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This tiny pod merges a sauna with an infrared design to become the world’s first climate cabin!

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Recognized by German Design Awards, Klimakabine is the world’s first climate-controlled micro-cabin built from OSB and stone pine with a loam and moss filter for cozy vibes and fresh air.

It’s hard to imagine being somewhere more calming than a log cabin in the woods–the snow falling outside while you’re warm and cozied up against the window. There’s something about the warmth of wood that brings peace. Similar to log cabins, the wooden build of saunas not only enhances their function but relaxes the mind too. Combining the coziness of a log cabin with the soothing nature of saunas, Italian carpentry company Declara designed Klimakabine, the world’s first climate-controlled micro-cabin.

Paneled in OSB, Klimakabine features a single wooden bench and is constructed from stone pine, a type of antibacterial wood. The build of Klimakabine resembles a sitting pod from the outside and keeps a sloping structure that encourages users to sit back and recline. Sloping in tandem with the glazed door opening, a loam and moss filter helps clean the air inside Klimakabine and regulates the climate to ensure a comfortable sitting period. Enhancing the soothing nature of Klimakabine, Declara glazed the front door to give it a translucent look that provides some privacy for the one sitting inside too.

Coming back to nature has always brought some peace and calm. Declara built Klimakabine so we’d always have space and time to welcome nature back into our lives. In designing Klimakabine, Declara artfully merged the coziness of a log cabin with the relaxation of a sauna to create a meditative space where users can unwind and disconnect from the busyness of the outside world.

Designer: Declara

DIY Wooden Security Camera Birdhouse: Big Bird Is Watching

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Cleverly shaped like the sort of closed-circuit surveillance camera you might see on the side of a building, Instructables user JoopB1 has outlined step-by-step instructions for how to build your own fake security camera birdhouse out of scrap wood (in this case leftover 12mm plywood, but the dimensions can be adjusted for almost any thickness plywood). Let’s get building!

JoopB1 clearly states at the beginning of the Instructable that “the process is quite simple and it’s not difficult to make your own version of this birdhouse,” although I have my doubts. I mean not for most people, just myself. I’ve found that if a project involves measuring and cutting, those measurements end up wrong, and fingers end up cut.

Could you imagine taking a stroll through the woods and looking up and seeing one of these things? What a hoot! You know, like the sound an owl makes. Because we’re talking about birds. This is a post about birds.

How To Make Your Own Giant Dripping Cheese Pizza Slice Table

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Pizza: like never getting out of bed before noon, it’s a way of life. And what better way to celebrate that way of life than constructing your own giant dripping cheese pizza slice table and then eating pizza on it?! I certainly can’t think of anything.

The relatively simple tutorial, created by Instructables user XYZ Create, basically involves cutting a pizza slice shape from a large piece of plywood, then using a jigsaw to cut out the dripping cheese sides and attaching them via pocket hole screws. Next, attaching mounting flanges and the pipe legs to the bottom of the table and painting the pizza with your favorite toppings. I like mushrooms and jalapeños!

So, is this table making anybody else hungry? Because I thought I had some leftover pizza in the fridge but all I found were a few dry crusts on the kitchen counter. I guess that’s what I get for living with roommates! I’m lying, I ate that whole pizza last night. And a dozen wings and an order of breadsticks.

We All Live in a Wooden Submarine

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Because one can never have too much whimsy, Taiwanese carpenter and automata maker Chi-Chun Yin constructed the ‘Ark III’, a wooden submarine automata crewed by a bunch of different animals. With a turn of a crank (cleverly doubling as the sub’s propeller), the entire crew is brought to life. It’s absolutely bursting at the seams with whimsy!

Yin says it took about six months to complete the project from conception to completion, which is impressive considering the wooden birdhouse I started constructing six months ago is still in pieces, one of which is glued to my arm.

I’ve always wished I was better at carpentry and woodworking, but I’ve come to realize they require some amount of skill and patience, two things I have in very short supply. I did make a ship in a bottle once though. Okay, I bought a ship in a bottle once.


[via Laughing Squid]