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![Beating Non-food Inflation](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/Inflation-Non-food-085tn.jpg)
Beating Non-food Inflation
With annual inflation at seven percent, we look at how you can save money on non-food items and services.
![Comeback of the Courtyard House](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/IMG_3381tn.jpg)
Comeback of the Courtyard House
The pandemic, soaring cost of housing and environmental concerns are renewing interest in courtyard houses, albeit on a miniature scale.
![Making Your Own Family Museum](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou20200718-101.jpg)
Making Your Own Family Museum
Making a family museum is a perfect way to teach your family about your heritage in a fun way.
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Gift Wrapping
Wrapping gifts beautifully can help take the edge off of social distancing during the holidays.
![Inventory App and Sticker Dots](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou20200715-003tn.jpg)
Inventory App and Sticker Dots
Use sticker dots and an easy inventory app, Enough Stuff, to keep track of your food supplies, toiletries and other stuff of all kinds.
![Private Paradises Amid Adversity](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/japanese-roomtn.jpg)
Private Paradises Amid Adversity
Sheltering at home has been accompanied by an outpouring of creativity that can help us cope with adversity and shape our future.
![Dispatches from the Home Front](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/IMG_1471tn.jpg)
Dispatches from the Home Front
This photo essay shows what it is like to be a typical American family sheltering at home during the COVID-19 crisis.
![Home is a Destination, Too](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou20170611-221tn.jpg)
Home is a Destination, Too
Need a five-minute stress reliever while sheltering at home? See these photos of my beautiful mountain village of Mapleton, Utah.
![Let’s Get to Work - From Home](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/Remote-work-tn.jpg)
Let’s Get to Work - From Home
Remote work is one of the best ways to limit the coronavirus and keep the economy going. Here's a guide to how to work from home.
![Reclaimed Wood Gets A New Life](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/Coffee-tabletn.jpg)
Reclaimed Wood Gets A New Life
Japanese carpenters say that wood gets a new life when it is made into a new form. See some new of these new lives.
![Easy Home Maintenance App](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/Home-Gnome-Mockup-tn.jpg)
Easy Home Maintenance App
Two home owners created the Home Gnome app to track when to do home maintenance tasks. The iOS app is available at the App Store.
![Mantel from Reclaimed Wood](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou20161209-037tn.jpg)
Mantel from Reclaimed Wood
Making a fireplace mantel from a reclaimed log requires mounting it so the supporting wall will bear its weight.
![When Simplicity is a Necessity](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/Artboard_30-80.jpg)
When Simplicity is a Necessity
Simplicity is a necessity for disabled people. The accessible design of some great products exemplifies this characteristic.
![The Round Door Arrives](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/Round-door2-tn.jpg)
The Round Door Arrives
The Thoughtful House's round door has arrived and been installed. Our video and blog celebrate round architecture.
![Nail Party](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/nails-tn.jpg)
Nail Party
Nails had to be extracted from reclaimed timbers to be used in constructing The Thoughtful House.
![Concrete Slabs](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou20150831-085-tn.jpg)
Concrete Slabs
Video of the slabs being poured for The Thoughtful House, which has a basement/slab-on-grade combo.
![The Thoughtful House’s Foundation](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou20150811-007-tn.jpg)
The Thoughtful House’s Foundation
Watch our video of a skilled crew building the foundation for The Thoughtful House.
![Excavation of The Thoughtful House](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/Excavation-tn.jpg)
Excavation of The Thoughtful House
This story begins with a hole in the ground - a nasty, dirty, wet hole.
![Finding a Place to Call Home](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou20150605-020-tn.jpg)
Finding a Place to Call Home
It took four years to find a site for the Thoughtful House. Here's how we did it.
![Construction begins](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/Thoughful_House-tn_1.jpg)
Construction begins
Construction begins on The Thoughtful House after four years of planning and preparation.
Enhance your life and dig deeper with apps and books
![Enough Stuff](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/rou20180104-042.jpg)
Enough Stuff
The Enough Stuff inventory app for iOS helps you keep track of how much you have of items so you don't buy more of them than you need.
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Green Thumbometer
The all-in-one iOS app that's a gardening calendar, gardening journal, gardening to-do list and source of gardening information.
![Home Gnome](https://hobblecreek.us/assets/images/Home-Gnome-app-tn3.jpg)
Home Gnome
The iOS app that helps you keep track of what tasks you need to do and when to do them to maintain your home well all year long.