Amazing House Blog

Toby got back from NY this weekend. He was up at a cordwood conference and had a blast! We are hoping to have our house plans done and in the code process by the end of August. Building with cordwood takes a while because the wood has to dry for months before you can put it into the walls, but it is much cheaper than conventional methods, and it looks pretty cool. These pictures are from Toby’s adventure.
Here’s what a cordwood panel looks like. Toby and his dad worked on this section.

This is Toby’s dad.

Here is a finished house wall.

This is an inside corner with glass bottles in the wall

Here’s another outside shot.
Cool, eh?

Our goals for August: Finish the house siding, design the house, and begin to tackle the “code” process.

Ok, well here are some pictures of the house siding. I think it looks awesome!!! I can’t wait until it is all up. We will stain it with a red stain and do the trim in a pale yellow. We are picking up pallets wherever we see them on the side of the road and cutting them up for the siding. There is a place near where Toby works that seems to throw away 10-20 pallets a week, so they are keeping us well supplied!!