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Leftover Log Ends [Cordwood]

Leftover Log Ends [Cordwood]

by Richard Flatau | May 7, 2014 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, log end, Natural Building, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop

There are so many things to do with log ends, that is seems a shame to put them all in the walls.   Here are a few photos of what you can do with your left-over log ends.  Most of these you will have to be reverse-engineered (that is, look at the visual and use the...

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

[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...
Cordwood home Asheville, North Carolina

Cordwood home Asheville, North Carolina

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

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...

2012 in review

by Richard Flatau | Jan 1, 2013 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Natural Building

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 17,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 4 Film...

Cob & Cordwood Cottage in Finland by Heidi Vilkman

by Richard Flatau | Dec 20, 2012 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Natural Building

Heidi Vilkman sent me photos of her wonderful natural building project in southern Finland. You can read more about Heidi’s adventure at https://www.heidivilkman.com/ go to the Eco link. Here is Heidi’s intro “This blog is about following my dream to...

Cordwood Writer's Cabin in Sweden

by Richard Flatau | Oct 20, 2012 | Alternative Building, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Natural Building

Olle Hagman built his Writer’s cabin in Sweden in order to have a natural haven from the hustle and bustle of his job as a professor of sociology at Gotenburg University. He wrote two articles for the Cordwood Conference Papers 2011:  A Social History of...
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