Salvaged wood timber is an excellent option for building roof trusses. If you buy salvaged timbers through an architect for a custom home like this they will be pricey of course. But timbers like these can also be obtained cheaply or even for free if you do the work yourself.
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Ideas for outdoor spaces that invite inhabitation
Wow, what am amazing collection of beautiful homes and gardens. Almost every comment on YouTube uses the words “wow” and “amazing”, and it’s easy to see why. Many of these ideas can be built on a limited budget with natural materials.
Ontario Natural Building Coalition
“Do you desire to build your own home one day? Here is your opportunity to get started in an action-packed 1 day primer on what to consider to create and DESIGN your dream home, naturally – offered by Eco-Architect, Ingrid Cryns, of Soma Earth.”
20 Free DIY Tiny House Plans
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Earthbag studio home in Tiruvannamalai, India
“July 14th we started a Superadobe studio home as a part of shifting our space to our upcoming land. This is a 550 square feet studio home totally dedicated to a 13 year boy named Adhya Vriksha, who is trying to learn his own way in educating or self learning himself for his mother, family and community. Now we are in 18th day doing this natural building. Within 15 more days we will start living in our new space of mother’s womb.
Couple builds earthbag home in rural Osage County, KS
“RURAL OSAGE COUNTY — When Keith Fouts was a child and camped with his grandparents on their Lake Pomona lot, he would play on a nearby stretch of property and dream of one day owning it.