Straw Bale Dome Home in France

Straw bale dome home in France made with pallet wood.
Straw bale dome home in France made with pallet wood.

This fine looking home in France was built for a materials cost of only £2,500 ($3,800). This is one of the nicest homes we’ve profiled recently. Projects like this really keep me energized about natural building. Please forward to everyone you know and help this go viral.

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A Place of My Own

A Place of My Own… A Place of My Own Making, by Michael Pollan, the author of four New York Times bestsellers.
A Place of My Own… A Place of My Own Making, by Michael Pollan, the author of four New York Times bestsellers.

“A room of one’s own: is there anybody who hasn’t at one time or another wished for such a place, hasn’t turned those soft words over until they’d assumed a habitable shape?

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House of Three Tents


Here’s another amazing Faircompanies video.

“When Glen and Gerry bought property in Northern California, they wanted first to live on the land to determine the best place to site their home. They found a company that makes tent cabins and erected three. They’re not of the camping variety, but more semi-permanent fabric shelters sold by Sweetwater Bungalows.

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Natural Homes at Pinterest

Pinterest has thousands of photos of beautiful homes built with natural materials, including this vault which could be built virtually for free.
Pinterest has thousands of photos of beautiful homes built with natural materials, including this vault which could be built virtually for free.

Yesterday I posted a link to nonconventional homes at Pinterest. Afterwards I spent some time skimming the photos and found a few gems worthy of a new blog post.

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