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rocket mass stoves

On January 7, 2012 · 3 Comments · In alternative building

I’ve mentioned that at the thunderbolt pace of a sloth riding a glacier across a lake of molasses, we’re building a bedroom.  Well, actually, Paul is building a bedroom.  I just, you know, take pictures.  Paul says I also stand with my hands on my hips and offer “design consultations.”  He also says I nag.  [...]

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wabi sabi house built out of a shipping container, very cool

On December 7, 2011 · 2 Comments · In alternative building

I ran across this lovely short video about a single mom who, rather than work full-time-plus to pay rent on a house, built a tiny house out of a shipping container for herself and her daughter for $4000.

Our yurt is positively palatial in comparison! And comparison can be a real problem when you [...]

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cool thing about living in a yurt # 54

On October 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In alternative building

The thing about having a giant memory card in my camera is I can get slack about downloading the pictures.  I think there are about five hundred on there right now!  I really need to get on that.  But anyway, I found this pic on the camera today, left from some mid-summer photos.

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our alternative building journey

On July 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In alternative building

I’ve noticed a bunch of folk find my site looking for information on yurts and cool, funky examples of alternative building on the cheap. I’ve got that, for sure, but it’s buried in with the farming and writing and unschooling. I’ve made this post to help you find what you’re looking for.

We’re bootstrapping this [...]

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the incredible building mash-up

On October 24, 2009 · 2 Comments · In alternative building

We’ve been thinking about what to build next. The Noah House has settled into daily usage. The landscaping projects are slowing down as winter approaches. And we seem to have a tradition of starting new buildings in January. Which means we’re in the imagining stages, now, for the next one.

Next one, you say? Well, [...]

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in which we move in to the recycled house, and are pleased

On August 10, 2009 · 8 Comments · In alternative building

We have completely, and thoroughly, moved in, FINALLY, to the Noah House!

[cue cheering!]

That is to say, we haven’t moved out of the yurt, we’re just…spreading. And in case you don’t know what I am talking about, here is the beginning of the story of recycling a tiny house, the tiny house [...]

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poof, another room

On July 27, 2009 · 2 Comments · In alternative building

We are in the process of moving into the Noah House. I don’t mean moving out of the yurt, just adding the Noah House as another room in our weird, Tiny House Compound. As I mentioned here, Paul finished the interior trim last weekend and, although there is still a punch list of [...]

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recycled playground

On June 8, 2009 · 4 Comments · In alternative building, kiddo life

If you’ve been hanging around a bit, you know we are bootstrap builders, putting together our country estate (cough), on very little cash, by building with junk recycled materials. (And if that’s news to you, but sounds fun, look over there in the tag list and you’ll find recycled building has its very [...]

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yurts: the downside

On April 22, 2009 · 13 Comments · In alternative building

We love our yurt. I am really glad we decided to go this route.

But no space is perfect in all ways, and yurts are no exception. After nearly four years in ours, here is the unvarnished truth to living in a gigantic, glorified tent.

Sound

If you put up your yurt on a mountaintop, [...]

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some principles of recycled building

On March 25, 2009 · 5 Comments · In alternative building

We build with junk. Or, rather, Paul builds with junk, and I (1) complain about the mess in the yard, and (2) enjoy the results of his hard work. It’s called ‘consulting’ and it is integral to the creative process. First you put your hands on your hips, and then you point at things….

But [...]

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