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Cordwood Education Center is Off Grid

by Richard Flatau | Jul 9, 2013 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Uncategorized, Workshop | 0 Comments

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...

Cordwood Flooring

by Richard Flatau | Jun 18, 2013 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building | 0 Comments

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...

One day Cordwood Workshop at Kinstone (WI) August 10, 2013

by Richard Flatau | Jun 16, 2013 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Due to the incredible interest in taking a cordwood workshop (in order to build a home, cabin or cottage) we are going to offer one more this year. A one-day, hands-on cordwood workshop at Kinstone Academy near Fountain City, Wisconsin on August 10th. The tuition will...

Kinstone Academy of Applied Permaculture Courses 2013

by Richard Flatau | Jun 9, 2013 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Uncategorized, Workshop | 0 Comments

Here is the current listing of Workshops/Courses at the Kinstone Academy of Applied Permaculture. Take a look and see if there is anything you would like to check out. This is a great venue with wonderful people, excellent food and beauty all around. Want more...

German newspaper reviews Cordwood Construction

by Richard Flatau | Apr 26, 2013 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Workshop | 0 Comments

Over the past month, I had the privilege to be interviewed by a Romanian newspaperwoman (Nina May) about Cordwood Construction for the German newspaper Deutsche Zeitung. The article covers existing cordwood in Europe and North America and its potential uses in...

Cordwood Construction on the Black River

by Richard Flatau | Apr 20, 2013 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Natural Building, Off grid, Workshop | 0 Comments

[If you wish to enlarge this article, press Ctrl and + at the same time and the screen will enlarge.] Ed and Julie McAllen built a gorgeous cordwood home near Galesville, Wisconsin by the Black River. They built it for $23,000 because they recycled, scrounged and...

Minnesota Cordwood

by Richard Flatau | Apr 7, 2013 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Workshop | 0 Comments

Minnesota is home to not only strong Viking ancestors, Lake Wobegone and the Spam Museum (the canned meat), but also to a number of beautiful cordwood homes, cabins, cottages and saunas. Here is a cordwood sauna being built near Tower, Minnesota by Paul Harney. ...

Cordwood Sauna in Givens, West Virginia

by Richard Flatau | Mar 17, 2013 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Workshop | 0 Comments

Patrick sent some wonderful pictures of his family building a cordwood sauna in the hills of West Virginia. Since my wife's family is from WV, it piqued my interested. Then Patrick told me he was Finnish (I lived in Finland from 72 to 74) & I was hooked. Since he...

Cordwood Cottage Garden Shed in Green Bay, Wisconsin

by Richard Flatau | Mar 8, 2013 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Uncategorized, Workshop | 0 Comments

Tom & Mary Barchacky built this wonderfully attractive cordwood shed in the city of Green Bay, Wisconsin. It is a building that was an idea that morphed into a project that became a work of art. The building is made from all repurposed and recycled materials. The...

Cordwood home Asheville, North Carolina

by Richard Flatau | Feb 21, 2013 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Natural Building, Off grid, Uncategorized, Workshop | 0 Comments

Maria & Toby built a beautiful cordwood home in the mountains near Asheville, NC. Maria blogs about her life as a homesteader, homeschooler, dye-maven, and grower of herbs. It is an excellent blog, filled with hope and life, and light. This cordwood home has a...