by Richard Flatau | Apr 7, 2013 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Workshop
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. ...
by Richard Flatau | Mar 17, 2013 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Workshop
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....
by Richard Flatau | Mar 8, 2013 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Off grid, Uncategorized, Workshop
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....
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...
by Richard Flatau | Jan 5, 2013 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, Green building, Uncategorized, Workshop
May 18-19 Workshop is FULL, please call (715-212-2870 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 715-212-2870 end_of_the_skype_highlighting) to be placed on the waiting list. There are still a few openings for July 13-14, but call to be sure. Would you like a...
by Richard Flatau | Jun 25, 2012 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Green building, Off grid, Tiny home, Workshop
A 30 metal pole barn gets a face lift using cordwood slices and slab siding. The building transformation is remarkable. transformation of the metal garage. The theme of the article is taking old, faded metal sheds and making them attractive with an easily applied...
