Comments for A Little Granola

Comment on Straw Bale Introduction by ProVillage

ProVillage — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:15:40 +0000

Also here in Finland, we will build straw-bale houses. A whole village for artisans and craftspersons.
If you would like to see pictures and drawings from our project [partly Underground straw bale house],
you find pdf-files in English and Finnish here:

http://provillage.wordpress.com/

More rendered 3D-drawings and pics, a lot about building straw-bale houses and all kind of related stuff. We discuss here:

http://henry.blogit.uusisuomi.fi

Even if it is in Finnish, you will understand most of the 3D-drawings and what they are connected to.
You can also comment in English, Russian, Chinese, Swedish, Norwegian or Arabic.
It does not matter which of these languages.

We are interested in all kind of international cooperation.

P.S. We have the same ‘head’ picture in our site.

Henry Björklid

Comment on Current House Plan by Tammy Crosby

Tammy Crosby — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:23:27 +0000

I found my small house plan on a website called thehousedesigners.com. I was a little nervous ordering blueprints from a website, but my builder was pleasantly surprised when he got the plans, and our house is about 1/2 constructed and is everything I could have every wanted in a house. I recommend everyone to build their own homes if they can possibly do it. Our house is small but it was cheaper than buying a spec house.

Comment on A Pattern Language by Things That Inspire

Things That Inspire — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:01:51 +0000

I have read bits and pieces from this book, and am intrigued. I plan on ordering it from Amazon.

I must admit, I don’t quite understand the part about putting windows the reflect beautiful views in the places of transition. I can understand not having a wall of windows in a living room – sometimes this seems overwhelming to me when I encounter it – but it seems as if there should be some sort of happy medium!

Comment on Slipform Stone Masonry by che1sea

che1sea — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:17:38 +0000

One story, my knees shouldn’t have a two story house Maybe a little storage space upstairs depending on what kind of roof we go with.

Comment on Remiss by mark

mark — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:09:59 +0000

Funny, we were researching the same thing…

Check out these inspiring links for slipform stone homes
http://www.hollowtop.com/cls_html/Rehl_Stone_House.htm

http://www.hollowtop.com/cls_html/cls.html

cheers

Comment on Slipform Stone Masonry by Rebecca

Rebecca — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:23:18 +0000

These are some good thoughts. Are you currently thinking one level or two?

Comment on Remiss by Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:44:16 +0000

The stone house would be quite quaint. I should learn more about living roofs. Really, I just need to keep reading the Buidling Green book I checked out from the library.

Comment on Revised floor plan by che1sea

che1sea — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:52:53 +0000

4 months? Really? My bad. We have made changes, changed our mind and rethought many things since my last post. The littlest one has also learned to crawl since my last post, I suppose that could be part of it. I have been meaning to get back to work on this, make the floor plan even smaller and only on one level. Thanks for your comment, good luck with your house!

I used Home Design Studio to make the plans.

Comment on Revised floor plan by Mark

Mark — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:39:20 +0000

Hey there! I found your site while researching for our home build. Seeing your drawings and what you are planning is very interesting. Did you do these drawings yourself (what program did you use?) or have an architect draw them up for you? Its great to see others planning to do the same. I noticed you haven’t updated a post in 4 months, have you made any further progress since then?

Good luck and keep posting the blog so I can follow along! Cheers, Mark

Comment on Probably not round… by Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 28 May 2008 10:26:02 +0000

This is my most recent yurt . Heated floors sound dreamy and cozy. The two walls that have stairstep heights written on them are open cube bookshelves 30" by 30".