Minimalism meets hobbit.

Images of a a stunning hotel in Greece via The Style Files:

Cob-it-yourself.

This sweet little cob house is on Mayne Island off the coast of BC. Cob is an amazing building material, a mixture of clay, sand and straw. The flexibility of cob as a building material allows people to create beautiful, ecofriendly and utterly unique homes. Why would you ever choose to live in a box when you could whip yourself up a little place like this?

Even though right now I do live in a box, I love looking at cob and strawbale buildings for inspiration for my current home, and for the one I hope to be able to build in the next few years.




Pictures: cobworks.

Why I'm sure there's some hobbit hiding in my genetic code.

I'll readily admit a passionate love for strawbale to anyone who'll listen. I'm also a complete cob-addict and adore green roofs. If I could design my perfect home it would most definitely look something like this:

A Low Impact Woodland Home via Apartment Therapy.