UKadventurer
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We own a camp with 4 gers (Mongolian for yurts). My wife and I live in two modern gers and we also have 2 traditional Mongolian gers. We have a small side business as a tourist camp. Here it is, high in the mountains about 20 miles (36km) outside Ulaanbaatar, the capital.
Summer drone shot.
Winter drone shots.
We got the traditional gers from my wife's family. They tend to be multi-generational possessions. The furniture was a bit austere and unsuitable. Particularly the beds. My budget was quite low to non-existent. So I have been making furniture with shipping pallets and salvaged wood. The cost was mainly the mattresses, not much I could do to save money on those. The only other cost was screws.
The original furniture was almost like (nice) prison beds. Steel frame and essentially no mattress to speak of. Just pads.
The new beds are small double beds but have foam mattresses (cost about $70 each). The bed frames themselves are essentially just the cost of screws. I got the pallets and extra wood for free.
Now up to 6 people willing to share a bed can sleep more comfortably in this ger.
I've also used pallets to make patio furniture. Everything is recycled or more appropriately upcycled. I also have leftover lumber from other projects. So that keeps the costs down to very little, except my time.
Overall, I feel upcycling is the way to go. I could've probably bought new furniture from China, our neighbour, but making stuff myself is so much more satisfying and probably better quality.
Summer drone shot.
Winter drone shots.
We got the traditional gers from my wife's family. They tend to be multi-generational possessions. The furniture was a bit austere and unsuitable. Particularly the beds. My budget was quite low to non-existent. So I have been making furniture with shipping pallets and salvaged wood. The cost was mainly the mattresses, not much I could do to save money on those. The only other cost was screws.
The original furniture was almost like (nice) prison beds. Steel frame and essentially no mattress to speak of. Just pads.
The new beds are small double beds but have foam mattresses (cost about $70 each). The bed frames themselves are essentially just the cost of screws. I got the pallets and extra wood for free.
Now up to 6 people willing to share a bed can sleep more comfortably in this ger.
I've also used pallets to make patio furniture. Everything is recycled or more appropriately upcycled. I also have leftover lumber from other projects. So that keeps the costs down to very little, except my time.
Overall, I feel upcycling is the way to go. I could've probably bought new furniture from China, our neighbour, but making stuff myself is so much more satisfying and probably better quality.
