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Cordwood Cabin/Rock Wall, Birch Bark & Cordwood Tables
Monte Loomis built a gorgeous cordwood floor in his octagonal cordwood cabin. He proceeded to add a rock wall (fire resistance for his wood stove), cabinet doors made of birch bark and cordwood tables. In the top right-hand corner, you can see birch bark used as snow...
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Cordwood Flooring “Kicking it up a notch”
Monte Loomis sent pictures and a video of his new method of laying cordwood flooring. Needless to say, I was blown away by the beauty of his self-described "Jig-Saw Puzzle method." "For my end grain floor, I used 3/4 inch-thick white cedar. Each piece was cut to fit...
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Cordwood Flooring by Sunny in sunny Arizona
Sunny Pettis Lutz send some photos of her gorgeous, hand-made cordwood floor. The following is a detailed list of how they made their floor with legal pickings from the state forest. "Go out to the forest and harvest dead trees. In our area that means Juniper and...
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Cordwood Cabin (with 24" thick walls) is energy efficient & fortress-like (revisited)
Editor's Note: This post has consistently been among the Top 5 most popular (on my site) and I have added new photos and new details to the original. Adam & Erica Konopka and their children started building a Cordwood Cabin near the shores of Lake Michigan this...
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Cordwood Homes: Beauty Inside & Out
Inside and Out: When I post a cordwood photo, folks often ask, "What does that look like on the inside? This is a 4 part blog post series about incredible cordwood homes, cabins, and cottages with pictures of the outside and the inside. Bryan & Lois Pratt built this...
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Cordwood Flooring DIY
Cordwood Flooring "It's not just for the walls, anymore..." A neighbor of mine, Steve, called one cold January evening and said, "Richard, come on over and see my cordwood floor!" Needless to say, we hurried over and were amazed. Steve is a mason by...
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Cordwood Home of 40 years
Folks have been asking about our northern Wisconsin cordwood home and how it has "held up" after 40 years. Here are some pictures, commentary and a few links, should you care to delve deeper. 30' x 40' Post and beam framed with Northern White Cedar on a frosty...
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Tiny Cordwood Garden Cottage in England
We've never built anything before but we're very pleased with how it's turned out." Jan and Baz Whitlock sent pictures of their cordwood garden cottage in Bristol, England. They used the ebook Cordwood Construction Best Practices as their go-to source/guide. Jan &...
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Cordwood Castle in Maine
Alan Adolphsen built this absolutely beautiful small cordwood home in Hope, Maine in 2004. He describes his building adventure as an owner-builder. One with pluck and a good knowledge of construction. Here are a few words from Alan on how he decided upon cordwood and...
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Cordwood (you see) can be Mortgage Free!
New Pioneer Magazine published a four-page article on DIY Cordwood Cottages. The editor allowed me to place the article on various social media sites to encourage the idea of natural building. The article details the best practice building of cordwood cottages,...
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