Yurts, reimagined

[clarentine]

Wow, I'd love to have a writer's den inside some of the circular structures designed and built by Bill Coperthwaite way up on the coast of Maine! I could so see myself holed up in one of those, scribbling away. Low roofline cutting a new horizon, light pouring in from all around, rain or snow like a curtain dripping down...beautiful.

BLDGBLOG recently posted an entry about the structures. (The entry's here, if you want to take a look for yourself: http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2014/07/circular.html.)

(And I should credit Jay Lake for the nod toward BLDGBLOG; it was his list of websites he tracked that pointed me toward them. Jay's legacy lives on.)

Comments

[eseme]

Beautiful! My sister is living in a more traditional yurt while she and her partner remodel their old farmhouse. They can be lovely!

[clarentine]

Speaking of alternative housing, my son has plans to build himself a somewhat-portable house on an old trailer frame - he wants a loft sleeping area up above the regular living area, and is contemplating a solar-charged battery power system. So far, he's just got the trailer frame. ;-) But the first step is always the hardest.

I'm always amazed at the many, many alternatives to what you and I would consider "normal" housing structures. The rest of the world isn't as calcified as we seem to have become here. Kudos to your sister and her partner for being willing to step outside those boundaries to get what they want!

[eseme]

Has your son seen this site? They have plans. I have a friend who loves small houses.

http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/

[clarentine]

He has now, at the very least. *g* Thanks!

[eseme]

You're welcome! I have read nothing but good things about them. Post pics oncehe makes it!