Building a Home in a Silo

By Glenn W. Worthington

The author found an abandoned, 50-year-old grain silo and made it into a 5-story round house. In this true story he tells his challenges and triumphs in completing this difficult task of transformation without any blueprints. Numerous photographs from the project are shown so the reader can visualize this unique building project.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Glenn W. Worthington
• Release date: Jan 21, 2012
• ISBN: 9781466011830

Glenn W. Worthington

My book, "Genuine Diamonds Found in Arkansas," is now in its third printing. I have written numerous articles for magazines including Gold Prospectors, Lost Treasure, Rock and Gem, Mother Earth News, Contemporary Christian, Western & Eastern Treasure, and The Kansas City Star Magazine. I was featured on the front cover of the Sept/Oct, 2010, issue of Gold Prospector Magazine. I have also written, hosted, and produced a DVD called, "How To Find Genuine Diamonds in Arkansas."

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Building a Home in a Silo

Glenn W. Worthington

Copyright 2012 by Glenn W. Worthington

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Not every home has to be a one or two story, square, wooden structure. A home could be a five-story, round building made of clay tiles. The first floor could be a comfortable living room with a wood-burning stove. From there you could take three steps up to an entryway where you could go out the front door or start up the staircase to your left.

On the second floor you could see a compact, yet adequate, kitchen. On that same floor there could be a partition sectioning off the bathroom with its strategically arranged vanity, bathtub, and toilet.

Continuing up the stairs you could see the bedroom on the third floor, a spare bedroom on the fourth floor, and a study on the fifth floor. That top floor could have yet another four steps to take you up to the balcony platform.

This unique home not only COULD exist but actually has become a reality. Although it is now