Have you ever seen such a thing?????????

The House of Mud and Straw

A family that we go to church with are building this "Cob House."  It is made of  a mixture of clay, sand, water, and straw that will harden.  It is similar to adobe.

 Pictured above is the main floor, the front door is to the far right.  The main floor features a kitchen, living room, bathroom and utility room.  Below is the upper floor that will have 2 bedrooms and a bathroom.  There will be a chimney in the center of the house that will help heat the second story.

This house was built entirely by this family with help from a few friends.  It is definitely the coolest house I've ever been in!

 

The second story will have a deck that wraps entirely around the house.  The deck doesn't have a railing yet.  The kids climb up to the second story on a ladder outside, then jump down to the trampoline below.  You can see the ladder leaning against the house in the first picture, on the left side of the photo.  The trampoline is behind the ladder.  A little scary for the parents, but the kids love it!