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How-To FAQ

Keep Your House Cool Without Air Conditioning

Running electrical in or on cordwood presents interested challenges. Here's a primer on what to know before you build your cordwood home.

Running Electrical Wiring In or On Cordwood Walls

Cordwood masonry is an awesome natural building technique, but what is it exactly? Here are our most frequently asked questions from cordwood beginners.

10 FAQ’s About Cordwood For Absolute Beginners

How to Build Cheap Open Kitchen Shelves

How we constructed the slab and pier foundation for our cordwood home. Step by step overview.

Foundations for Cordwood Building: How We Built Ours (and what to consider for yours)

Cordwood is beautiful but how does it hold up in the winter? Is it drafty? Cold? Find out our experiences and more here.

Cordwood Houses In The Winter: How do they compare to regular construction?

We took this old clawfoot tub and redid it ourselves for less than...

How to Find and Refinish an Old Cast Iron Clawfoot Tub

We run on 100% solar power. How well does it REALLY work in the winter?

Off The Grid Solar In The Winter

Build your home or homestead on a budget by getting great materials cheap or free.

9 Ways to Get Building Materials Cheap or Free

What to do when you want to buy a homestead, even if you're flat broke #homesteading #personalfinance

How to Finance Your Homestead (even if you’re flat broke)

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I’m Emily! Together with my husband Mark and our son we built a cordwood house totally off the grid with our own hands. Our goal is to help others learn how to live a simpler, more self-sufficient life. Join us!

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I’m Emily! Together with my husband Mark and our son we built a cordwood house totally off the grid with our own hands. Our goal is to help others learn how to live a simpler, more self-sufficient life. Join us!

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