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Built of recycled materials, The Cowboy Hat House is charming and oh-so Texan. Take a tour inside and even see it's equally adorable neighbor!

Built of recycled materials, The Cowboy Hat House is charming and oh-so Texan. Take a tour inside and even see it's equally adorable neighbor!

Built of recycled materials, The Cowboy Hat House is charming and oh-so Texan. Take a tour inside and even see it's equally adorable neighbor!

Built of recycled materials, The Cowboy Hat House is charming and oh-so Texan. Take a tour inside and even see it's equally adorable neighbor!

Built of recycled materials, The Cowboy Hat House is charming and oh-so Texan. Take a tour inside and even see it's equally adorable neighbor!

Built of recycled materials, The Cowboy Hat House is charming and oh-so Texan. Take a tour inside and even see it's equally adorable neighbor!

Built of recycled materials, The Cowboy Hat House is charming and oh-so Texan. Take a tour inside and even see it's equally adorable neighbor!

Built of recycled materials, The Cowboy Hat House is charming and oh-so Texan. Take a tour inside and even see it's equally adorable neighbor!

Dan Phillips, the Huntsville-based artist, architect, and educator who built the famous Hat House and Boot House, died on December 21, 2021.

For most people, things such as licence plates, used lumber, bottle caps and shards of ceramic tiles and mirrors are trash. For Dan Phillips, however, founder of a for-profit construction company known as Phoenix Commotion in Huntsville, Texas, these items are treasures and can be used as construction material to build affordable houses. “I have always suspected that an entire house could be constructed from what went into the landfill. As a child, I went to the dump and came home with many t...