James & Christina's Strawbale House

chrissy and me

Christina and I have been quite busy over the last few years. I have found it difficult to even update this websites. Since our last update we have improved the interior of our house and made the exterior space much more functional. We also now have two children: Noah James (Jan 2005) and Zoe Isabella (April 2006).

I originally created this site to share our experience with others that were interested in our lives or simply interested in building an ecologically sound house. I will leave the construction portion of this site in tact for those who want to still see the pictures, however there will be no further updates.

If you want to see updated pictures you will have to join facebook.
I consider this to be the easiest and safest way to share photos on the web.

Section 1: Context (Where are we)
Section 2: July 2001 - In the beginning
Section 3: August 2001 - Ground breaking
Section 4: September 2001 - Framing begins
Section 3: October 2001 - Framing Continues
Section 4: November 2001 - Straw bale work
Section 5: December 2001 - Stucco / move in
Section6: Winter 2002 - We get a flush toilet
Section 7: Spring 2002 - Drywall is my enemy
Section 8: Summer 2002 - Colour my world
Section 9: Most of 2003 - Are you done yet?

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