If you missed this one when we blogged about it last year, check out the hobbit-like eco-house that Simon Dale built for himself and his young family in just four months, with the help of his father-in-law, passersby and visiting friends...
Low-Impact Woodland Home
Wales
He estimates that it took 1000-1500 man hours and cost about £3000. Read all about how they did it with detailed before and after photos at Simon's website.
Now he's trying to help build a low-impact eco-village project in Wales. You can read more about the Lammas Eco Village project here.
Related: Green Ideas: Hillside House
- Kristin Hohenadel blogging from Paris. She can be reached at kristin @ apartmenttherapy . com
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Really beautiful. I love it.
Emily
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Looks like a hobbit house...very cool.
view mongoose1's profile
Sigh. Another dream house to add to the list. So far I've got houseboat in Australia, revamped lighthouse in Maine, reclaimed barn in the Berkshires of Massachusetts, tree house in Vermont, etc., etc..
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i would give my right kidney (the good one) to live there.
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Looks really cool, but I'm sure it's full of bugs. I can't stand bugs, so I don't think I'd want to live there. :(
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It´s like seeing a Gaudi house gone green
view Plizzyp's profile
Awesome! and yeah, hobbit house was the first thing that came to my mind, too.
And instructions! I love the totally technical illustration of how to bend a straw bale.
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I know where I'm going if the Republicans win...
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You don't need an excuse to live in this homes Gina -
I love them!!!!!
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Very cool! Hobbits were the first thing that came to my mind as well...except that family is too good looking to be Hobbits ;)
view LaurieLu's profile
so cool :0) i bet the temperature is always perfect i saw these pics in some magazine, i wish they posted more pics. i'm curious how the bathroom looks
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I love it. It would be wonderful to live in a child-like atmosphere every day!
MyDesignSecrets.com
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What a neat looking house! It's so fairytale-esque!
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Really gorgeous. All homes you get your occasional pest. I wouldn't mind this to be a summer home or year round.
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freaking awesome. i would love love LOVE to be one of their little ones!
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