Building the NewenHouse Kit Home: Living in a Passive House
Guest blogger Sonya Newenhouse tests the performance of her new Passive House by not turning on the heat-and enthusiastically reports that you can comfortably live furnace-free in Wisconsin in the winter.
View ArticleDeconstruction: A Good Way to Find Free Building Materials
Deconstruction, breaking down houses bit-by-bit, is a great way to find free building materials to build small low-cost homes.
View ArticleHow to Design With Junk and Work with Reclaimed Materials
Guest blogger Elizabeth Richardson offers advice on how to incorporate reclaimed materials into home design without the end result looking like "junk."
View ArticleCreating Space for Alchemy
Guest blogger Elizabeth Richardson considers quality over quantity, slow homes and creating something beautiful.
View ArticleFinding Beauty in the Flaw
Guest blogger Elizabeth Richardson shares how she built her home's front porch from salvaged wood-and how she finds beauty in flawed materials.
View ArticleBuilding the NewenHouse Kit Home: Windowsills for Seedlings
Sonya Newenhouse describes how she uses the southern-facing 17-inch-deep windowsills of her Passive House-certified home to grow seedlings.
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