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Book Review: The Complete Yurt Handbook

July 9, 2007

 Cover Image The Complete Yurt Handbook

Photo Credit: Amazon

The Complete Yurt Handbook, by Paul King was a title that I ran across repeatedly when doing my online yurt research a few years back. With all of the rave reviews, and the fact that we’ve been looking into yurts so seriously, I felt we needed to pick up a copy and see for ourselves. Read the rest of this entry »

Yurt Cost Comparison

July 9, 2007

 yurt cost comparison image

Photo Credit: Yurts.Com

Good morning! I ran across  a hand written chart this week that David and I had compiled a couple of years ago when comparing the cost of the type of yurt we wanted between several different companies. Read the rest of this entry »

Alternative Energy Building Resources

July 4, 2007

 Alternative Energy

Flickr Photo Credit: Lolly Pop

This will be a rather rough, unedited post. I’m in the middle of collecting information for when we actually are able to build. We want to include as many green strategies as possible. Read the rest of this entry »

More Yurt Links

May 2, 2007

 Yurt.

Flickr Photo Credit: Diamond Mountain

Spent some time researching during our trip and found additional links for checking out the yurt option yourself. Here they are: Read the rest of this entry »

My House Is a Shipping Container and Other Odd Statements

November 26, 2006

 Shipping container house.

Flickr Photo Credit: Rolu Dsgn

A bit out there? Perhaps. But people are doing it, and as alternative housing goes, this idea can be quite cheap. Read the rest of this entry »

Yurt Slideshows

November 13, 2006

 Yurts.

Flickr Photo Credit: Katmere

After compiling more resources than I can count from the internet and only being able to access the slideshow from our hard drive or a disk on our dvd player at home, I finally begged David to compile them into slideshows that met the size requirements for youtube.com postings. Read the rest of this entry »

Compilation of Yurt Research

November 12, 2006

 Yurt.

Flickr Photo Credit: Emdot

Several of you have shown interest in this topic, and we’ve compiled a fair amount of information. Below, I’ve pasted in our general word document. Read the rest of this entry »