The Dream home, the timberframe home...

So my partner and I have been talking for some time about our dream home. He has educated me a little more about Timber frame homes and we have been looking at books and magazines on the subject. We are both interested with a more "natural", traditional and warm look, but even a modest timber frame home can be quite pricey. So we continue to research, dream and save.

My concern with constructing or purchasing a new home, is it's carbon footprint, use of natural materials and use of recycled materials to create it. Is it more expensive to try to use recycled and sustainable product and what's the best way to go? These are my questions and I am going to spend a bit of time this morning, drinking tea and scoping out the internet: if you have some ideas feel free to post.

Here's two sites I'm checking out now...

http://www.thewholetree.com/eventsprojects.htm
http://www.roaldgundersen.com/Whole_Tree_Homes.php

A fresh start...my quest to live naturally...

This blog is in conjunction with my quest to live a much more "natural" life. Over the years, I've gone through periods of being a vegetarian, a wannabe hippy, to be more fit, to be more expressive, to be more artistic and so on and so forth. My hope with this blog is create a document of my current journey and attempt to live a much more natural, healthy and creative life. I also hope to connect with those who may be trying to do the same in our chaotic, complicated and seemingly unnatural modern life. I'm typically an active and visual person, so my blogs will likely not be extremely eloquent, but I'll do my best to communicate this journey effectively. If you have positive or interesting input, feel free to connect with your thoughts.

Sheila