There’s Something Special About the Low Impact Natural Homes

As much as I love technology and gadgets, sometimes it’s nice to soak in a shot of simplicity. I think that’s why I’m such a big fan of natural material green homes. I fell in love with the Low Impact Woodland Home last year when I read about how it was built by two guys over four months using natural local materials and $7,000. They used trees cut from their land, local straw bales, and dirt dug from their foundation. The house they built is alive, warm, organic, and pure awesome:

Steve James did much the same thing. He built an uber green all natural round home with the help of friends in Scotland for $7,800 using straw bales and a green turf roof. Here’s a snip from a story about him:

When he’s expecting visitors, Steve James watches out the windows so he can catch the look on their faces when they see his house for the first time. “It’s always the same,” he say. “There’s an intense stare and total mystification, as if they can’t quite believe what they are seeing.” This may be because James’s house is made of straw and has a turf roof covered in flowers.

James is passionate about eco homes and deeply proud of the cottage, which huddles by a loch near Dumfries. His kitchen is made from a cedar that blew over in a Glasgow park. His sink came from a skip. To one side is a Moroccan marbled shower room, to the other are sofas and a log-burning stove. He sleeps in a galleried bedroom. A compost loo and rainwater filtration system complete the picture.

You can check out Steve’s site Envisioneer to read more about how he pulled it off.

Link [Envisioneer] via Neatorama

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