LAKE CITY — Pink isn’t the color of the insulation in the home that Paul and Sara Freid are building in Goodhue County. It’s golden, like the hue of grain fields at harvest time, because the ...

LAKE CITY — Pink isn’t the color of the insulation in the home that Paul and Sara Freid are building in Goodhue County. It’s golden, like the hue of grain fields at harvest time, because the ...

A straw bale house is made using straw as either a main structural element, insulation, or both. The buildings are constructed by stacking rows of compact straw bales on a strong foundation before ...

PORT ANGELES — Michael and Spring Thomas want to demonstrate how strong a house built of straw can be. Straw bales, that is. Compressed and covered in plaster, straw bales stay dry, resist fire and ...

If ever a building material has gotten a bad rap, it’s straw. Practically from the cradle, we’re told it’s unsuitable for sheltering pigs, let alone people. But Bob Perritt knows better. Perritt, a ...

Just beyond a curve in Kendig Road in Conestoga, the Pellman family’s farmhouse-styled home rises, a mix of expansive farmland views and rustic tradition. Get up close to its rough exterior, and ...

The Big Bad Wolf might have been able to blow down the straw house of The Three Little Pigs, but the same result isn’t likely if he huffed and puffed at the front door of Laura Tashjian’s Greenfield ...

LITTLE ROCK — When the first of the Three Little Pigs tossed up a flimsy house made of straw, the Big Bad Wolf blew the house in and ate up the pig. This English fable goes on to describe how Pig No.

In this straw bale home, a half-wall has been creatively placed to provide divisions of space without spoiling the room’s spaciousness. Thick, rounded straw bale walls provide ample space for wide ...

Straw bale building is no longer seen as whacky but is it getting closer to the mainstream? Sheena Hastings talks to expert Barbara Jones Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, ...

PORT ANGELES — Michael and Spring Thomas want to demonstrate how strong a house built of straw can be. Straw bales, that is. Compressed and covered in plaster, straw bales stay dry, resist fire and ...