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Arched Doors

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Carved arched doors
Carved arched doors

Welcome your guests with unique and beautiful arched entry doors. Arched entry doors can make a stunning addition to your home. Options include many different kinds of wood, carvings, panel designs, colors, sidelights, hardware, clear or stained glass, and metal grillwork.

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Tree Root Furniture

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Tree root table
Tree root table

More low cost furniture ideas for your sustainably built home. The least expensive, high quality furniture is typically made from free salvaged/recycled materials like pallets and barnwood, and free natural materials such as branches, twisted wood, stumps and tree roots that most logging companies leave behind. Tree root furniture is strikingly beautiful because its twisted, rustic shape is 100% natural and unique. You could pay hundreds of dollars or even way more for this incredible furniture at a boutique store downtown. Or you could put on your hiking boots and head for the forest to gather your own tree roots for free. Either way, you’ll end up with a one of a kind piece that could last for centuries. And unlike that pressed board crap, this stuff is super strong and doesn’t offgas formaldehyde.

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Energy Efficient Chest Fridge

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I saw this fridge a few years ago on Build it Solar.com. It’s a great site like I keep saying with hundreds of practical projects. Several years later and now I’m asking the same questions as the author below. Why haven’t more people made the switch to this super energy efficient fridge? “Using vertical doors … Read more

Connect the Dots

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Let’s compare aspects of building a sustainable home with children’s connect the dot (dot to dot) coloring books. If you look at just part of the picture, the full image is not apparent. Take for example the recent blog post about It Can’t Possibly be Worth It. A reader left a comment on the original … Read more

AUWA Earth

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AUWA Earth Earthbag Workshops Australia “Of all earth building techniques, Earthbag building (or ‘Superadobe’) is the easiest to learn and most forgiving in terms of what type of earth you can use – this means that anyone can start building structures for their backyard or additions to their home, using the earth beneath your feet. … Read more