A Man Turned a Boeing 727 into His Home (And It's Awesome)

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A man took living in a plane to a whole new level! Instead of settling down in a cozy house, he decided to turn a Boeing 727 into his ultimate pad. I mean, talk about thinking outside the box! He transformed the inside into a seriously swanky living space, complete with bedrooms, a kitchen, and even a lounge area. It's like something out of a movie, except this guy's actually living the dream.   Credit: Coober Pedy: By qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58913610 CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0: By Forgemind ArchiMedia: Sou Fujimoto - House NA 01: https://flic.kr/p/bSC6gX Sou Fujimoto - House NA 02: https://flic.kr/p/bDHne9 Sou Fujimoto - House NA 03: https://flic.kr/p/bDHnmE Sou Fujimoto - House NA 04: https://flic.kr/p/bSC6EK Sou Fujimoto - House NA 07: https://flic.kr/p/bSC71k Sou Fujimoto - House NA 11: https://flic.kr/p/bSC7px Sou Fujimoto - House NA - model 01: https://flic.kr/p/bDHoCL The Mirrorcube: By steffen l - https://flic.kr/p/2cE2nRD, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94182331 CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/: Coober Pedy Opal Doublet: By Dpulitzer, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26444182 Keret House: By Adrian Grycuk, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=77783578 Keret's house eastward 2: By Panek, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22339165 Keret's house eastward 1: By Panek, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22339160 Keret House in Warsaw 2017h: By Adrian Grycuk, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=77783577 Keret House in Warsaw 2017j: By Adrian Grycuk, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=77783579 Ransom Canyon Steel House: By Leaflet, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8453969 CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0: Treehotel: By Åke E-son Lindman - http://lindmanphotography.com/, https://www.thamvidegard.se/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=77915124 Market Cross House: By DeFacto, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43177591 Market Cross House, Windsor: By Peter Trimming - https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5226268, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=135655819 Animation is created by Bright Side.  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com   Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV   Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en   Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me

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00:00Hey, look at this stunning futuristic interior!

00:05It's a long studio room with a low ceiling, white walls and windows overlooking the forest.

00:12And there's also a large panoramic window in the corner.

00:17You can easily invite hundreds of guests here, and they will all be impressed.

00:21So what, would you like to buy or rent this spot?

00:24Oh, there's another minor nuance.

00:26This house is an airplane.

00:29Unfortunately, you can only fly somewhere on it if you invest a couple of million dollars

00:33for repairs, but it's possible to live here.

00:37A resident of Oregon, Bruce Campbell, created this place.

00:41He turned a giant Boeing 727 into his home, where he spends about six months every year.

00:48Bruce installed two bathrooms and a shower, made a kitchen and equipped this place with

00:53electricity.

00:55It has everything you need for a comfortable stay.

00:58But the most incredible thing is that you can create precisely the same house.

01:03To understand how to do this, let's look at Bruce's story.

01:08As a teenager, he was watching TV when he saw a report of an aircraft boneyard.

01:13These iron birds amazed him and inspired him to create a new home.

01:19Growing up, Bruce began to study electrical engineering and always remembered his teenage

01:24dream.

01:25In the 70s, he bought 10 acres of land in the woods near the town of Hillsborough, Oregon.

01:31This area is approximately equal to eight football fields.

01:35After that, he began to look for a plane.

01:38In 1999, he hired a rescue company to help him find a Boeing.

01:43Soon, they found a 200-seat passenger aircraft in Greece.

01:48Since the plane was already out of order and no one would fly it, Bruce bought it for little

01:52money.

01:53It was just $100,000.

01:55The amount is small, considering that a new Boeing costs about $100 million.

02:01Airport staff removed the engine and fuel from the plane, disassembled it, and sent

02:05it to Oregon.

02:07After the logistics problems were solved and the plane ended up in the woods, Bruce began

02:12to turn it into a house.

02:14The repair work lasted several years.

02:17When everything was ready, the media found out about Bruce and made him a celebrity.

02:23He showed that even such gigantic things as an airplane could be recycled.

02:29Bruce invites anyone to his house to show that airplanes can be used for cheap housing.

02:35The advantages of such a house are that the airplane's outer layer can protect from

02:39cold, moisture, wind, and sun.

02:43Every year in the US, several hundred aircraft break down.

02:47People transport them to the aircraft boneyard where these planes are waiting for repairs

02:51or turning into scrap metal.

02:54And many of them are in good condition.

02:58Another unusual house is located in Tokyo, Japan.

