Creative person, if it is keen on the idea of creating your own home, is capable of much. But the fact that we managed to create a young girl from Canada, is a true delight and respect. Indeed, to the extent to convert old shipping containers could not be anyone else. And ventured on such construction is not in an effort to somehow stand out, and for a very unusual reason.
A young resident of the small town of Mirabel (Canada), Claude Dubreuil (Claudie Dubreuil) for a few years It is working for a construction company, which directs the process of the construction of wooden houses and apartment houses. But what makes a company, not a girl bring creative satisfaction, because it is often low-budget projects with very mediocre and the same type design. And because of its creative nature craved release, she decided to build his own house, on a personal project.
After going through a lot of options, she chose the shipping containers, for which went in Montreal, it's a port city, and so good there you can get hold of without problems and bearable price. Thus, just for 1 day and 12 thousand dollars, she managed to buy a wall for your own house, to realize their creative ideas.
After a couple of weeks, the containers arrived in the appropriate place, and it was possible to begin construction. But experts Novate. Ru warn, do not rush and you run for container for construction, finish reading the material until the end, it's not so simple as it seems.
Since the containers have solid metal walls, and there are no houses without windows and doors, so we had to look for the masters who will be able to make the appropriate openings. But the search dragged on, because many simply refused, because it is very complicated and time-consuming work, and in addition to the openings girl had to make cuts in special places docking container.
In her house conceived to consist of two floors, so it was decided to put the container perpendicular to each other with a recess of the central part of the second floor. After several failures the girl managed to find a company with which she started her construction, prolonged for two years!
Before installation of the first floor made of special concrete slabs the basement, on which perched, turning upside down pre-prepared two container, and the following two strengthened 90 degrees. Thus, to get the original architectural form of decoration which had long and hard work.
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To create a strong foundation and registration of the floor, it was decided to fill the entire area of 12 centimeter layer of concrete, which was prudently mounted system "warm floor". And to reinforce the ceiling parts were welded extra steel girders, which subsequently became a very interesting element of the decor.
In order to receive a warm house and blend in with the forest landscape, facade insulated, and then revived with pinewood planks. Their young mistress has decided not to paint, and leave in its original form, only impregnated with a special solution that protects from insects and moisture.
The inner part so pleased Claudie its pronounced textured picture that she just painted the walls of the second floor in white. But on the first floor, they remain the same as they were when used for its intended purpose containers. With this solution, the container house has preserved not only the original appearance, but also space, as wood veneer or other material "ate" would be a good portion of the available space.
Given that the containers have a continuous space, had to make the partition to zone an unusual house. To do this, we set a few partitions that have been made, and wooden beams, and some rooms even brick. This part of the room perfectly serve as accent planes, so not planned to spend too much decoration.
Given that Claudia wanted to design the interior in the style of a loft nothing more sophisticated and not purchased. Furniture and she was made to order from natural materials with a rough surface treatment. In some of the rooms were used simply wooden boxes or metal racks, which successfully replaced some pieces of furniture.
The only exception was the kitchen design, where the furniture and appliances installed the most modern, so it was nice to cook and store food.
Huge panoramic windows, for the creation of which for so long struggled Claudie, brought not only a lot of light and heat, but also helped to give the home atmosphere unaccustomed inner space.
A spiral staircase has become a major highlight of the interior and especially proud mistress, as an unusual solution, to combine the bathroom to the bedroom. On this chip girl I dreamed all his life, of course, in the bohemian housing her apartment like a little, but this move has brought originality interior.
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Just when the original arrangement of the containers on the second floor formed open areas, one of which was a creative woman uses as a summer open-air shower.
All these non-standard conversion took two full years, and a very decent amount of money - about 370 thousand. dollars. But not looking at this house was truly extraordinary and hostess, in combination - the foreman, architect and designer received moral satisfaction from the work done and very proud that to realize his dream in a life.
If you want to have your own house, but there is such a huge amount, and do not have time, look very interesting alternative to such a grand building. Enterprising Chinese all wishing to have country residence in the presence of 9 thousand. dollars promise to deliver a modular house on the desired location and install it just for... 10 minutes.
A source: https://novate.ru/blogs/030419/49970/