Here are 2 photos Chris just sent us (check out beautiful plastering job), along with her description:
One bedroom has a view of the sunrise over our farm and the other bedroom has a view of the sunset each evening. Our round log timber frame home has a hemp and lime infill. The exterior walls are 11 inches thick and do not have a vapor barrier, since the lime, hemp and clay plaster are all hygroscopic. Our masonry heater provides the warm water that circulates in the floors and the reclaimed brick walls provide mass. The first coat of interior plaster is clay from our pond and then I used American Clay, with its natural pigments, to create the blended colors.
-Chris
See posting last month showing exterior here: http://lloydkahn-ongoing.blogspot.com/2010/11/hemp-home-in-ontario.html
See Dancey slide show of house construction here: http://nbnetwork.org/5629
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What I love about a clay house is that it can cope with the changing weather. They are safer to rumbling earth. My friend is a nature lover being who practice green life in her every activity. The four corner of her DIY dream house smells like Earth. Every corner is refreshing in sight and give out a cool feeling within. DIY Home Construction helped her a lot in making her dream house into reality.
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