Do you find yourself staring at concrete walls, daydreaming about an idyllic life close to nature? Does the sight of drywall make you want to pack your bags, lock the door, and run off into the forest ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Montana couple who built a home from clay and straw brings to mind “The Three Little Pigs” fairytale. But Daniel and Katherine ...

VICTOR, Mont. — A couple in Victor is living a lifestyle created by their own hands, and now they’re teaching others how to do it themselves. Their home is on the grid, gets its water from a well and ...

Teach yourself how to build a plastic bottle house with cob and transform trash into a home. I build houses out of trash. I was inspired by the life of Kenyan Nobel laureate Wangarĩ Maathai, who said, ...

"With cob building, it’s easier to be round than straight, and you naturally create more curved, gentle shapes. Every cob home is unique. You’re never going to feel that oppressive uniformity in a cob ...

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