In August 2022, we checked off all the boxes and were granted OCCUPANCY by the municipality for this 800 sq. ft. straw bale cottage designed and built in-house. Here are a few shots taken just before move-in. I enjoy this brief moment when a house is finished and...
Straw works, and so do double-framed walls insulated with cellulose. Straworks designed and built this house in 2019. Straw bale walls were orginally the plan until Straworks suggested this wall system and board ‘n batten siding as the exterior finish. The house...
We built this home in 2016, and it is still one of our all-time favourite projects. It checks all the boxes – designed and estimated in house, completed on-time and on-budget, located just 40 km from home, first-rate client who is now a friend. Not to mention...
How sweet is it when you are building a house, and your uncle down the road grows your insulation? All the more when you are young, busy organic farmers building a house while running a CSA. It’s inspiring to work with people that accomplish big things by working hard...
This couple worked alongside us all day every day and the bond that formed between us makes this one of our all-time favourite builds. Downsizing from a large family home, this 1500 sq.ft., one-storey home was designed with ease of construction and living in mind....
Small, simple, straw-bale were the three asks from this computer programmer. He’d been living and working on a boat in the Caribbean and was now looking to lay down some roots yet remain off-grid. Oh, that was another must. It was refreshing to work for a...
We thought we worked hard until we saw the hours this midwife kept. When she did get home after a birth or two, we set her up to take comfort in her straw bale home. We crafted not just rounded corners at the windows, but arched rounded corners to follow the contour...
Many century homes could use this addition – A super-insulated mudroom, bathroom, laundry room, and garage with living space above. The mudroom connects the original house to the garage and living space above. At just 14′ wide, we opted for conventional...
We are proud to say that our largest and most complicated residential project is also our most natural and locally sourced. The 300 straw bales were grown across the road. The same farmer felled pine and cedar trees on the property and then milled them for the...
