Designing Your Natural Home

by Pearson, David

• ISBN13: 9780060761431
• ISBN10: 0060761431
• Format: Paperback
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

One of the pioneers of incorporating the green movement into home design, David Pearson now offers a complete guide for creating an eco-home. Informative, clear, and with factual advice, tips, and beautiful color photos, Designing Your Natural Home takes readers through each step of the process, from defining the scope of the project to choosing materials and building methods to decorating the new abode. Along with practical, how-to information, photo essays present inspiring and stylish examples of natural design. The ten innovative homes featured in this book exemplify different solutions for every situation and budget, from apartments to sprawling dwellings. Readers will learn how to make the most of small spaces, find a builder, draw up plans, purchase low energy appliances, and much more. Whether they're renovating an existing space, expanding a house, or starting from scratch, readers will be inspired to create the natural home of their dreams with this indispensable guide and source for fresh ideas.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 8
Posts Standing	p. 14
Design for natural living	p. 20
Funk Homestead	p. 28
Choosing your approach	p. 34
Springfield Cohousing	p. 40
Getting started	p. 46
Tree House	p. 52
Creating your design	p. 58
Hut Earthship	p. 64
Building it	p. 70
Green Condo	p. 76
Designing with natural systems	p. 82
Spiral House	p. 90
Green building options	p. 96
Tesuque Econest	p. 104
Choosing interior materials - walls, windows, and doors	p. 110
Orchard House	p. 120
Choosing interior materials - floors	p. 126
Sunhawk	p. 134
Personal style and decoration	p. 140
Resources	p. 152
Index	p. 156
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