The last few months on the house!

Blogs - Shire Strawbale Home, Green Building + Design, Green Building Blogs, Green Homes, Straw BaleOctober 22, 20090 Comments

Finally I have gotten round to getting some photos uploaded! We are officially moved in, the mortgage has been completed, and we are “done”, although I don’t think the work will ever stop! There’s some niggly trim work to complete, a few touch-ups, there will be on-going stucco maintenance and inspections, fire wood to cut and split, a wood shed to build, the storage/garden shed to finish and organize, an addition in the next couple of years probably, landscaping, a garden or two, walkways, decks, etc… But for the next little while we are going to take it easy and enjoy a little break!

Enjoy the photos!

IMG_3889.JPG Forms for the concrete countertops. Keith wanted to try his hand at concrete countertops and we volunteered as the test case! Continue Reading →

Interior stucco completed!

Blogs - Shire Strawbale Home, Green Building Blogs, Green Homes, Straw BaleFebruary 12, 20090 Comments

This past Sunday I put the last couple trowel fulls of interior stucco on the walls in the kitchen!  I have some photos from the day before showing the progress so far.  Now we are on to some finishing work like seam filling, cleaning, trim and limewashing.

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Buying Your Dream Green Home

Green Building + Design, Green HomesFebruary 11, 20090 Comments

Let’s face it. Not everyone is cut out for building and renovating. But don’t we all have the right to live in healthier, greener homes?

Fortunately, finding a house that offers important ecofeatures and healthy living spaces for your family is getting easier. Not only are builders catching on to buyer’s demands for more sustainable housing options, but green homes of all varieties are entering the market the world over.

Buying Your Dream Green Home
Green Homes for Sale woos visitors with the chance to acquire an their fantasy ecohome and a greener lifestyle to go with it. These green real estate listings are scattered throughout Canada, the United States, and the Americas, and are among the most creative and thoughtfully designed houses you’ll lay eyes on.           (Photo Source: Greenhomesforsale.com) Continue Reading →

Steve & JD's Green Home

Green Homes, Reclaimed + Recycled Materials, Renewable Energy, SolarSeptember 02, 20080 Comments

Want to be inspired? Check out what Steve and JD accomplished two years ago as they deconstructed and rebuilt their US home in the greenest way possible. Here’s just a sampling of their home’s ecofeatures. The couple:

  • spared materials from the dump by reusing them in the final product
  • reused much of the core and shell of the original building
  • purchased Forest Stewardship Council certified wood
  • insulated using soy-based spray foam insulation
  • installed recycled content products
  • incorporated solar electric and solar water heating technology
  • …I’ll leave a few surprises so you can enjoy the videos

The videos themselves are really well done, so enjoy! Continue Reading →

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