Hexayurt Interior Design

[Paul Van Heden]

While I can find lots of plans & pics for construction of hexayurts, there are few images or descriptions of how people set up _inside_ the structure.

Does anyone have any interior decorating ideas/suggestions/pics?

- pvh

[Alejandro]

Hi Paul,

I have just a few interior shots of my setup at BM this year along with the rest of the setup and a few exterior shots in a folder of mine on facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150297076217393.333665.554617392&l=b0898e0e81&type=1

 

I didn't do anything fancy like closets or shelves (though I wish I had).  It's pretty simple but it worked more or less.  Looking back, I'd like a closet to hang up my clothes, and I'd like some shelves or a little nightstand, something, to organize things like flashlight, keys, lotion, water bottle etc., just stuff that you need to keep nearby and handy.  One thing I like that we did was we set up our food box right next to the cooler, and that gave us some semi decent counter space.  I also bought a queen size air mattress, and that made a huge difference for being comfortable and getting a good night's sleep.  Other than that, just a couple of folding chairs, I'd say that was about it.  

-Alejandro

[Cody Firestone]

is that an opaque window or a furnace filter. It looks REALLY nice, kinda of like the mid-evil glass windows with all the small panes of glass.  You MIGHT be able to modify a furnace filter to have a couple of clear panes of glass.  Think, cut out the filter in that section, use a small piece of glass in a wood frame, the exact size of the plastic squares, then gently screw into place between the plastic frame of the furnace filter.

By chance, do you know the brand of that furnace filter? It seems to have a good glow to it, so is also a source of indireect light in the HxYrt.

[Alejandro]

Cody, that's a furnace filter. It's the NaturalAire Eco-pleat furnace
filter. 16 x 25 x 1 I believe, has an FPR 6 rating. 100% post-
consumer content too. I got it at Home Despot.

It's rated up to 90 days, though I imagine that's in a home setting,
not on the playa. I brushed dust out of it several times during the
week on the playa this year. I wouldn't give it much more than a
week's life on the playa. You are right, it was very nice for letting
natural light in, and it did a good job of filtering out playa dust,
which is no small feat (that stuff is unbelievably fine). I only put
one window in this time, which allowed a nice cross breeze IF the door
was open. If you want a cross breeze without having to open the door,
you really need a 2nd window. I may do roof vents or a spinning heat
turbine next time in conjunction with a 2nd window, and maybe swamp
cooler too. We'll see...

Stained glass is a really cool idea come to think of it, though it
would provide a portal for sun/heat to enter directly into the yurt.

I forgot to mention, this is the untested H13 hexayurt I say untested
in a PLAYA context. Yes I did use it at BM this year, but the wind
and temperatures were so mild, that I'd say this year was not a "fair"
year in which to judge the H13's performance, especially with regards
to its stability in high winds, hence it was not a true test. So
unless someone elsewhere says they tested the H13 in a high wind
situation, we're going to have to wait until next year to see how the
H13 truly handles high winds. The concern is how the higher wall
where the door goes, will handle winds as opposed to the i.e. H12.


-Alejandro

[Pete Baker]

Paul,

We stuck old newspaper clippings to the inside of our yurt using paste made from flour and water.   It wasn't spectactular but was way better than the R-MAX logos, plus all it took was an hour or so of cutting and sticking.  Total cost $0.

I'd love to show you a picture but it seems that we didn't take any!  The hexayurt is in storage now so maybe next year when it gets taken out again..!

Pete

[Pichard Kempo Karate]

I noticed that you have put your swamp cooler inside and not outside.
I was wondering why ppl put theirs outside and not inside.

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[The Distinguished ...]

Greetings,

As a thought, when making the roof hinge(s) incorporating a (series of)
tape-loop(s) (similar to the tie-down tape-loops) allows you to hang
things from the inside ceiling, without damaging the panels, and the
weight actually pulls the panels tighter together (since it's attached
to the top tape sealing the roof). This allows for fabric hang (and
change as you desire) ceiling lights to be hung (like the wind-powered
lights from ikea:
http://www.notcot.com/archives/2012/02/ikea-solarvind-solarwind-power.php
that are a trip-toy in and of themselves ...) streamers, rope-lights, or
anything else lightweight you just want up, and out of the way.

Percy

On Wed, 2012-08-15 at 13:47 -0700, Elena wrote:
> Reviving this thread .. options I'm considering are large pieces of
> fabric pinned or taped to the walls, or the same w/ large pieces of
> beautifully colored (and hopefully cheap) paper from a crafts store.
> I'm thinking fabric will collect too much dust so a smooth paper
> surface will be better. If I'm missing a potential pitfall with this
> plan please let me know. Thanks very much!

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