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Best of this year in natural building

share photos of old, abandoned, uninhabited structures in your part of the world!

Lead Paint on the ceiling of a Kitchen with a Wood Cook Stove

Most cost effective small building technique

Very thin insulation and flooring?

Full Time Yurt Living In Mediterranean Climate

Cob-Coated Plastic Water Storage Tank?

Can drystacked block have a seat at this table?

Natural wall options for a renovation?

Building with turf

Wood green roof

Clean Up Time in Jamaica

Adobe, cob, etc. -- in engineered panels?

Underground dwellings and ventilation

Mono stringer stairs using the woods around me

Hybrid systems/understanding the placement of mass in a system

Natural counter top options?

Question for builders out there on budgeting for a build

Lightweight, solo building

Small DIY backyard sauna - collecting tips and ideas

Shipping container home covered with cobb/ earthen walls

Rubble Trench foundation

Has anyone here fitted their own windows?

How did mideval R-10 log cabins survive winters that would crush modern R-25 homes?

Natural Insulated Door From Scratch- Options?

Natural Roofing Options?

Steep hillside staircase

Brick dust from demolished building.

Ideas for a natural building materials for a first floor floor, and roof

Exterior/Interior walls re-plastering for my 100 years old Village Home In Gujarat, India

Buried houses ?

Building permits/zoning for earthhomes

HUGE Food Drying Rack or Dehydrator Above the Wood Cook Stove

Shou Sugi Ban boards for raised garden beds--how well would they work?

Brick and clay fireplace.

Roof Rennovation for my 100 years old Village Home In Gujarat, India

How do I get a compacted earth block machine?

Medieval heating

Rubble Trench Mistake...

Living Sedum Roof

Stem Walls and Frames

Meskwaki cattail mat sewing

Old German Way of Weatherproofing a Wall

A House Built of Bottles

lime plaster

Wood shavings & Lime Insulation - Help

Clay plastering a clay block (Porotherm)

Meet Alyosha – The Eco-Builder Who’s Been Playing with Mud (Professionally) for 15 Years!

Ideal Natural Building Style for US Southeast / Piedmont Mid-Atlantic? And some bonus ideas

Mud, water and wood: The system that kept a 1604-year-old city afloat

Off-Grid Homestead for Rent in Southern Ohio

Mushrooms used to build houses

Cob Floors Over Existing Flooring

Looking for light straw clay instructor/workshop in or near Washington State

Light Clay Straw build with Timber Frame - new to this scene and looking for some tips!

Region and Material

cleaning/re-finishing limewashed natural plaster - how to make it shiny

Join Natural Building Workshop in Chiapas, Mexico, Feb 16-28, 2026 !

Seeking building opportunities USA

Terre argileuse autours de Montréal / Clay dirt around Montreal

Roof detail for cedar shakes with natural insulation?

Top Forums

digital market

building

permaculture artisans

skip

growies

ungarbage

critters

homesteading

energy

monies

community

wilderness

regional

permies.com

projects

global resources

kitchen

education