Earthen flooring

My first step onto an earthen floor (sometimes called a ‘poured adobe’ floor) awakened me.

By Kyle Holzhueter Traditional Japanese earthen floors are called Tataki. The pronunciation is similar to the Japanese verb to pound, tataku, as these floors are pounded similar to traditional earthen...

Earthen floors, also known as cob floors, earth floors, rammed earth floors, or clay floors, are a fantastic eco friendly flooring system. For full information please see www.earthfloors.co.uk What are Earthen Floors? An earthen floor consists of a combination of clay, sand and fibre. You can usually use a local soil to provide at least...

Just perusing the beautiful rocket mass heater thread and thought a new thread should be dedicated to beautiful earthen floors. If you want to see more photos of my floor or house check my blog http://montanacobcottage.blogspot.com/

Earthen plaster walls with added grass/straw for tensile strength, texture and pattern

I have a deep love for making functional and sculptural, wooden utensils. Spoons are created from green wood using an axe and a knife. Bowls are turned on a foot powered lathe using hooked edge tools. You can find my spoons to buy in my shop, or see the workshops page to book onto a...

Earthen Floor Design Ideas, Pictures, Remodel, and Decor

Earth floors, also known as adobe floors, are made of sand, clay, and straw, bound together with linseed oil. In essence it’s a kind of ‘earth linoleum’, since early linoleum was …

Greg has spent another week or so working on the cob house, and this week I have been in awe of just how fast he is! It really is incredible. Greg tiled the countertop around the sink, and finishe…

Earthbag Dome, earthen floor, Conical Roof w Papercrete construction