Jessie ~ Well, since you reminded me I suppose I should do why it rocks. I’ll do that soon. There are perks.

I guess the one thing to keep in mind is organization skills. For some reason most of the self builders I knew in NM seemed very unorganized and that wastes so much time. I’m super organized and had I been the architect you can bet I’d have made a much better to-do list.

Really, in home building timing is everything. Like certain inspections need to happen before other things can be completed and since it’s the East if you’re working with certain material they can crack in the cold. Also, costs go up and down with the seasons in NM (for building supplies) so our costs went up due to tasks getting done later than planned. We also thought doing things like a composting toilet would be easy to approve but no… I suppose just line everything up solidly before you start and it can be done.

Thanks for visiting; I will write the positives up soon as I just found a few newer photos.

I’m a big fan of the AKA home you featured, not only for it’s sustainability, but for it’s interesting take on the standard silhouette of the house [I may have to steal that for architecture.MNP].

It looks slightly uncomfortable to me. With the pencils able to be removed, what if one became tangled in someone’s clothing? Neat idea, but I don’t think I could actually use it unless I glued each one into spot. Still think it is creative.