Once the decision had been made to build our own home debt free we started looking into construction types. The plan was to build a barn with a loft that was livable and stay in there until the big house was finished. We started slowly pricing out lumber, We knew it wasn't going to be super cheap but were hoping to have the barn up by the time our lease is up in our current loft.
I spent hours on pinterest Friday and Saturday finding blogs of those who have ventured to build their own homes. Saturday night Riley and I were laying in bed around midnight looking on pinterest about our upcoming project. He drifted off to sleep just as I found some info about building a house out of straw. The first post I saw on it my thought was "Freaking crazy hippies will build out of anything" then I clicked the link.
Guys this is like a REAL option! it's far less expensive than traditional buildings and gives the home a totally unique look. Sure some people build them and they look like total "hippy, off the grid" type house. But when done right, they are GORGEOUS. I started searching everywhere on the internet for more info on straw bale homes. These homes are virtually fireproof. the straw is so compacted in the bales that any flame will simply smolder rather than burn.
While looking into straw bale homes I also came across cob houses. These homes are made from a mixture of clay, sand and straw. They also have the potential of either looking crazy hippish or beautiful.
Since we are determined to build "debt free" we have at this time decided to build a straw bale house with cob flooring.
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