Librarian Turns Stump of 110-Year-Old Tree into an Amazing Little Free Library - Neatorama

When Sharalee Armitage Howard of Coeur d'Alene, ID, had to remove a 110-year-old cottonwood tree from her yard, instead of digging up the stump she hollowed it out and turned it into a beautiful Little Free Library. The addition of a roof, lights, and miniature book decorations makes this a stunning and unique Little Free Library that is worthy of a visit.

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I need to move. Sadly my small town is quite hit by poverty and zero class people. I know the meth heads around here would take all the books and trash everything in the process.

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It's a nice design concept. I wonder how effective it is in getting people to borrow books and whether they return those books to the tree.

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Do they have The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein available?

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Also check out the Freitag store in Zurich, Switzerland. made completely out of shipping containers

http://www.freitag.ch/shop/FREITAG/storelocator.jsf

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Doesn't look very earthquake resistant. Also, where's the architecture?

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Reminds me of Tetris.

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Looks cool to me. They're reusing material so it's environmentally friendly. Pretty hip. Wonder what it's like inside them though.

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I'll bet it's echoey inside and bit chilly.

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I wish we could have had some pictures of the inside. The idea of a dorm with a balcony is awesome.

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@sofar:

in the Netherlands we don't "do" earthquakes. :), but as each house would be an metal stack 5 high shipping container i think it's a step up from drywall.

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I can understand the initial appeal of wanting to live in some hobo-opolis but once the novelty wears thin and the romance is all but gone you'll be pining for a 3500 sq ft beige box with central heating in a subdivision .

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Stairs?? Elevator? hmmmmmmmmm.

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There's a movie from Finland about a community of people living in shipping containers -- Man Without a Past.

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Many pictures and designs of Tempohousing can be found at www.tempohousing.com (also video's available).

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