03:02It's definitely not your choice if you go to relax alone or think that home is a place

03:07where no one can bother you.

03:09Welcome to the transparent house.

03:12It looks pretty stylish.

03:14There are huge panoramic windows without curtains and no walls and doors between the rooms.

03:21There are a bunch of large shelves and ladders inside.

03:24You can climb, jump, and hang here.

03:27The height of the house is three floors.

03:30It looks like a modern urban tree house.

03:33This place is open to everyone.

03:37And now, take a look at the most fantastic tree house.

03:40Can you see it?

03:41No?

03:42In central London, this house is almost invisible in the forest because of its mirrored surface.

03:48It's called Mirror Tree House and is located in Sweden.

03:53At night with the lights off, this small building completely merges with nature.

03:57Now turn on the lights in the windows and take a closer look.

04:02This is a stylish and modern building where anyone can spend the night.

04:06You need to pay for it though because it's a hotel.

04:11Here's another tree house.

04:13More precisely, it's a huge building built on several trees.

04:18It's called Minister's Tree House and is located in Crossville, Tennessee.

04:24It's considered to be the biggest tree house in the world.

04:27It's built from recycled wood.

04:30It occupies almost five floors in height and has several rooms.

04:35If elves lived in the forest, then this house would be their bank or the administration

04:39of the woods.

04:42Let's get down from the trees to the ground.

04:44More precisely, under the ground.

04:47It's not even a house but a small town and every building here is pretty unusual.

04:53You won't see this town from the outside.

04:57All houses, cafes, post offices and other buildings are located in the pits from which

05:02pipes protrude, releasing steam.

05:06Welcome to Coober Petty, Australia.

05:10Enter any house and see that there is ground instead of the usual walls and wallpaper.

05:16Such unusual architecture is because this place is the world's largest reserve of opal.

05:22Most of these minerals, which are sold all over the world, are mined in this city.

05:28Opal was first found in these lands in 1915.

05:32Since then, people have been coming here to search for precious stones.

05:36There are no mining companies here because it's impossible to determine large deposits

05:41of opal with the help of technology.

05:44Therefore, people mine it manually with picks and shovels.

05:48This work is quite long and difficult.

05:52So the town residents rent a place where they dig and build a house.

05:57Spread your arms in different directions.

06:00That's the width of our next house.

06:03The distance from one wall to the other is less than the length of your body.

06:08It looks tiny, but people are happy to live here.

06:11Welcome to the Curret House.

06:13The narrowest house in the world is located in Poland.

06:18On the streets of Warsaw, you will easily notice it.

06:21It's like it's stuck between two buildings.

06:24Everything is pretty cute and stylish inside.

06:26The white interior adds a feeling of extra space.

06:31The Curret House serves as a transit point for travel writers.

06:34If you're working on a book, this place will be a great source of inspiration for you.

06:39This house looks like something from another planet.

06:42It's called Robert Bruno's Steel House.

06:45It stands on four legs, has a strangely shaped window, and is made of metal.

06:50This strange house is located in Ransom Canyon, Texas.

06:55This is the creation of the sculptor Robert Bruno.

06:58He built it from the 70s until 2008.

07:02He used about 150 tons of blackened steel and made every detail by hand.

07:08Unfortunately, the sculptor passed away before he could complete his masterpiece.

07:16There's a toilet house in South Korea, close to Seoul.

07:20This big building looks like a giant toilet bowl.

07:23It's made of steel, white concrete, and glass.

07:28The purpose of this house is to promote the hygiene and sanitation of toilets.

07:33Many diseases are spread because of poor cleaning.

07:37Inside the toilet, you will find two guest rooms, two bedrooms, and three bathrooms.

07:43And to rent the whole building, you need to pay about $50,000.

07:49Looking at this house in one of the alleys of London, it may seem to you that the building

07:53is about to fall apart.

07:56The house was built in the 16th century and originally didn't look like this.

08:01But in 1687, the city council ordered the demolition of the building to free space for

08:06something else.

08:08The house was almost destroyed, but its owner sued the city council.

08:12He won the case and the council was obliged to restore the house.

08:17But they did it in a hurry, using cheap materials.

08:20For many years, the wood has been bended and the house has got such an unusual shape.

08:27Let's end our realtor's journey with this fun house.

08:31People who love skateboarding will be delighted to visit this place.

08:35Welcome to Skateboard House, Malibu, California.

08:39You don't leave your home to start riding.

08:41The whole house has a circular curved shape and there's no corners in it.

08:46There are beds and tables here, which you can also use for tricks!

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