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Small Strawbale

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Manufacturer: Gibbs Smith, Publisher

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This practical guide is filled with rich photos of homes, greenhouses, studios, sheds, open-air structures and more, each pulsating with unique yet subtle creativity. Both a pragmatic construction manual and a philosophical, artistic guidebook, Small Strawbale is an inspirational starting point for a strawbale dreamer, and a great source of information for those who are ready to get bailing.< BR>


PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 693.997
EAN: 9781586855154
ISBN: 1586855158
Label: Gibbs Smith, Publisher
Manufacturer: Gibbs Smith, Publisher
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2005-05-26
Publisher: Gibbs Smith, Publisher
Studio: Gibbs Smith, Publisher


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• Serious Straw Bale: A Home Construction Guide for All Climates (Real Goods Solar Living Book.)
• More Straw Bale Building: A Complete Guide to Designing and Building with Straw (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series)
• Building a Straw Bale House: The Red Feather Construction Handbook
• The Beauty of Straw Bale Homes
• Strawbale Home Plans


CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

great for inspiration for any small eco building -
Purchased this book for my husband, and he's enjoyed keeping it on our coffee table and using it for inspiration toward a future small eco-cabin we are planning. Good practical information, as well as fodder for dreaming.

Interested in Straw Bale Homes? Buy a different book. -
This book has a handful of straw bale homes that the vast majority of people would never want to live in. There is also no real technical or design information.

It is basically a storybook of a few people that decided to embrace a very minimal lifestyle. It may work for a few that would have lived in a commune or co-op in the sixties.

Pretty good book -
This was a good book, but I don't think it was as good as the other Steen books. There always seems to be something left out and questions that are still unanswered. But, it was OK.

Book of dreams -
With so many eco-yuppies building strawbale versions of "McMansions", buildings that are far too large with spaces that serve nothing but the vanity of their owners, it was a pleasure to find a book that espoused the virtues of building only what you need to live comfortably, instead of what you have been told you should want. These small strawbale buildings are within the financial grasp of so many more people yearning to live well on this planet, instead of trying to fill 3000 square feet of inflated ego and empty dreams. Go for it!

Kudos to The Steens -
We live in a Strawbale home and have taken classes from the Steens at their home/workshop in Canelo, Arizona.

This book is a very attractive and well put-together and very accurately describes many of the beautiful homes and buildings that we saw in Canelo, and that we have seen since we started building our own.

Even if you don't ever plan on building anything, this book shows many, many excellent ideas for decorating and enhancing the home that you have. And it may even convince you to try your own hand at building.

William and Colleen
Buena Vista Colorado

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