#earthbag

[voiceofnature]

Kerterre

[campdarkmoon]

Furniture

What's often overlooked when planning a circular room is how hard it is to furnish. You can't push something into a corner, there are no corners. A couch doesn't fit flush against the wall, there are no flat walls. Curved furniture would be nice, sure. But that's rare to find, and difficult to create. And I'm not much of a carpenter. So what am I to do?

I have to think more abstractly. What is furniture? Do I need "furniture" or do I just need something to sit on? If I sit on it, does it become furniture? Interesting questions.

I realize that the buttress I built around my house also acts as a bench, and I can do the same thing on the inside. About 50 bags later, I have a bench. And then 40 more for a kitchen counter with a not-too-complicated wooden countertop with cheap lumber from the mill. Beautiful. I don't have to buy a couch or a kitchen counter now.

“Howdy”

As for the fireplace? That's a little trickier. I can't make it out of bags because the fire would melt the bags, so I buy an oil drum from my neighbor and, with a grinder, cut the drum in half and cut a door from the front. On top of that, I create a bunch of small adobe bricks and build a dome that funnels up to a steel duct which goes outside. The dome above the fireplace is built similarly to my house, so the process already feels familiar.

For insulation around the oil drum, I take inspiration from earthship architecture, and use empty cans as bricks. It’s a good thing I eat so many beans, I have a lot of cans to work with. 

(R.I.P. to the mailbox stove I built previously. It didn’t function well, and it will not be mourned) 

The adobe above the fireplace is a really amazing thing, let me tell you. What it does is absorb heat from the fire, and remain hot for hours. I go to bed with a fire burning, and when I wake up, the fire is gone, but the mass of adobe is still warm and radiating heat, and the house is warm. Very impressive. 

And there we have it! Furniture! The next step is to cover those ugly green bags with earthen plaster. 

[dome-of-aum]

Outhouse hyper Adobe bottle wall 💯 percent donzo. Thank you so much to everyone that came yesterday....doin it again this Sunday...dm for directions. . . . #bottlewalls #bottlewall #earthship #biotechture #naturalbuilding #hyperadobe #earthplaster #earthbag #earthbagbuilding #earthbags #greenarchitecture #greenbuilding #outhouse #outhouses #outhousesofinstagram (at Taos County, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSp8232lj2L/?utm_medium=tumblr

[theforestalwaysreturning]

In today's hilarious reminder that permaculture and natural building prioritize recycled and reused materials and therefore often have ugly duckling moments, I give you our billboard! We've had this old girl for months and have been curious what our salvaged moisture barrier would be. Da da daaaa! I give you the Subway/IHOP roof!

[primetimebigfine]

My name is Amber & I’m building my first home with my own 2 hands. The first link is a live video I made yesterday talking about my first 30 days in Phoenix, AZ + my plans/reason for building. Any & all donations and link shares are greatly appreciated ♥️♥️♥️

https://www.facebook.com/SnckPak/videos/2628229910839294/?extid=Y4tQ0BaXt0IHL7CT&d=n

Give me $1 to help build my home ❣️, organized by Amber Mitchell

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[rollership]

[chicoryandbananas]

A few views from inside and one through a window.

I planned the light coming into this space so carefully and I still can't believe how beautiful it is at all times of day. These pictures don't even come close to how this half finished studio feels to inhabit.

[littledreamspace]

I spent the better part of the day watching videos on Hobbit houses and their construction. This was an interesting one. there are lots of different ways to build them and this man went with a variation of earth bags.