Posted on 08/06/2013 10:13:38 PM PDT by EinNYC
Rather than using dumpsters as a home for gardens or pools, designer/builder/artist Gregory Kloehn has decided to repurpose one into... an actual home. HGTV profiled him for an episode of "You Live In What?", in which Kloehn show off his forest green and red micro (trash) dwelling, which took six months to kit out. It's got a toilet, stove, and sink, as well as a sloped roof that can be levered up to reveal windows and doubles as a deck for seating. There's also a grill that, when in use, protrudes off of the side of what is essentially a metal box. (The shower also sticks off the side, for an al fresco streetside experience of dubious hygienic value.) "People say, 'You know, hey, I don't even have a barbecue at my house. And you have a barbecue in a garbage can?'" Kloehn says. "I think they're just surprised that someone would take something like this and take enough time to make it at home."
The West Coast resident only spends some of his time living it up on Brooklyn sidewalks in the tricked-out dumpster. Fun fact: A garbage truck has never attempted to empty it, because you have to pay for that service. But the legality of the whole thing still seems iffy. Then again, Kloehn and his dumpster have been on national TV, so maybe it's totally cool.
VIDEO:
http://www.hgtv.com/video/portable-dumpster-living-video/index.html#
lol.
People are so strange sometimes. With this economy he should start mass producing these things for the young burger flippers. They can live in the alley and show up at their parents house for dinner and for their laundry.
I think it shows what can be done with a little creativity. It doesn’t him anything to live in it, so he’s actually ahead in many ways.
Roll him next to the other dumpsters.
I doubt he can get dates with that. I wonder what his answer will be when the girl says “Baby, my place or yours?”
How to build your home from scratch for $35,000
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3050625/posts
Brooklyn apartment for rent. 1 bedroom, no bath. Street level. Retractable ceiling. $0/month. Hurry, offer won’t last.
Bump
With this economy he should start mass producing these things for the young burger flippers.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
And if they lose their jobs, they can get food delivered for free. They just have to open the bags and find some.
lol
Sign of the times: One of the very first things the writer wonders — Is it legal to renovate a dumpster? My suggestion: Ask the NSA guy who is monitoring you phone or email.
< snark >
Easy living on Obamomics.. A bit of food stamps and a taste of Obamoney and you can live like a Ghetto Rat..
Bullet proof for small calibers too.. in case your neighbors find out your a douchebag..
< / snark >
What a dump.
One day, a Front-Loader garbage truck will begin to pick it up and 12 “Undocumented Immigrants” will spill out of it.
By the time Obama is done we’ll all be living in dumpsters.
That gives a whole new meaning to “trailer park”!
...Or out of them, if he has his way about it.
Interesting!
Maybe the next time there’s a storm and the Democrat moocher class gets flooded out and needs housing, instead of trailers FEMA can give them dumpsters. It would probably save some taxpayer money.
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