Building our new house
In early 2007, we began building our new Round House here at Sacred Groves with a vision to expand our residential community on this beautiful land.
We purchased 3 round structures from Oregon Yurtworks--a big house with a large round Great Room that has become the heart and hearth of the Sacred Groves community, and 2 yurtlettes, private bedroom-cabins for new residents. We are modeling a "small is beautiful" lifestyle with small personal spaces, sharing kitchen, bathrooms, laundry, living room. We are enthused about the joys and challenges of community living, committed to the spiritual and personal growth required for sharing life in this way.
This blog, which has the most recent entry at the top, tells the story of the construction of the new house, starting with the foundation built Spring 2007. Carpenter and Groves resident Tere Carranza has managed the project from start to near-finish.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
The new team!
Here we are, the current three-some working on the new house site every day--Tere, Sarah, Teagan. Teagan just moved to Sacred Groves last week and is already adding a lot! Here we are taking our afternoon tea break on the new couch.
More photos are posted on Flickr--click here.
And read on (next post below) to get more specifics about all that is happening in the house. Today we lit the new woodstove for the first time and all the doors now have door handles and locks.
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