In a hole in the ground...
"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." ... that's how the famous story begins, and here's where my story starts, too.
Hi, my name's David, and over the next couple of years I'm going to be building my own underground house here in the Japanese countryside, inspired by the fantasy home of Bilbo Baggins in J.R.R. Tolkien's book "The Hobbit". Please join me in this DIY adventure and follow along with my weekly progress videos - or come and visit on a sunny weekend afternoon!!
Latest Blogs:
Work starts on dome #3.... Pippin's Dome!! ep48
It's full speed ahead at last, as I start preparing the base for Pippin's hobbit house dome! (日本語の字幕あります）
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Original music composed by Jay Underwood (jay.underwood.7577 at gmail.com). ...
Pipes go in.... FINALLY!! And we get SNOW at the hobbit land! Ep47
The hobbit house gets its first snowfall, and the wastewater pipes finally get connected! 日本語字幕もあります!
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It's still too cold for the next hobbit house concrete pour, so I'm learning a few carpentry skills by making a 3D map table, featuring the massive Aso volcanic crater and caldera where I live!
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Pipes vs rocks!! Laying in the hobbit house wastewater pipes Ep45
I'm digging out the wastewater pipe trenches at my hobbit house, and roughing in the pipe layouts. (日本語の字幕あります）
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Original music composed by Jay Underwood (jay.underwood.7577 at gmail.com). ...
The Journey So Far - 1 year of hobbit house building in 10 minutes!
Take a look back at our journey so far, from the project's start in a bamboo forest in the Japanese countryside... to the first domes of the hobbit house going up! 1 year in just 10 minutes!
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