All photos via Remodelista

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  1. Omg, forwarding this post to my BFF who also has this obsession with up-cycled containers as living spaces (she wants lo live in one!)! Love these!

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  2. I know! Aren't they awesome! Has your BFF seen the pools they've made with them yet? Tell her to check this page out
    http://unconsumption.tumblr.com/post/138573929/transforming-a-dumpster-into-a-pool-in-a-mere

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