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EcoNest Homes

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Today’s post profiles another leading natural home builder – EcoNest Homes. They’re well known for their finely crafted timberframe and straw/clay construction. “EcoNest is… the name we have given to our holistically designed and hand-crafted natural homes. An EcoNest incorporates timber-frame, straw-clay walls, earth plasters and natural and non-toxic finishes. This combination of time-honored building … Read more

Lammas Ecovillage Gallery

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The Lammas project has been created to pioneer an alternative model for living on the land.
The Lammas project has been created to pioneer an alternative model for living on the land.

The Lammas ecovillage is near the strawbale hobbit home we featured in yesterday’s blog post. Need some home design inspiration? Take a few minutes and browse the Lammas image gallery. This sort of building is contagious. (Who doesn’t want a nice affordable home that looks great and doesn’t destroy the environment?) That explains the hardline stance of council officials against outlaw structures.

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Housing Reclaimed – Sustainable Homes for Next to Nothing

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Jessica Kellner, editor of Natural Home and Garden magazine and author of Housing Reclaimed, is pictured in her home made of items destined for the dump.
Jessica Kellner, editor of Natural Home and Garden magazine and author of Housing Reclaimed, is pictured in her home made of items destined for the dump.

“As editor of the Topeka-based magazine Natural, Home & Garden, Jessica Kellner had plenty of stories of families and organizations from across the country who had built their homes from materials that were otherwise destined for the landfill.

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Natural Homes at Pinterest

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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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Handmade Houses: A Century of Earth-Friendly House Design

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Handmade Houses: A Century of Earth-Friendly House Design
Handmade Houses: A Century of Earth-Friendly House Design

From the Jacket:
“The first comprehensive consideration of the residential design of the back-to-the-land movement, “Handmade Houses: A Century of Earth-Friendly Home Design” exposes the roots of “green” architecture as it travels across North America and to the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, France, and Australia. From deep in the redwood forests of Big Sur, California, to the craggy, pink-sand beaches of Sardinia, Italy, this book visits houses in which cost-cutting DIY improvisation, eco-consciousness, art, and craft harmoniously converge.

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