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Cordwood in the Mountains: Idaho Base Camp
I received a delightful email from Whitney about her cordwood project: "I'd like to invite you to check out our cordwood cottage progress here in the Big Lost mountain range 26 miles east of Sun Valley Idaho..." Here are pictures and direct quotes from a most...
read moreCordwood Cabins, Homes and Carports
One of the greatest things about being involved in alternative building is the pleasant surprises I am fortunate enough to receive on a somewhat regular basis. People are so gracious in sending me pictures of their cordwood projects. I feel it is my job to post as...
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Cordwood Cabin (with 24 thick walls) makes it energy efficient and fortress-like
Adam & Erica Konopka and their children started building a Cordwood Cabin near the shores of Lake Michigan this past summer. The cabin has 24" thick walls with foam insulation in the center cavity. A cordwood cabin requires a lot of cordwood log ends and big, strong...
read moreIdaho City, Idaho Cordwood for sale 22 acres
Here is a 22 acre mountain parcel near Idaho City, Idaho that has two cordwood cabins, a yurt-sized, timber-framed cabin with built-ins, 2 tepees, a spacious and luxurious wall tent with wood stove and great southern mountain views. [Thanks to friend Geoff Jordan for...
read moreCordwood Newsletter Fall 2013 Part 1
I plan to do a 3 part Cordwood Newsletter as a blog post and see how it works. I have tried Mail Chimp and a few other services, they are all good venues but don't seem to work for what I have to show. In these eNewsletters I usually share photos and stories that...
read moreCordwood Workshop Kinstone Chapel 8/10/2013
The final cordwood workshop of the year took place on August 10, 2013 at the Kinstone Chapel near Fountain City, Wisconsin. This was a one day workshop and featured an hour of classroom and three (2 hour) mortaring sessions. It was a rousing success. Good people,...
read moreCordwood Eye Candy
For those who are visual learners (that's most of us) here are a few pictures of very well build and very good looking cordwood homes. Naturally the eye is drawn to pleasant shapes. The Greeks considered the Golden Ratio the ideal shape of a building and used the...
read moreKinstone Chapel July 13-14, 2013; Cordwood walls continue their ascent
Another group of talented, interesting and wonderful folks attended the Cordwood Workshop at the Kinstone Chapel near Fountain City, Wisconsin on July 13-14, 2013 to continue the building of the chapel's cordwood walls. As you may know, this Chapel is being built...
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Cordwood Education Center is Off Grid
We built a cordwood warming hut at the Merrill School Forest that morphed into a public school classroom along the way. The goal was to create a natural building using materials from the surrounding woods for students to warm up in on their winter hikes. The result...
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Cordwood Flooring
Cordwood Flooring My neighbor Steve called up the other day and asked if I'd like to come over to see his new floor. Steve is a contractor by trade, he does beautiful work, so I jumped at the chance. When I walked in the door my mouth fell open. He had built a...
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