Couple’s budget home & tropical food forest in dirt-road Hawaii

November 28, 2023 john 20 18271 24:23

Matt Holton and Cristina Pineda were living on Maui where the average home price is a million dollars when they heard about lots on the Big Island selling for about 20K. They bought an acre for 22K, and with no building experience, soon began to build their own home. Near the rim of the Kīlauea…

Veteran coder builds stone-covered Dome Home into Texas hill

November 5, 2023 john 19 56093 24:49

Al Schwarz wanted a home with low energy bills and protection from extreme weather so he dug into a hillside, inserted cement domes and buried them again with enough earth and rock to guarantee protection. He spent 10 years stacking 230 tons of rock as a retaining wall and planting grass and trees atop the…

All burned down. They built natural home & restored land: only better

October 22, 2023 john 23 25091 22:28

Ken Haggard and Polly Cooper have built natural homes with passive solar techniques and powered by renewables since the seventies, so when in August 1994 a wildfire destroyed their property and home, they decided to rebuild them back, only better. They used fire-resistive strawbale walls for their new studio and home, built next to the…

Steep lot was unbuildable. He raised retro-futuristic home over lake

August 27, 2023 john 21 30041 16:26

Robert Oshatz believes a house should fit the land and its residents, so his homes are all a bit fantastic. His own home seems to defy gravity, floating above a very steep hillside on a lot that was cheap because it was deemed unbuildable. Perched on a 30° degree incline, his funnel-shaped home soars above…

Woman’s Wondrous Dual Tiny House Home & Art Studio

September 9, 2022 john 11 544990 18:01

This woman’s wonderful dual tiny house home and studio setup creates quality of life and freedom in both the home and the workspace. Download the Sharesies app and use promo code PINEAPPLE for a $10 kickstart. T&Cs apply. In this weeks episode we meet Trees, an inspiring artist who has constructed two beautiful tiny houses…