All these people have linked to One House At A Time:

None yet.

Edit: this was January’s project and nobody notified me about their links to One House At A Time, hence no links here. February project is already doing bit better.

Yesterday I was minding my own business and surfing real estate sites. I happened to notice an advertisement that promoted One House At A Time charity. I have never been much of a charity person, but this one stopped me. It was about building houses for people who lost their home for hurricane Katrina.

After being stopped for quite some time, I started thinking. What if I drop my “don’t be evil attitude” and pick up a “do good attitude”. I want to be part of providing houses for those in need, and I want to do even more. Here’s my plan: I ask people to link to One House At A Time and as a reward I will link to their site and donate one dollar for One House At A Time project. I hope I won’t run out of money.

Edit: Oh, just a short addition, send me an email after you have the link up and I’ll add you to a list with everyone that has taken part into linking. Just use “loghomes” and my domain when you send the email.

Edit2: I will run this project until the end of January and I set a limit of 1000 dollars, in case there are thousands and thousands of people wanting to give a link to One House At A Time.

Edit3: Maybe this is the final edit move that I have to do. The rules are:

1. Email me the link to the page, where you give them a link and I will link to you.
2. I will give one dollar for One House At A Time for your link.

The pine box has now transformed into a tiny pine seedling. I replanted it into a bigger pot. Now I’m thinking that if I manage to keep it alive, I’m going to plant it on my yard. Coming out of the box, it looked like this.

Just ten hours later from watering the cube for the first time, here is the result. Dry wood and water do not make a good couple.

Remember the tree cube from my faltering 1 Big Dream project? As project was cut, there was need to downsize the key personnel in the project, namely the tree cube. This is why the cube is now assigned to other duties like to grow into a tree. Here’s the cube after first watering.

I have gotten two contacts from Asia, concerning a trade of pine block. Unfortunately, customs have been very much against sending soil and seeds without airtight packaging and sterilizing treatment. Looks like this item is bit more complicated than I originally thought. Therefore I would like to make an announcement. I will turn this trading project into sponsoring project. I’ll let Finnish log home manufacturers pimp my log home for me.

FIRST TRADABLE
My first tradable item on the road to owning a log home is a … (drums) … PINE (title gave it out, I know). Actually it is a cube made of pine and it contains preplanted pine seeds.

Here’s the product description: “Box contains soil and pine seeds. Remove wrapper, place box in light, water and keep moist. Seedling takes 1-2 weeks. Plant the whole box in the ground when the seedling is 10-15 cm. Or replant the seedling to another container. Pine has a 90 % germination rate.” Producer calls it Kota.

So you could experience the joy of growing a real tree. As you can see, you are presented with two choices. plant the seedling on ground or on container – you will have either a big tree or a small bonsai. Furthermore, if you are unwilling to take such a long project as growing a tree, you can alternatively just enjoy watching the seedling to sprout up from the cube. This really is a present that suits for everybody.

OFFERS
You can send your offers to my email, which goes as follows jarkko (dot) aho (at) gmail (dot) com. I will reply to everybody and keep you guys posted on any developments. Hopefully You will make me an offer that I can’t refuse.

COMPANY BEHIND THE KOTA - PINE BOX
Puumix Oy is the company that manufactures these wooden cubicles. Company is selling “Kota” in boxes of 50 units. These cute boxes comprise only a small portion of company’s business. They mainly manufacture wooden furniture and create office spaces and art on project basis. They are fairly new company, as they were established 1997 in Finland. Unfortunately they don’t have English website, but you can contact them at jarmo.kokki at puumix.inet.fi and +358 14 263 777.

Here are the simple rules for my exchange project.

1. I present a commodity to be exchanged.
2. Anyone can make an exchange offer by email.
3. I will decide, which exchange will be carried out and when.
4. Transaction details are discussed case by case.
5. Back to rule number one.

One red paperclip did it. I also have a dream to own a house, and not just any house but a log home. I will embark on similar journey as Kyle has, I will exchange stuff and end up with the log home of my dreams.

Aiming pretty high, eh? Isn’t it boring to do this, it’s not like its anything new anymore? Very good questions indeed… I just have to say that anything to keep life interesting. This is also a great chance to get to know people and the industry. Maybe get some new friends.

I will issue the first item as well as official rules (I will keep them brief) shortly. I will not start as small as Kyle, but he has the innovation on his side. I am just a copycat that hopes to do well.