Lifestyle Experiment

After 14 years of digital visual effects, I have decided to leave the dark office behind, and go out into the light. A lifestyle experiment, if you will. My wife, Carrie, and I have decided to take a year off of work to spend some quality time with our two little girls, and move back to the northern hemisphere, to be closer to our families. We have bought 3.5 acres of land on the private, wooded lake where I grew up, positioned conveniently between my parents lot on one side, and my brother on the other. Our goal is to build a straw bale house ourselves. "Ourselves" meaning, myself, Carrie, and all the friends we can muster. We have no prior building experience, but want to use as little professional help as possible. A small livable house as cost efficient and sustainable as we can make it, using recycled materials, and borrowed tools. This blog will follow our straw bale house building experience from start to finish.

Cory